Half Have Shopped Online While At Work
One-fifth of people say that the workplace is the main location where they access the Internet according to a survey from Burst Media.
Google Explains Meta Tags
Search engines pay attention to some tags, and none to others. Remember when the ‘keywords’ meta tag mattered? Ah, the good old days.
Ad Frequency: MySpace vs Facebook
comScore Ad Metrix is reporting today on the relative frequency of ads appearing on MySpace pages versus the relative frequency of ads appearing on Facebook.
Zuckerberg Lives, Is Sorry For Beacon
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has finally come out from hiding after the two-week privacy donnybrook that ensued over the company’s marketing program Beacon. Zuckerberg posted his response on the Facebook blog. In short, he’s sorry.
Google Launches Elections 2008 Gadget
Like it or not, the 2008 presidential election is approaching, and should you be in that first category, Google is ready to keep you informed with a new Elections 2008 gadget.
Salesforce Releases Product For Data-Sharing
Separate companies are likely to have some things in common, and this is especially true if they use a single platform. Now, in the event that they want to talk to each other, Salesforce.com has provided them with a way of doing so.
Violent Video Games Easy For Kids To Buy
Nearly all stores (94%) say they have policies in place to prevent children under 17 from purchasing M-rated (mature) video games, but close to 50 percent of the time secret shoppers were able to buy such games according to the National Institute on Media and the Family.
AllBusiness.com Bought For $55 Million
Dun & Bradstreet describes itself as a “source of commercial information and insight on businesses.” The inclusive-sounding AllBusiness.com should be a good match for it, then, and might well be worth the $55 million D&B paid.
H3tec “Gaining Traction” on Google Deal
Utah-based H3tec has spent years developing its new technology, which can detect any element or compound up to two miles away. But it looks like this new technology is going to pay off in other dividends as well. After running a full-page ad in USAToday in October, they’re currently “gaining traction” on a deal with Google.
Sites Tied To Al Qaeda On The Rise
There are around 5,600 Web sites around the globe dedicated to spreading al Qaeda’s message with 900 more popping up each year according to a Saudi researcher.