eBay Warned About Misleading Ad

A British advertising watchdog has told eBay to stop claiming it offers brand new items for 25 percent less than retail stores. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said Wednesday, that eBay's posters claim a 25 percent discount was misleading because it did no provide enough details of how the comparison pricing was conducted. eBay hired a third party company to compare prices on certain items…

Compete Looks at Homepage vs Domain Visits for Top Sites

Compete has shared some interesting data looking at homepage visitors at the top publisher sites. Here is the top 12 in terms of domain visitors. Look at how the homepage visitors compare to the percentage of site visitors who visit the homepage.

Racy Facebook Pics Force Candidate Out Of Running

You could call it a learning experience, a far cheaper lesson for the rest of the world than for Ray Lam, a Vancouver political candidate who withdrew his nomination after racy pictures of him surfaced on Facebook.

Social Media And Video Lead To Increased Online Engagement

Online engagement by Internet users is increasing in part as a result of a shift toward video content and social networking, according to a new report by Nielsen. Since 2003, interests of the average online user have shifted significantly. Categories that consisted of portal-oriented browsing sites, such as shopping directories and Internet tools/Web services, used to be the most popular categories for user engagement.