Users Spend Half Their Time Visiting Content
Internet users are spending almost half their time online visiting content, a 37 percent increase in share of time from four years ago, according to the Online Publishers Association (OPA).
Google’s Click Fraud Bot Did Not Get The Email
At WebMasterWorld, yet another story of an AdSense publisher who was banned on suspicion of click fraud. This happens all the time (I get comments from banned publishers on random posts), but what makes this infuriating is that the publisher knew there might be a problem, emailed Google, got permission, and got screwed anyway.
Facebook Source Code Sees The Light Of Day
For Facebook, it wasn’t a great way to start the weekend – the site’s home page source code was posted online for all to see. On the bright side, data belonging to Facebook’s many users appears to be completely safe and unaffected.
‘Catch-up’ Packet Takes Shape, ISPs Fire Shots
British Internet service providers are concerned with the BBC’s plans to allow viewers to freely download recent broadcasts and view them within 30 days, arguing that "catch-up" TV will eat up bandwidth if enough viewers take advantage of it.
Search in 2010
Over at SearchEngineLand, Gord Hotchkiss has written a very detailed post on what a search engine results page could look like by the year 2010. For this ‘Future of Search’ post, Gord got insight from the top Search/Usability Experts in the field:
Viral Marketing: Now Less Contagious
Around one-quarter of all online adults are thought to be influential brand advocates, but they spend more time online researching and purchasing than spreading the word according to a new report from JupiterResearch "Brand Advocates; Creating Rewarding Relationships."
StarOffice Stuffed Into Google Pack
As described by Sun, StarOffice 8 is “a full-featured office productivity suite that’s compatible with Microsoft Office at just a slice of the cost.” That “slice” is normally $70, but, thanks to Google, the software is now free – StarOffice has become available in Google Pack.
ChannelAdvisor Gets New Customers
ChannelAdvisor, a provider of ecommerce channel management solutions announced the addition of 30 new retail customers who have selected ShoppingAdvisor or SearchAdvisor to manage their paid search or comparison shopping engines.
Cringely Details Why Your Broadband Stinks
The $200 billion boondoggle that was meant to deliver high speed digital services to the home by the year 2000 instead left America running to stand still in the world of broadband delivery.
SCO Thwarted In Unix Decision
A federal judge ruled the copyrights to the Unix operating system belong to Novell, not SCO, after years of aggressive litigation by SCO.