UK Online Publishers Predict Digital Revenues Will Grow 16% In

UK online publishers predict their digital revenues will increase by 16 percent this year, according to an annual census survey by the Association of Online Publishers (AOP). The census was carried out from February 9 to March 2, against the backdrop of economic uncertainty.  Digital publishers remain pragmatic about their long -term future of their businesses with 63 percent of online publishers planning to increase…

Cuban: NBA Makes Money with Twitter

We're hearing more and more about companies and organizations making better use of Twitter as a revenue driver than Twitter itself. As far as entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is concerned, the NBA is one of those organizations.

Local Google News Feature Recently Expanded

Here in the United States, we've been enjoying the local news section in Google News for a while now. Last year, Google launched this feature allowing people all over the country to see news pertaining to their local city aggregated in its own section on Google News just like the World, National, Business, Entertainment, etc. categories. On Friday Google launched the feature for Google News…

New YouTube Call to Action Works Well for Non-profits

This week YouTube launched a call-to-action feature for its non-profit partners, allowing them to include in-video clickable ads leading to their web sites. Apparently they are quite effective, because in one day, one of the partners raised $10,000 using one. Of course it probably helps that the video was featured on YouTube's home page. The video can be seen here:

AdSense Video Units Get The Axe

Here's a bit of bad news for anyone using AdSense video units: there simply aren't enough of you, and as a result, Google plans to stop pursuing the monetization option.  The company's left individuals about one month to land on another strategy.