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Central Europe loves Facebook. Or parts of it do, anyway. Although the social network didn't really start releasing versions in different languages…
The decline in U.S. CD sales led to a decrease in overall music demand by 2 percent in the third quarter, according to the NPD Group.The overall drop off in music purchases includes CDs, digital music downloads, and P2P file sharing sites.
The news may be a little hard to believe today - the Dow has closed down about 221 points - but a fresh report from Compete says that online retailers aren't having such a bad holiday season. In fact, thanks to a charge led by Amazon, the latest unique visitor stats are pulling ahead of the levels set in 2007.
About a month ago, Google announced some things it was doing that would improve the way sites rank across different language versions of its search engine, in an effort that would clearly make Google more useful on a global scale. In what seems to be a continuation of this tradition, Google has announced a couple more language-based improvements to its products.
Go to a retailer like Target early some morning, and you'll likely find a group of non-employees waiting to be let in. When the doors open, a race to the electronics department ensues, and the cashiers get busy. So since gamers are so willing to spend money, two new reports take a look at where their interests lie.
Even as we approach the end of 2008, click fraud is still something that needs to be dealt with in the search engine advertising industry. Google takes a number of precautions to keep it under control though.
