According to a new report by the internet firm WebVisible (www.webvisible.com), says that the average small business advertiser spent $2,231 on search advertising in Q2 2010, up 1.4% from Q1 2010 and 159% over over Q2 2009. The most popular advertiser categories in Q2 2010 were attorneys, general contractors and dentists. Air conditioning contractors, landscapers, and businesses offering … [Read more...]
Facebook Hits 500 Million Users
According to USA Today, Facebook.com signed up its 500,000,000 member this week. I know its a lot of zeros but Facebook.com now has 500 Million members. For those keeping track that is up from about 100 million members just two years ago. Facebook added 100 million new members since just February 2010. On an average day 115 million “friendships” are confirmed, members post about … [Read more...]
After 22,500 Comments, It Looks Like We Need To Revisit Some Rules For Conduct & Commenting On TheDomains.com
In December we will be celebrating our 3rd anniversary of TheDomains.com. To date we have generated over 2,200 posts which have drawn over 22,500 published comments. Up until a few weeks ago I had deleted less than 20 comments (not counting spam). As an attorney I'm a huge believer in free speech and I hate censoring people's expressions no matter how much I may disagree with them or how … [Read more...]
Prince: “The Internet Is Completely Over”
Yes the artist formerly known as Prince, and currently known as Prince once again, said in an interview today that "The Internet is Completely Over" Prince also told England's Daily Mirror: "I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it." "The Internet's like MTV," "At one time … [Read more...]
MAGNAGLOBAL: Online Advertising To Grow 11% A Year Through 2015
According to MAGNAGLOBAL, a media forecasting company, global online advertising will rise by 12.4% during 2010, to $61.0 billion dollars. In 2010, Paid Search will account for $29.8 billion of that $61 Billion, up by 16.5% over 2009. MAGNAGLOBAL says over the next five years, online advertising is expected to by an average rate of 11.0% through 2015. So by 2015 online advertising will … [Read more...]
Demand Media Chief Revenue Officer: “Our Goal Ultimately Is, No. 1, Be Bigger Than AOL, & No. 2 To Be Bigger Than Yahoo”
In an interview published by AdAge, Joanne Bradford, the Chief Revenue Officer for Demand Media said that Demands goals were to be bigger than AOL and Bigger than Yahoo. Some other interesting points in the Interview: Demand has "1,000 copy editors" Demand publishes 7,000 articles or pieces of content a day. Demands eHow.com gets over 50 million unique visitors a day (seems like an … [Read more...]
eMarketer: Internet Ad Spending To Increase 11% This Year: Search To Increase 16%
eMarketer today revised its forecast on 2010 online ad spending upwards According to eMarketer’s, US spending on online advertisements will reach $25.1 billion, up from $22.7 billion, or an increase of 11%. In December 2009, eMarketer called for only 5.5% growth. “As Google makes gains, so does a large slice of online advertising,” said David Hallerman, eMarketer senior analyst and author … [Read more...]