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Friday, April 04, 2008

Survey: Half of US companies could go virtual

Thanks to the Internet many US businesses are considering going completely virtual in the near future. The biggest reason seems to be the incredible growth of ecommerce over the past few years. >>

Friday, April 04, 2008

MerchantCircle launches "Verified" program

Local search has been a booming category for online marketers for several months but many consumers still have questions about just who is behind those online businesses they click to from a search engine. A new platform from MerchantCircle could help consumers feel more at home with local businesses because it verifies the businesses found through a search query. >>

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Amazon launches buy-by-text option

Amazon has taken its consumer’s buying capabilities a step further with the introduction of a buy-by-text service. >>

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Study: Teens more likely to be swayed by friends

Forget about appealing to a teens insecurity or vanity. According to a new Teen Topix report from OTX Research, teens are less likely to be influenced by vanity or insecurity and more likely to be influenced by friends and family. >>

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Savvy execs want virtual business by 2012

Major advances in technology, and being comfortable with that technology, have both been big factors in the desire for an increasing number of American companies to go totally virtual in the near future. >>

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Metaversatility, GSD&M partner for virtual research

With more users logging on to sites like SecondLife and more businesses creating a virtual world for their products it was only a matter of time before someone began measuring the virtual centers. Enter GSD&M Idea City, a marketing/advertising organization, and Metaversatility, a virtual world development company, who are partnering to provide businesses with research targeted for the virtual realm. >>

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

comScore: Price is a big influencer for mobile adoption

It isn't the lack of content or even the small screens that are keeping more users from accessing the mobile Internet. According to a recent comScore report, cost is the primary factor is the slow growth of mobile adoption rates. >>

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

API's are becoming important for publishers, too

Once thought to be only in the realm of the geek squadrons, it seems that API's (Application Programming Interfaces) are now moving into the publishing realms and helping to increase their traffic numbers. A recent report from Outsell Insights indicates that API's are increasingly helping to drive growth for online publishers. >>

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Google to open AdWords to broadcasters "very soon"

So far only broadcast television stations which were invited could participate in Google's television brokering platform. That could be changing, as sources report Google will be opening the program to all broadcast stations very soon. >>

Monday, March 31, 2008

Australian Internet use overtakes TV viewing

For the first time, Internet use in Australia has overtaken television viewing, according to recent research from Nielsen Online. >>

Monday, March 31, 2008

Gift, food sites are hot in Japan

Japanese consumers are increasingly turning to the Internet for gift ideas and shopping. According to a new report from metrics firm comScore, gifting sites were a huge boon to etailers because of Japanese consumers in February. Retail-Food websites were also big gainers for the month. >>

Monday, March 31, 2008

Forecast: Mobile to reach $19 billion by 2012

Consumers can expect to see many more advertisements on their mobiles in the coming years and marketers can look forward to a more engaged - and buying - consumer. According to a recent eMarketer forecast, mobile marketing will reach more than $19 billion globally by 2012. >>

Friday, March 28, 2008

Adify's widget offers content syndication for publishers

The growth of the widget with social networking consumers has been exponential in the past year. Social networkers are adding widgets for content, video and games to the online and mobile profiles. Now Adify is offering a widget for content syndication that could help publishers gain a great foothold in the online realm. >>

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Use of alternative media to rise

PQ Media predicts that, by 2012, one dollar in every four will be spent on alternative media as advertising strategies change along with consumer habits. >>

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Emerging Media Buying Service launched by Catalyst

Online video, online gaming, social networking. All of these emerging markets are hot properties for marketers but many advertisers aren't sure how to utilize these new markets. Enter a new platform from Catalyst for emerging markets. >>

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