TweetShare your thoughts on super bowl 45 and which ads were your favorite. From the buzz on Twitter, it seems many were disappointed! Which ads from Super Bowl 45 were the GREATEST disappointment? Can’t remember? Check out this line up in order of the game to refresh your memory …
Cast Your Vote! Best and Worst Ads of Super Bowl 45?
What Do 10 Million Facebook Friendships Look Like?
TweetRecently, an intern working on Facebook’s data infrastructure engineering team took a sample of nearly 10 million pairs of friends from Facebook’s data warehouse and plotted out their relationships. The result? This intriguingly beautiful image and an accurate map of the world. Here are the thoughts that Paul shared about the image and its creation: [...]
SmartBrief Advertising Industry Predictions for 2011
TweetRecent responses collected from SmartBrief showing different opinions regarding the US advertising market, social media marketing plans, regulation and more: What overall trend do you anticipate in the U.S. advertising market in 2011? More slow, steady growth 64.42% U.S. advertising spending will be about the same 22.12% Economic growth and ad spending will accelerate rapidly [...]
Year In Review: A Look Back at 2009
TweetCurious to see what we were talking about on Twitter in 2009? Here’s the list: 2009 Twitter Trends News Events 1. #iranelection 2. Swine Flu 3. Gaza 4. Iran 5. Tehran 6. #swineflu 7. AIG 8. #uksnow 9. Earth Hour 10. #inaug09 People 1. Michael Jackson 2. Susan Boyle 3. Adam Lambert 4. Kobe (Bryant) [...]
Year In Review 2010 Trends on Twitter
Tweet The numbers are in. Over 25 billion tweets were sent in 2010, and Twitter has analyzed these tweets and organized them into the top categories as the overall top 10 Twitter trends. Twitter has broken out the top trending topics into eight categories: News Events, People, Movies, Television, Technology, World Cup, Sports, and Hashtags. [...]
Is Facebook Missing The Mark With Their Targeted Ads?
TweetHow good at targeting is Facebook? From ads regarding shoes to the latest TV shows and their episodes, Facebook is serving up a ton of online ads. After their latest phase in ad targeting in November, it will be interesting to see how they continue to adapt their targeting, focusing on demographics and interests. Many [...]
comScore Releases September 2010 U.S. Online Video Rankings
TweetTop 10 Video Content Properties by Unique Viewers Google Sites, driven primarily by video viewing at YouTube.com, ranked as the top online video content property with 144.2 million unique viewers. Yahoo! Sites captured the #2 spot with 54.4 million viewers, followed by Facebook.com with 52.2 million viewers. Microsoft Sites jumped 3 positions in September, securing [...]
Beware … The End Is Near … For Google, At Least.
TweetPundits web wide are asking if Google is afraid of Facebook based on the latest comScore data regarding time spent on sites owned by each of the megalith internet companies. Well … hold on a minute … last time I checked, actual time spent on Google’s search site averages about 3 nano seconds to return about 150 gazillion results, [...]
What Can Location Based Services Do For You?
TweetAccording to the Chinese calendar, 2010 is the year of the Tiger, but for social platforms it is the year of Location Based Services. A location based service may not strike as much fear in the heart as a tiger would, but it is a service that should stop some businesses in their tracks because [...]
Social Networking by People 50+ Doubles in One Year Pew Research Reports
TweetA new Internet & American Life Project by the Pew Research Center reveals that social networking use among Internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled from 22 percent in April 2009 to 42 percent in May 2010, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Social networking use among [...]