Advertising Gets “Mixxed” Up

Social bookmarking site Mixx is often compared and contrasted with the more popular Digg. While Mixx does not get the traffic that Digg does, it is often cited as a good alternative to the site. Mixx has recently launched an interesting advertising tool called the Sifter in which advertisers can submit ads and have "elite" members of the Mixx community decide just how effective those…

Online News More Trusted Than TV News

Online news sites are now second only to recommendations from friends as the most trusted source of information in the U.S., according to a survey from TNS. In the U.S. 38 percent of those surveyed cited online news as the most trusted source of information, while 34 percent trusted newspapers and 33 percent TV news. Globally, the most trusted information source was friends, with 42…