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The ad revenue generated from mobile users may not be where Google shines, but it is an area that is continuing to grow. Whatever the exact earning numbers might be at this time, records do indicate that Google has taken over 50% of them.
Figures show that Google mobile advertising revenue has tripled from what it was in 2011 to an estimated 4.61 billion dollars. …
Facebook is starting to get a little tricky with their marketing strategies. Now in your news feed you might see something called ‘promoted or sponsored posts’, otherwise known as Facebook Exchange ads.
Basically, advertisers are paying for you to see these posts. Just as we’ve been getting used to not having a lot of ads in our feed, you can now expect to see them …
This is news we didn’t think we would ever hear…. Google is loosing market share!
Yep, you ready correctly! Search market share for Google in the UK is at the lowest level it has been in five years.
December 2012 was the second month in a row where Google’s market share dropped below 90%. Google still holds a very large lead over competitors including Bing…
This is perhaps the biggest search news to break so far in 2013! Google’s main rival in Russian, Yandex, has built a secret search engine for Facebook.
Yandex is Russia’s biggest search engine and has lent its support Facebook by producing a voice-activated visual search engine codenamed “Wonder”. According to TechCrunch, Wonder is a mobile app that allows people to ask what businesses friends …
Cyber Monday shopping is well and truly over, so how did the online retailers fair?
It’s good news for retailers with more people than ever going online on Monday 26th November to purchase Christmas gifts at heavily discounted prices.
Here’s a rundown of the official stats:
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Apparently Yahoo! and Facebook are entering into some discussions on a ‘search’ partnership. While none of this has actually been substantiated from anyone at either company it would stand to benefit Yahoo! much more than it would Facebook.
According to the Sunday Telegraph, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg are discussing a potential partnership.
Is this just a rumor that Yahoo …
The Bing/Yahoo! Advertising Network has recently continued expanding its market reach into international regions, including seven new markets within Europe and an additional six within Latin America, raising its total market count to 22 countries.
These markets include:
In a recent official blog post, the Yahoo Advertising Team highlighted the growth …
There has been a lot of talk on the web recently concerning the rumors of whether or not Facebook has been holding back the amount of people your Facebook Page is exposed to in an effort to force businesses to pay to leverage the benefits of the world’s biggest social network. And while there has been a mountain of users crying foul at the top …
Are you focusing your PR efforts to only a certain channel? Perhaps only offline or just through press submission sites? If so, you’re missing out on a vital area of exposure in the form of social media sites.
Of course the big two, Facebook and Twitter, should be your main focus, but which network is actually better?
Let’s take a look at PR Web’s advice …
Social media juggernaut Facebook has begun to test an exciting new service that will allow local, small businesses to offer free Wi-Fi to followers after ‘checking in’ with the social network.
During this test, Facebook will supply the wireless routers to be used for the endeavor, though the businesses themselves will provide the Internet access. When Facebook users check into a particular location on Facebook, …