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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Pew says 'Google yourself regularly'

Phew! I’m normal. It seems I’m not alone when it comes to Googling my name to see what information pops up. >>

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Social media use to take off

Three-quarters of all broadband users will use social media in 2012, forecasts Strategy Analytics, as user-generated content increasingly competes with professional media. >>

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Target teens with Alloy's new ad network

If teens are your target audience, you might want to consider taking a look at a new advertising network which claims to have the highest concentration of teens online. >>

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Alloy, Zwinky team for teen ad network

Zwinky, an online avatar making hub targeting the teen market, and Alloy Media + Marketing have teamed up to create an online advertising network focused on the teen market. Teen.com launched earlier this month and allows marketers to target teens with display ads. >>

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

AdReady secures $10 million more in funding

It looks as if self-service advertising platform AdReady is here to stay. This week the company announced they had received an addition $10 million in funding. Since the company's launch in October, marketers have logged on to create their own accounts - and their own ads - in large numbers so that they would have more control over the ad product and their ad dollars. >>

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

More socializing for TopShop

In March this year, one of Britain’s largest fashion stores, TopShop, entered the world of social networking with a profile page on MySpace. The success of this move has led the fashion store to explore another big social network. >>

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

eMarketer: Social marketing to surpass $2 billion in '08

One trend that is likely to continue into 2008 is the social marketing trend. According to a recent eMarketer report, social network advertising will nearly double in 2008 to reach more than $2 billion for the year. >>

Monday, December 17, 2007

Paramount using transactional banner ads

Back in July, Tailgate launched a fully transactional web 2.0 banner ad system. It enables consumers to make a purchase by entering their credit card details directly into an interactive “transactional banner ad”. >>

Monday, December 17, 2007

Younger adults use technology to catch up

A recent study from Nielsen//Netratings indicates that adults are more likely than ever to use technology, especially the Internet, to stay up to date with their television habits. For advertisers this is also an indication that webcast advertising will become more important in the months to come. >>

Monday, December 17, 2007

More users choose New York Times websites

The most recent research from Nielsen//Netratings indicates a few changes for online users. While more users continue to search via the Google search engine, users spend the most time on Microsoft websites and nearly 50 million users logged on to a New York Times Company website. >>

Monday, December 17, 2007

More auto ad dollars are moving online

Through 2011 automotive advertising will hold steady at about $40 billion per year. However, according to a new survey from The Kelsey Group more of those ad dollars will move online in the coming years as the audience continues to shift online. >>

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Social-networking - approach with caution

The buzz surrounding social-networking, along with the mega-successes of the likes of Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, is hard to ignore, but a new report suggests that businesses take a step back and not get swept along in the crowds clamoring to take advantage of this new channel. >>

Friday, December 14, 2007

AdSense gives publishers more ad control

Google AdSense is rolling out a new feature for AdSense accounts that will give publishers even more control over which ads appear on their websites. >>

Friday, December 14, 2007

"Green Monday" sees ecommerce surge of $881 million

Black Friday, Cyber Monday and now Green Monday. These are the so-called Big Three; the days during the holiday shopping rush that will see the largest amounts of money spent. The term refers to the second Monday in December and it was certainly green this year - metrics firm comScore reports that $881 million (US) were spent on Green Monday 2007. >>

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Why marketers should target newspaper readers

Marketers who want to tap in to the vast resources of a group of online users called Influencers may want to pay more attention to newspapers. That is because, according to a recent study from Millward Brown, readers of online newspapers are more like to influence the purchasing decisions of consumers >>

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