Bad Economy Correlates With Need For Good Deals

The rule of thumb is correlation does not equal causation. If ice cream sales increase simultaneously with the crime rate, obviously one is not causing the other. As the newly admitted recession continues, fingers are wagging toward one cause or another, democrats blaming republicans and vice versa.

Online Retailers Had Solid Cyber Monday

With the economy in an official recession and the continuing talk of doom and gloom, comScore has released some positive numbers about online holiday spending so far this year.

Pownce Founders Joining Six Apart Team

The first major micro-blogging casualty has emerged over the past week. Pownce, a Twitter-like lifestreaming service, announced it was closing its doors (figuratively speaking) mid-December.

Google Gives Details On Ads Quality Updates

Ads Quality concerns any and every marketer who's the least bit interested in his ads' positions and prices, and Google recently complicated things by making a few changes.  Luckily, Google also documented the updates' specifics, and advertisers should find two new videos on Ads Quality very useful.