Online Ad Spending to Exceed Print for First Time Ever in 2012

According to eMarketer, US online ad spending will grow almost 24% in 2012 to close in on $40 billion. This number is expected to reach nearly $53 billion by 2014 and $62 billion by 2016. In 2012 online ads in…
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Google to Start Penalizing Pages With too Many Advertisements “Above the Fold”

Are you tired of doing a Google search only to land on a page that has an entire army worth of ads occupying the top part of the page? Does this make you feel deceived and taken advantage of? Well…
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Google Introduces “Search, Plus Your World”

It appears that Google search results are undergoing one of their biggest facelifts to date with last week’s introduction of Search, Plus Your World. This new feature is taking content that you share privately and combining it with matches from…
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Some Social Media Statistics as we Head Into 2012

Facebook now commands a whopping 800 million users. 200 million of these users joined up in 2011 alone. Twitter recently hit the 100 million active users mark with one out of every five users living in the United States. LinkedIn…
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Search Engines Are Number One Choice for Finding Local Businesses

A recent survey was conducted by Pew Internet to determine where people get information about local businesses. For the study, 1100 adults (18 and older) were interviewed by landline and cellphone in both English and Spanish. People looking for information…
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