28 Things Didn’t Happen In 2007

A lot of predictions were made about 2007, just like every other year. Some came true, some didn't. Here's a list of what didn't happen.Vertical search and niche social networks didn't take off

Best Posts of the Year for Analytics

Dennis Mortensen, COO of Index Tools and author of the blog Visual Revenue, has summarized the 18 most popular web analytics posts of 2007. His list includes posts from 6 different authorities in the Web Analytics industry including: Occam's Razor, Web Analytics Demystified, Web Metrics Guru, Visual Revenue, Web Analytics World, and Luna Metrics.

Facebook Popular In Canada

Toronto is the first North American city to have more than one million subscribers to Facebook according to Calgary based Zinc Research.

Advertisers Don’t See Social Networking as a Fad

If you look at all the hype around social networking, you might think that it’s a fad that will soon fade. Advertisers don’t think so. After seeing how many teens and adults (40%) in the US are on social networking sites, they are upping their budgets for the new year.

Move on to SEO Techniques that Work

SEO techniques typically linger long after their "good til" dates. 2008 should be no exception, but if you're paying attention it's time to move onto the stuff that works.This useful review of techniques that Google clamped down on this year included: