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The Year in Social Media: 2008
In what will likely be my final year-end list of 2008, I have compiled one more taking a look at the year…
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Retailers Increase Paid Search Spend
Multi-channel retailers increased their U.S. paid search spend in Q4 08 by 12 percent compared to Q4 07.Consumers continued to convert online at a steady rate, although they spent 10 percent less on average per transaction compared with the prior year, according to a report from SearchIgnite.
Got AdWords Ideas? Checkout the AdWords Wishlist
Last week, Google used its Google Moderator product to call upon users to give them ideas for improving Google Mobile. It allowed people to submit ideas and vote others up or down. This would give Google an idea of the ones that were most in demand.
Yelp Review Leads to Defamation Suit
A California man named Christopher Norberg is in the middle of a legal dispute with a chiropractor for posting a negative review of his services on the site Yelp.com. The dispute stems from a billing experience, which Norberg referred to in his review, and the chiropractor filed a defamation suit. It is now a classic example of where the line between free speech and defamation…
Microsoft Setting Aside Seattle Expansion Plans
Sometime this spring, construction of a Seattle development known as 2201 Westlake should be completed. There will be 14,000 square feet of ground floor retail space, 134 condominium units, and 302,200 square feet of office space. Only the office space may remain empty, because Microsoft has backed away from it.
Employees Overwhelmingly Confident About Layoffs
Employees in the U.S. seem to overwhelmingly share a "it won't happen to me" attitude when it comes to losing jobs. Glassdoor.com has released results from a survey, which found that 4 out of 5 employees have no concerns about being laid off in the next six months. GlassDoor breaks it down into two categories - companies that have reported upcoming layoffs, and companies that…
