A lot of Facebook executives and employees are probably wearing big, satisfied smiles this morning. As statistics continue to trickle in, it looks like the vanity URL offering that the company held over the weekend was a huge success.
Corporate Spam Levels Hit 90% In May
Spammers operate on a US work schedule, according to MessageLabs’ May spam report (PDF), either because the most active spammers—the workaholic-type spammers—are more likely to be operating in the US. But affluence among American workers, and their affinities for social networking and webmail also make them attractive targets.
RSS Adoption Not Reaching The Levels It Should
RSS feeds are not catching on like some of us thought they would. New data from Forrester Research indicates that only the slim minority of consumers are using it, and furthermore, a great deal of those who don’t have no intention of doing so in the future. When Forrester asked if people currently use an RSS feed:
MyLiveSearch Buzz Builds – To Annoying Levels?
A statement at the MyLiveSearch site says, “…..and they thought it couldn’t be done!” I’m not sure who “they” are,” what “it” is, and I have to point out that MyLiveSearch hasn’t “done” much of anything – the search engine has yet to launch – but this may all be a reference to beating Google.
SEMPO SEO Training Levels Up
Coming off a successful debut of their Fundamentals of Search Marketing course, the training arm of the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization has its Advanced SEO class up and running.
Google Levels European SEM Playing Field
One of the chief complaints of search engine marketing (SEM) agencies is that Google favors the big spenders with traditional business models when it comes to setting up an advertising campaign. In Europe, at least, that appears to be changing as Google releases its European Third Party program effective in January of 2006.
MarketingExperiments Survey Finds High Click Fraud Levels
One of the biggest scourges to the pay-per-click method of advertising is the threat of fraudulent clicks and with the growth of things like foreign click fraud farms, this concern has become even more magnified.
Oil Prices Sit While OPEC Ponders Production Levels
Light sweet crude prices climb almost to the $53 mark up 67 cents at $52.70 this morning. Meanwhile OPEC leaders begin to discuss possible production increases for June. Brent North Sea crude is up about 75 cents at $51.68 this morning. Gasoline prices are up 3 cents this morning at $1.50 a gallon.
Search Engines Contribute High Levels of Holiday Shopping Referrals
While visits to shopping sites are claiming a record share of total holiday season Web visits, search engines are continuing to contribute high levels of shopping referrals.
How To REALLY Get Obscene Levels of Traffic To Your Site Overnight
Every online marketer dreams of having a top 10 website on Google and Yahoo. Unfortunately most have come to realize that no matter how many e-books, videos, or seminars you attend traffic will still allude you.