Google Finally Adds Moon Themed Logo
UPDATE 2: It looks as though Google waited until we actually landed on the Moon to update their logo. Well played Google, well played.
The State Of Paid Review Blogs
Posts for pay, reviews for cash or whatever you want to call them are a part of the blogosphere and have been for quite some time. The amount of attention that it gets is often directly related to the amount of other news that is happening in the space at the time.
AOL’s Recent CEO Passes Through 100th Day
As a culture, we love to try to determine how successful someone will be in a huge job based on the first 100 days. We do it regularly with the President of the US and now there is the same examination occurring with Tim Armstrong, the recently minted CEO of AOL. Much like our struggling economy AOL needs some real help and Armstrong was brought in to get the once high-flying Internet giant back among the ranks of the heavyweights.
MySpace Trying To Get Their Act Together
"…simplifying and unifying our site is fundamental to our success going forward. MySpace should feel like one platform – not 15 sites loosely stitched together. We consider our diverse content offering a strength but too many logos and disorganized verticals makes the site difficult to navigate and creates confusion about our brand identity.
Twitter Receiving A Massive Amount Of Free Advertising
When it comes to Internet marketing and social media marketing one of the most important metrics of success is the return on investment (ROI). Everyone demands to see something that measures this although most can’t agree on just how to accomplish that. Twitter is one outlet that people are trying to measure as to just how much value do their efforts get on the micro-blogging service.
Online Gamblers Search For Safer Sites
A survey of online poker players, following the seizure of gambling funds by the U.S. government has found more than half are not aware their money could be at risk.
The research by the U.K. based online gambling community Betfair, found more than three quarters of poker players have searched for what they consider to be safer sites.
How Airlines Are Fairing With Social Media
We are all getting comfortable with the place that social media outlets can have in the business process. Public relations, human resources, legal and sales can all benefit. At the present the most common application is customer service. While customer service is always important, the advent of social media has created customer service in ways that most companies never imagined.
Google Aims to Help Advertisers Improve Conversions
There have been a couple of videos recently highlighted on Google company blogs that AdWords advertisers should pay attention to if their conversions are not where they want them to be. These videos deal with landing pages and ad copy.
Over 50 Million Facebook Users Related to Somebody
If you’re a Facebook user, you’ve almost certainly encountered the "We’re Related" app in one way or another. Whether or not you have actually participated in it, you have probably at least seen an invitation.
Media’s Love Of Twitter Translates To $48 Million
Twitter gets criticized on a regular basis for not having a business plan. But the point of a business plan is to bring in money, and it turns out that, at least in terms of marketing expenses, Twitter doesn’t have any financial needs. A report claims that the company’s received $48 million in free media coverage over the past 30 days.