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Google Links Coupons, Mobile Search
Just in time for the shopping craziness that is Black Friday, Google's made it easier for companies to get coupons to consumers…
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Online Ad Revenues On the Rise
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers released their latest Internet advertising numbers for the third quarter. According to the organizations, Internet advertising revenues reached nearly $5.5 billion for the quarter. That is an increase of 1.7% from the second quarter. The numbers are still significantly down from the same period last year, but any increase is a good sign of things to come. There…
Report: Microsoft, News Corp. Plotting Against Google
The companies behind search engines sometimes try to attract more traffic by advertising. Establishing a partnership is another strategy, as is improving the actual search results. Microsoft might be ready to try something a little different, however, as a new report's indicated that the company is interested in making Google's results worse.
Traffic and Time Spent on Black Friday Sites Increase Rapidly
New research from Nielsen finds that during the last weeks of October and the early weeks of November, the number of unique visitors to the top websites offering previews of Black Friday deals (like bfads.net for example), has been increasing rapidly. No surprise there. Week-over-week, however, traffic to these sites has increased by as much as 87%, from 3.8 million unique visitors during the week…
LinkedIn Celebrates 3 Million Members In The UK
If you didn't read or somehow couldn't guess from the title, LinkedIn's hit a significant milestone, attracting its 3 millionth member in the UK. This is a very good sign for the networking site that's focused on connecting people aside from those who see each other at school or parties every week.
Iraq Comes to YouTube
Google has announced that the Iraqi government has launched a dedicated YouTube channel. It can be found at youtube.com/iraqigov. The Iraqi government joins the Pope, the Royal Family, Queen Rania, and the presidents of the United States, France, South Korea, and Estonia in having YouTube channels to communicate with the public. Here's a YouTube message from Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki:
