While the majority (64%) of online holiday shoppers had no problems making purchases, 36 percent did, according to a new survey from ecommerce development firm Guidance.Among those that ran into difficulty, 13 percent said they had to abandon a very slow Web site while trying to shop, 8 percent said a Web site froze or crashed, 7 percent could not complete a purchase on their first try and 4 percent said a purchase they thought they had completed actually did not go through.
Google Earth Enterprise Wherever You Want it
Google is now offering a portable version of Google Earth Enterprise. Users can now access Google Earth Enterprise, without having the means previously necessary to do so.
Gannett Sets Sights High With New Ad Initiative
Election season was good for media companies; people, places, and things were taking out ads left and right. Now, in the hopes of getting some extra mileage out of the period, Gannett is moving forward with an ad initiative called ContentOne that will affect its online operations.
Big Celebs Hit By Twitter Phishing Attack
Twitter users, take heed: now might be an excellent time to check your Twitter posts for embarrassing messages, and no, we’re not talking whatever might have resulted from your New Year’s Eve celebrations. Instead, such messages seem to be the result of a new and almost astonishingly effective phishing scam.
Fitness More Interesting Than Diets To Searchers
Are people waking up to the idea that exercise is the best way to lose weight? Maybe. Traditionally, Internet searches for burning off those holiday pounds spike the first week of the year. But this year, according to Hitwise, there’s been an increase in gym interest and a decline in search queries involving the keyword “diet.”
Digg.com Suffers Under Regime Change
It seems all good things are corrupted or abused eventually. For Digg.com, habitually might be a better choice than eventually. SEOs, thanks to aggressive blackballing by the Digg “bury-brigade,” were perhaps the earliest and most blatantly ostracized group muscled out of the prevailing purist community there—no salesmen allowed. Marketers and PR flaks effectively excommunicated, internal drama is free is to ensue as “powerdiggers” are accused of setting up a Digg.com good ole boy network.
Google Examines Its 2008 Blogging Trends
One of the reasons Google gets so much press coverage is, frankly, that its representatives are so good about discussing corporate developments. And now things have been taken an informative/slightly ridiculous step further with a blog post summing up Google’s blogging habits this year.
Consumer Reports Buys Gawker’s Consumerist
Consumer Reports publisher Consumers Union has acquired Consumerist.com from Nick Denton’s Gawker Media. Consumerist.com will operate independently of Consumer Reports publications, and will reside under a new non-profit entity called Consumer Media LLC.
Coming Soon To Android Market: Priced Apps
Google shouldn’t be surprised if people are unhappy when they’re told they’ll "get" to pay for Android apps; this hardly sounds like an improvement over the price of "free." But priced applications are en route to the Android Market, and the development may have a couple of beneficial effects.
Wikipedia Begging, Needs New Revenue Model
When all is said and done, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales’ legacy is secured. He created one of the best resources of information in history. Keeping that legacy alive, though, may require a new revenue model.