A lot of activity on Twitter might well consist of bots talking to each other, according to a new report. Sysomos – which last month pointed out that 5 percent of Twitter’s users account for 75 percent of the site’s activity – has now indicated that many of the most dedicated users aren’t human.
Yahoo’s Earnings Report Fails To Inspire
Yahoo’s released its second quarter earnings report, and the news isn’t all that great. While the company pretty much managed to match and/or beat analysts’ official expectations, some discouraging numbers came out, as did some less than pleasant predictions about the future.
Let’s start with the positive points, at least. Analysts thought Yahoo might post $1.55 billion in gross revenue and earnings per share of $0.08. Instead, it managed to post $1.57 billion and $0.10, respectively. Net income actually rose by 8 percent year-over-year.
New Report Slashes YouTube Loss Estimate By $300M
A little less than three months ago, Credit Suisse predicted that YouTube’s 2009 losses would be in the neighborhood of $470 million. Which is, of course, quite bad. But a new report from RampRate – together with info out of Microsoft – makes it look like Google’s video-sharing site is doing somewhat better.
Report: Bing Replaces Yahoo as Number 2
Research reported by StatCounter says that Microsoft’s new Bing search engine has taken over Yahoo for the second place slot in search market share. Clearly, it’s getting a lot of attention since it just launched, so let’s keep this in context.
Report: Facebook Raising $150M To Reward Employees
Facebook’s employees may soon get a special payday that goes well beyond the normal end-of-the-week routine. A new report indicates the company is raising $150 million in order to buy out workers’ shares and effectively give them a pre-IPO reward.
UK Report: Top 10 Brands Account For 45% Of Web Time
The ten most heavily used Web brands in the UK have it pretty good. Insanely good, as a matter of fact. A new report from Nielsen Online indicates that these ten brands (which were looked at along with 7,625 others) account for 45 percent of all UK Internet time.
Report Reveals Interesting Findings on Web Apps
Wakoopa has been collecting information related to social networks and applications on the web, and they have a new report that reveals some interesting findings.
For one, Twitter continues to grow rapidly. This isn’t news to anyone, but as its growth continued through the entire first quarter, it saw a particularly big jump in March. As far as apps, Tweetdeck ranked first among users who posted updates to Twitter via desktop with Twhirl a close second.
Report Looks at Ad Requests for iPhone vs Android
Mobile advertising platform AdMob has released its Mobile Metrics Report looking at statistics for the month of March. It highlights some interesting trends in smartphone applications.
AdMob serves ads for over 6,000 web sites and 1,000 apps and stores and analyzes the data from each ad request, impression, and click. The report is intended to provide insight into trends in the mobile ecosystem.
Google Survives Q1 Financial Report
Analysts and investors were ready for just about anything this afternoon, with predictions of what Google’s first quarter would look like ranging from complete failure to yet another blow-’em-out-of-the-water success. The real numbers landed somewhere in between, but – to most people’s relief – rather more on positive side.
Report: MSFT To Spend $100M Promoting New Search Brand
Microsoft’s new search brand should be announced sooner rather than later, and when that day comes, it looks like the corporation is going to make sure people notice. According to a new report, Microsoft intends to spend as much as $100 million on an advertising campaign.