LinkedIn Upgrades Search Interface
LinkedIn puts its current user base at about 33 million, and as such, it’s easy to believe that the odds of finding professionals with even remotely common names are beyond slim. The site’s trying to keep this from happening, though, with some interesting new search upgrades.
A List of Google’s Money Making Products
Below overview checks which Google products directly make money for Google in terms of being paid for by the user, or having ads or affiliate links. Indirect effects on revenues (as well as some other things) are disregarded for this purpose, but not because the effects are necessarily neglible.* The table is just an estimate – if you see ommissions or misses please comment and I’ll update the table.
eMarketer: UK Social Networks Attractive To Advertisers
Indicators that times are tough shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, and a new report from eMarketer suggests that some advertisers will respond by making cutbacks. The research and analysis company took a close look at a few social networks, though, and believes advertisers in the UK won’t turn their backs on them too much.
Is Your Press Center Holding Back Marketing Opportunities?
Covering industry news, naturally I read a lot of press releases. Sometimes they’re sent directly to me or our news team as a whole, sometimes I find them online through PR wires, and sometimes I will find them on the companies’ websites.
Unemployed A Big Spam/Phishing Target In 2009
Expect more sophisticated spamming in 2009. And thanks to the economy, an increase in scams targeting the down and out, the tax-rebate hopeful, and the noble yet digitally naïve pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps market.
Britons Flocked Online For Christmas Day Shopping
Close to 4 million British shoppers went online to purchase goods on Christmas Day, spending a total of $154 million (102 million pounds) according to a new report from the ecommerce retailing body IMRG.
Trade Your Facebook Friends for a Whopper
Now here’s an interesting approach to social media marketing. Burger King has a new campaign going, which requires interested consumers to install a Facebook App, and then to delete ten of their friends in exchange for a voucher for a free Whopper sandwich.
Yelp Branches Out With UK Site
People who are careful with their time and money and either live in or have a fondness for the UK should be pleased. Yelp, the site famous for offering tons of user-generated reviews, has launched a version catering to this region.
Google Testing New AdWords Budgeting Feature
Google seems to be offering beta testing of a new AdWords budgeting feature called "Timeframe," which allows users to choose between monthly and daily budgeting. Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Roundtable says the beta testing has been confirmed, and points to a WebmasterWorld thread that includes a response from an official Google representative:
Google Cuts Jobs, But Acquisitions Ahead
Google submitted a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month that has just recently come to light. The reason for this delay is perhaps that it was filed via paper-only.