It’s hard to imagine a Web without onramps like search engines these days. They’ve become an essential part of the online experience. It may be equally as hard to imagine what the next phase of online advertising will be, as used to the sponsored links as we are.
Mobile Convergence And The Consumer
According to Parks Associates, U.S. consumers have a favorable opinion of convergence in mobile devices. The marketing research and consulting firm reports that 41 percent of U.S. households own a camera phone and 21 percent own an MP3 music phone.
The company is launching a new consumer survey Mobile Entertainment: Platforms and Services to examine consumer interest in mobile service and platform convergence. They will also study future trends in usage and purchase patterns.
Convergence of Search and Social Media Marketing
I know that Jordan already linked to my Podtech interview with Jennifer Jones, but social media guru (and blogging buddy) Jeremiah Owyang asked if I would embed the Podtech flash player and also posed four tough questions for me to answer.
Cosmic Convergence: The Planets Are In Alignment
In the vast expanse known as the solar system, cosmic powers reign free to manipulate heavenly bodies into alignment. The effects are unknown. As the Venusians, the Mercurians, and the Saturnians realize their destiny, we on earth remain relatively unaware of their intentions to bring their planets into alignment and start a cosmic convergence.
Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL all Moving Towards Convergence
February has come in like a lion with a multitude of major announcements from several major players in the past 48-hours.