Safety Top Concern For Users Of Online Classified Sites

With online classified sites becoming increasingly popular with Internet users, one of their top priorities is the safety of such sites. A new survey commissioned by Kijiji, eBay's free local classified site, found 36 percent of visitors to online classified sites are concerned about ads that may be misleading or fraudulent. More than a quarter (28%) of visitor's worry their email address will be spammed,…

TweetDeck Harnesses MySpace, Goes TweetPhoto

TweetDeck, the popular Twitter and more application, has expanded upon its Facebook-related features, and added MySpace into the mix. Users now have more control over the sorting of Facebook friends, and can update their MySpace status/mood from TweetDeck, just as they have been able to do with Facebook and Twitter.

EU Cracks Down On Misleading Electronics Websites

More than half of European websites selling consumer electronic goods were found to be misleading online shoppers, according to an investigation by the EU Consumer watchdog. The investigation covered 369 websites selling six of the most popular electronics goods to consumers in the EU, including digital cameras, mobile phones, personal music players and game consoles.

AdWords Opportunities Expanded to More Advertisers

Earlier in the summer Google began beta testing the Opportunities Tab in AdWords. This is a feature in advertisers' accounts that tries to point them to additional cost-effective traffic for their search campaigns. Google is now expanding the beta to more advertisers in the United States, as well as in the United Kingdom and Australia. Google says over the next few business days, they will…

Blogs Can Still Drive Big Traffic

You would almost think blogging was dead, the way headlines are dominated by Twitter, Facebook, and social media in general. I've always considered blogging to be a part of social media anyway, as the commenting factor lends to engagement between author and user.