Articles tagged with: estimates
US Internet User Update
The Internet has long been a mass medium in the US, but it just got a little more massive.
eMarketer estimates that 63.4% of the US population uses the Web at least once per month, and …
Facebook Ads: Virtual Gifts redesigned
For social media advertisers looking for a way to reach Facebook users, a new “sponsored gifts” unit is now available on the redesigned Facebook home page. The sponsored gifts ad unit follows Facebook’s new social …
Broadband is going worldwide
According to estimates from Gartner, globally, consumer broadband connections will grow from 323 million in 2007 to 499 million in 2012. Put another way, 18% of households had a broadband connection in 2007, and by …
“Microsoft is ‘Done’ With Yahoo” says Ballmer
Chief Executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended Microsoft Corp’s need to make heavy investments in its Internet businesses but said the company was “done,” for now, with pursuing Yahoo Inc . “There’s nothing under discussion …
China’s internet mobile growth
According to industry reports, in five years, more than 30% of mobile phone subscribers in China will be reading books and newspapers through their phones. The combination of greater 3G adoption and a marked increase …
Q2 Predictions for PayPal
PayPal had a great Q2, adding three more airlines, launching mobile-payments with Sprint Nextel, gaining access to two major PSP’s with 18,000 combined merchants, introducing PayPal Pay Later across all EBAY listings, pursuing innovative promotions, …
What Next for Google’s Shares?
It’s been one of the most volatile stocks in the last 12 months, and has kept even the savviest traders guessing as to its direction. Could that volatility that confounds even the best and the …
Internet Advertising Slowed In First Quarter
In the first quarter of 2008, the growth in spending on Internet display advertising slowed to 8.5 percent from 16.7 percent growth last year, according to estimates put out today by TNS Media Intelligence. Even …
More Internet Use in Canada
In Canada, nearly three-quarters of those ages 16 and older went online for personal reasons during the 12 months prior to June 2008, according to Statistics Canada’s “Canadian Internet Use Survey.” That was up from …
Worldwide online ad spending will reach $65.2B in 2008
Several recent worldwide online ad spending projections indicate that the medium still has a lot of room for growth. Worldwide online ad spending will reach $65.2 billion in 2008, according to IDC’s “Digital Marketplace Model …
Video Links: The Best Lures in the SEO Tackle Box?
Video is changing the way we use the Internet for entertainment, education, blogging, product promotion and so many other forms of content.
China: A different online search engine world
The Chinese online marketplace has quickly grown into a place that, to Western eyes, really is a different world.
