In North America 70 percent of smartphone-based web traffic is operating on slower-than-4G wireless networks. Conversely only 30 percent of smartphone web traffic is coming from 4G networks, according to Chitika. This modest penetration figure makes sense because 4G networks are still rolling out and not all handsets are 4G compatible. For example only the iPhone […]
On Friday comScore released its US smartphone market share report for May. The firm projects that 59 percent of US mobile phone subscribers own smartphones. By comparison Pew and Nielsen both agree that the number is 61 percent. According to comScore Apple continued to be the top individual smartphone maker in the US, followed by […]
Instagram has regained supremacy over Vine on Twitter, thanks to its new video feature? That seemed to be the story, based on stats from Topsy. But now, Topsy has clarified there’s a different story, one where Instagram shares on Twitter have never dipped below Vine, at least when you’re looking at all activity rather than […]
This week Vine saw a lot of dunking, batting, scrumming and serving – as sports Vines collectively dominated the leaderboards. But Hollywood had its own moments, as did Texas state senator Wendy Davis and her filibuster. Sports! We love this vine from NHL as the Chicago Blackhawks went 1-0 up in a recent match. It […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Google+ Adds New Website Buttons & Badges On 2nd Birthday Google+ turns two years old today and is marking the occasion with new buttons and badges for websites, along with a […]
Google+ turns two years old today and is marking the occasion with new buttons and badges for websites, along with a few tweaks to its photo features. There’s also a special birthday logo that’s showing up only on plus.google.com (which you can see at right). As far as the new stuff goes, there’s a new […]
Starting Monday, Facebook will use a new review process to decide when it’s okay to show ads on Pages and Groups — a process that will expand the company’s list of Pages and Groups that are restricted from showing ads because of the content they offer. The new policy comes in response to recent complaints […]
Yahoo launched a new Yahoo News design this morning as part of their effort to modernize their look. Part of that is to build a consistent top bar navigation throughout all the Yahoo properties, which you can see on Yahoo’s home page and now news section. Techno-net discovered a test where Yahoo is testing that […]
Programmatic display advertising continued to show huge growth year-over-year in Q2 , particularly among retail and travel advertisers. That’s according to the Q2 Digital Marketing Report issued this week by IgnitionOne. The study found that, in addition to increasing investment in search, retail advertisers spent 130 percent more on programmatic display advertising in the quarter year-over-year. […]
As Google’s critics and rivals in Europe become increasingly vocal and aggressive in their campaign against the company’s proposed antitrust settlement, the European Commission (EC) has some egg on its face. EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia negotiated the current settlement with Google over a period of months. The specific provisions, including the controversial “rival links” […]
Managing an optimization program has parallels to running a professional baseball team. To be successful, it requires a coordinated effort by many, all with a common goal, as well as acknowledgement that to reach the pinnacle of success, your team must navigate what amounts to a marathon and not a sprint. In this case, having […]
Google Reader is closing next Monday, July 1. Yeah, you knew that. But did you also know that when it closes, anyone using FeedBurner is likely to see a huge plunge in subscriber counts reported for their feeds? Here’s why, and also why we may begin to see replacements for Google Reader publish their own […]
Earlier today Yahoo announced a newly redesigned Yahoo News site. Graphics are larger and there’s more white space at the article level. It may feel too spartan for some and yet too cluttered for others. Design is hard. Regardless, it’s more consistent with the look of the new Yahoo homepage. And like the homepage it’s […]
It’s now been a full week since Instagram added video recording to its popular camera app, and it’s already had a dramatic impact on its main competitor: Vine sharing on Twitter has tanked. We can use Topsy’s free analytics tool to compare how many times Twitter users have shared instagram.com links versus vine.co links, and […]
When Facebook introduced its retargeting platform, Facebook Exchange (FBX), last year it was a nearly instant success, with partners raving about performance metrics. Then, earlier this year, Facebook opened up its News Feed to retargeting. We’ve seen early positive reports on News Feed retargeting, and now Ad Roll has released its latest data on FBX in the News […]
First brought to our attention by The Daily Dot, Yelp has sued to terminate and collect damages from a site called BuyOnlineReviews.net. The site leads with Yelp but it promises to generate fake positive reviews for a range of local directories and social sites including Google +, Citysearch, InsiderPages, Local.com, SuperPages, Foursquare, Kudzu, YellowPages as […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: LinkedIn Touts New Milestone: 3 Million Company Pages [Infographic] LinkedIn has passed a new milestone: More than three million companies now have pages on the site, including a half-million just in […]
LinkedIn has passed a new milestone: More than three million companies now have pages on the site, including a half-million just in the past 12 months. (Can’t help but wonder how many of them are sharing our brand frustrations.) That collection of company pages represents 148 different industries, LinkedIn says. There are 453 railroad companies […]
According to a Nielsen survey commissioned by Yelp, four out of five Yelp users visit Yelp.com before spending money, and 93 percent say that visiting Yelp leads to a local purchase. When asked why they use Yelp, 82 percent said they typically visit Yelp because they intend to buy a product or service. Of the […]
Brand advertisers have long complained about the challenges of making targeted ad buys at scale online in the way they are used to doing for TV. Google is attempting quiet those objections and lure more brand advertising to its display network with its new “Affinity Segments.” Launching today, Affinity Segments leverage the contextual audience targeting called […]
