Paid Search To Take Off In Canada

Canadian revenues from online advertising hit C $1.01 billion (US $894 million) in 2006, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada, a jump of 80 percent in one year.

Visualization and Buying

Visualization risked becoming another one of those clichéd words through the 90’s, because it was used by every self improvement guru as a path to success.

Xing Prepares News Feed Feature

Facebook had it first, and then MySpace beat this company to the punch.  But the concept of a news feed has now spread to Xing, the professional networking site.

The Danger of Aggressive Ad Placement

When I did a recent Q&A thread one of the recurring themes with sites that were struggling was AdSense ads positioned above their content. Many websites are never given the chance to grow because they monetize too aggressively and look to spammy to enjoy the benefits of organic growth and community building.

Internet Use Up By 24.3 Percent

According to Compete’s month-to-month statistics, there have been two dips in the amount of time people spent online in the past year, and one of those occurred between August and September.  On a year-to-year basis, though, the total amount of time is up by nearly 25 percent.