Amazon Ends Affiliate Program In Hawaii
Amazon.com is continuing with its policy to abandon its affiliates program in any state that even considers legislation that would force the online retailer to collect and pay sales tax.
Google Launches New, Cheaper AdWords API
Google has launched a new version of the AdWords API. The company says this version offers more speed, scale, and flexibility to developers at a lower cost.
The AdWords API lets developers build apps that interact with the AdWords platform. With the API, users can:
The Web Feels The Impact of Michael Jackson’s Death
Who is the most famous person in the world? A simple question with thousands of possible answers.
Some might say the Pope while others might say President Obama. It’s total speculation; an argument can be made for just about any well-known person.
Twitter Uncomfortable With ‘Tweet’ Being Used In Third Party Apps
Looks like Twitter is not looking the other way as much these days. TechCrunch reports that there is some concern at the social networking company that developers are using the term ‘Tweet’ too much. Twitter, in fact, is claiming that the use of that trademark in the naming of any third party app is something they are ‘uncomfortable’ with.
Twitter Gets Back to Oprah-Like Numbers in June
Last month, there was a lot of hubbub about Twitter’s growth flat lining. Matthew Daines, the lead developer of our own Twitter app, Twellow, showed me a graph that he put together from the user IDs he found in the Twitter API, based on when they registered with Twitter.
Search Engine Ads More Helpful Than Banner Ads
Over one-third of Americans (37%) say that television ads are the most helpful in making their purchase decision while 17 percent say newspaper ads are most helpful and 14 percent say the same about Internet search engine ads, according to a new AdweekMedia/Harris Poll.
Mobile Marketing Will Likely Become Unavoidable
Mobile marketing emerges as a dominant force in the marketing world due to smartphone prevalence and real-time communication.
LinkedIn Founder on the Future of Social Data
LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman is featured in a video from Nokia’s IdeasProject.com. He talks about new products being created from the social data that is available on the Internet.
Hulu Receives Good News Concerning Their Online Ad Format
paidContent has two pieces of good news for Hulu in the past week—they’re commanding not only similar ad prices to broadcast television, but also 10% of the online video ad market.
A Twitter Rant Gone Bad
I am not an author. I’m a blogger. If I say something that someone disagrees with they can let me have it in the comments section of the blog. At that point, the decision needs to be made how, or even better if, I should fire back. In most cases, I make the decision to let bygones be bygones because comment crossfire usually ends badly (or at the very least awkwardly) and it doesn’t accomplish much in the end. As long as there are no off color comments regarding direct family members or my heritage, I can take it.