It’s now been two full weeks since Facebook jumped into the hashtag market. A recent survey from SimplyMeasured found that so far, hashtags have been a hit with the top brands on Facebook. From June 12th to June 24th, 56% of the top 100 brands have posted a Facebook update that contained a hashtag. Nearly […]
The debate over online and data privacy in the US is intensifying in the wake of the NSA surveillance revelations. However the effort to do something about data privacy has largely stalled in Congress — despite many blustery pronouncements and calls for investigations. There are also private initiatives that are seemingly deadlocked, including the WC3’s […]
On Monday, Gartner put out some new hardware forecast figures that try to capture the future of devices and operating systems. The firm says the market is “being driven by sales in tablets, smartphones, and to a lesser extent, ultramobiles, as PC shipments are on the decline.” Below is Gartner’s global prediction for device share […]
App search engine Quixey launches its Sponsored Apps program in beta today. The Sponsored Apps program allows app marketers to target users during the app discovery process, as they are searching for apps relevant to their search queries. The program aims to give app marketers an alternative to traditional in-app ads. This is the company’s […]
As of February of this year, there were 2.4 billion people online — a little over one third of the world’s population. That’s a lot of people to keep interested. And while companies are looking for new ways to create agile content (infographics, tweets, videos, etc.) and curate the most relevant content from their partners, […]
Conversion paths, exits and other analytic metrics can be studied to determine if users were satisfied. Or, you could just ask them. Today, Google has released a tool that allows webmasters to query users directly — with one line of code required. The survey will display in the lower right hand side of your site, […]
Earlier today, Google introduced some additional Now cards and functionality through an update to its Android search app (not yet for iOS). They extend to live TV, music and location-sensitive offers. Google announced the new features in a post on its Android Google+ site. Here’s the list of new capabilities, available for Android 4.1 and […]
Eight months after the release of Windows 8, Microsoft launched a pre-release of Windows 8.1 today at the Microsoft Build Developers Conference in San Francisco. The latest version of the Windows operating system comes with an extensive list of updates, from a new start button and start screen, to enhanced search capabilities, a redesigned app […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Facebook Ads Manager Reports Update Gives Advertisers More Control Facebook is following up on its recent efforts to streamline its ad products and revamp Page Insights with an update to Ads […]
Facebook is following up on its recent efforts to streamline its ad products and revamp Page Insights with an update to Ads Manager Reports designed to make it “easier to use and more actionable.” The biggest change to Ads Manager Reports is the ability to select the ad metrics you want to include in a report, […]
Google’s struggles in Europe continue. However the company apparently has won something of a reprieve in its battle against the emerging “the right to be forgotten,” which Google largely regards as censorship. But on the antitrust front, Google faces stepped up criticism of its settlement proposals from critics and opponents. On Monday, an advisory (non-binding) opinion […]
Consumers may be a bit more sophisticated than the conventional wisdom would lead us to believe. According to a new study from Syncapse, there’s not a single dominant reason that consumers choose to become a brand’s Facebook fan. Instead, there are numerous different reasons it happens — and, what’s more, the biggest “fan-drivers” depend on […]
Google Reader is turning off their feed on July 1st and by now many of you have already switched to a new RSS reader – but, for those of you who have yet to make the jump, keep reading. We wanted to give you a concise chart explaining the features, costs and functionality of some […]
According to this month’s comScore Media Metrix report, Tumblr has climbed 12 places up the list of top 50 US Web properties in the last two months, moving from the 41st spot in March to rank 29th in May. Whether Tumblr will continue to be ranked separately from Yahoo remains to be seen as Yahoo […]
When Oreo made its Super Bowl run around, professional marketers around the world shared a collective gasp. “How did they create the design and get it past legal so quickly?” we wondered. If you’ve been a close observer of Oreo’s social media marketing efforts, you’ll know that their marketing team has been making those sorts […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the Web. From Marketing Land: Google Shows Nearly 100 Million Unsafe Browsing Warnings Per Week The Google Safe Browsing system is designed to warn people from Google’s search results and when using popular browsers if they […]
The Google Safe Browsing system is designed to warn people from Google’s search results and when using popular browsers if they are about to enter a site deemed unsafe due to suspected malware or phishing attempts. Google’s now sharing figures on how often it warns: currently almost 100 million times per week, along with other […]
As an advertiser, there is no better way to purchase massive amounts of online display ad inventory than directly from publishers or ad networks. Granted, there is more legwork involved when compared to programmatic buying, and the CPM rates can be quite high — but this is offset by the ability to reserve large amounts […]
Though the approach of using content in marketing initiatives has become more prevalent over the past couple of years, businesses have been employing content marketing strategies since the 1800s. Today, marketers use online content to educate and entertain their audiences in order to drive traffic, conversions and/or leads. Similarly, more than 100 years ago, companies […]
So far, 2013 has been the year of expansion for Twitter, both from geographic extension and company acquisitions. Roughly 8% of the world’s population is now on Twitter, and Silicon Graphics International (SGI) along with the University of Illinois and social media vendor GNIP combined forces to map this Global Twitter usage. From this partnership, […]