The vertical search market could see significant growth by adding new features, improving content and forming partnerships with existing Web sites according to a new report from JupiterResearch, "Vertical Search: Learning Lessons from Shopping."
Bluepulse Taps Mobile Social Networking Market
Ben Keighran moved from Australia to Silicon Valley to position his company, Bluepulse, for big gains among the youthful crowd here that’s likely to embrace the service.
Google Mops Up Online Video Market
Another comparison, another win for Google. In this case, the competition centers on online video, and in terms of market share (as determined by the number of visits), the search giant is 42 percent ahead of its nearest rival.
Facebook Apps Market Develops
It’s interesting to see that a market for Facebook applications — or widgets — is developing, although the prices are still small. In one of the latest transactions, Inside Facebook notes that Slide.com (run by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin) has bought the app Favorite Peeps for a reported $60,000. Another site, FaceWatch, has also written about the purchase.
Using Social Media To Market
Yahoo has some suggestions for using social media to market one’s website. With a little planning, the Diggs and Flickrs of the world can provide a boost.
Google’s Market Share Growth Slows
Hitwise reports that Google’s market share for May is 65.13%. While fielding nearly two thirds of all US searches is definitely not a bad thing, Google’s market share didn’t grow over April 2007. In fact, it actually declined 0.13 percentage points. While the amount is minuscule (representing 0.2% of their market share), for the first time in recent months, some of the other major search engines actually gained market share.
How To Market your eBay Store
At a recent session at eBay Live in Boston, the topic was "How To Effectively market Your eBay Store."
The eBay Market
Blog Post Knocks $4 billion off Apple Market Cap
A supposedly false-alarm that Apple’s Leopard (their next OS) and their much-talked-gadget-phone iPhone being delayed, caused their stock to nose-dive knocking over $4 billion off their Market Cap. This is indeed a phenomenal development in the Blogosphere – a blog article can have that fundamental effect in the real work and real money.
Don’t Market to Ignorance!
“Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz, I don’t know what’s in it?”
Improving Odds of Connecting w/ Your Target Market
Kim Krause Berg had a interesting additional thought to my post about eye tracking. Her question, "What happens when your target market gets up on the wrong side of the bed?".