Archive for February, 2008

Google tests the water with video ads

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Google | No Comments »

Via The New York Times, Google is testing video ads in its search engine result pages (or SERPs, if you go for SEO acronyms): Google has always had a love-hate relationship with advertising. ... Read more..

Top 30 US newspaper sites for January

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in International press | No Comments »

Via Editor & Publisher, an exclusive break-down of the top 30 US newspaper sites for January. Top 10 below and the full list on the E&P site. Not surprising to see ... Read more..

Did you earn your £12.50 from Google last year?

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in TV, Google | No Comments »

 Via good old Guardian.co.uk, Google is snapping at the ad revenue heels of ITV. Google may have to wait another year to overtake ITV1 as the UK's biggest single advertising income ... Read more..

Brits unwilling to trust digital privacy

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Social media, MySpace, Facebook | No Comments »

Via netimperative, four in five UK internet users admit to feeling unsafe sharing their mobile phone number via social networking sites like Facebook, Bebo and MySpace: Nearly 80% of all respondents in ... Read more..

Top US web rankings

Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in comScore, Social media, YouTube, Search, Facebook, MySpace, Google | No Comments »

Among comScore's findings: Yahoo! sites ranks as the top US ad publisher with a 19 per cent share of online display ads. Publisher: share of display ads, display ads per visit   Yahoo! ... Read more..