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AOL Patch Wobbles | Brands' Social Currency | Campaign Seeks Torturers | Regulators Target Facebook | Groupon Payout Lawsuit

Agency News: JWT Appoints a Pair of Chief Creative Officers in New York Business Strategies: For AOL, a Costly Gamble On Local News Draws Trouble Taco Bell, BK and Others   [...]

Top News: Sites retool in response to Google | YouTube moves to life ad revenue | Loopt Qs | An Amazon tablet?

Search: Sites retool for Google effect. SEO projection modeling. How to optimize your brand's Facebook Page for search engines.  [...]

Top News: So far so good for Black Friday sales | E-commerce projections very robust | Chrome as a multi-tasker | Facebook privacy debate moves to UK

Black Friday: Promotions, tradition lure shoppers on Black Friday. Bargains bring out the crowds. Holiday sales forecast: E-Commerce growing  [...]

Marketing Data RoundUp: Shoppers make increasingly complex purchase journey

Following are findings from recent studies on marketing and advertising-related topics. For a more in-depth look at these subjects, visit our sister site, MarketingCharts.com. Shoppers Make Increasingly Complex Purchase Journey Shoppers no longer traverse linear paths to a purchase, but instead take a highly-dynamic and sometimes multidirectional route, according  [...]

Top March Websites Indicate Spring's Arrival

Increased consumer interest in website categories including home improvement, baseball and theme parks indicated that consumers were preparing for the arrival of spring in March 2010, according to Compete. Home Improvement Every spring, there is typically a spike in home improvement-related traffic online. March 2010 followed this trend. Home improvement sites Bedbathandbeyond.com (5,058,487 unique visitors), l  [...]

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Industry Buzz & Snippets: 10/21/09

Web 2.0 News and Trends: Rumor has it that Google will launch a music initiative called One Box to offer song previews, artist bios, graphics, and video - but no downloads or subscriptions. One Box won't be limited to music, according to CNET's Stephen Shankland. There are several different kin  [...]

Obama Launches Cyber Security Arm; Seeks 'Tsar' to Oversee

On grounds that America's 21st century economic prosperity depends on them, President Barack Obama announced plans to protect the country's computer networks from cyber attacks. The Obama Administration   [...]

NY Governor Proposes iPod Tax

Hoping to expedite the close of the state's $15 billion budget gap, New York Governor David Paterson is proposing a tax on music and other downloads made online. To download online content from a site like iTunes, for example, users must create an account with a billing address, so additional fees to New York residents can be applied with relative ease, observes the New York   [...]

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Politics, Holidays Drive Top October Web Properties

The US presidential election, Halloween and approaching holiday season were the most significant drivers of Internet traffic for October 2008, according to comScore's monthly analysis of US consumer activity at the top online properties, MarketingCharts reports.   [...]

GOP Unhappy Over Use of Its Trademarks in CafePress Merchandise

The Republican National Committee (RNC) plans to sue CafePress for permitting vendors to sell unlicensed Republican merchandise, including shirts and stickers that portray the Grand Old Party elephant -- even if those portrayals are positive. CafePress.com enables users to "brand" shirts, caps, stickers and other items, then sell them in their own CafePress online stores. "Please cease and desist from allowing vendors to utilize the federally registered trademarks of the RNC or we will be   [...]

IAB Lends Helping Hand to Small Online Publishers

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) created a new membership level for small online publishers, part of an effort to help them "prevent adverse state and Federal regulation that could hinder [their] ability to sell or carry advertising." Any publisher that vends ads directly, indirectly or through a third-party network may join the IAB Small Publisher network, provided they make less than $1 million in annual revenue. The introductory rate is $500 per year. Interested publishers may   [...]

Facebook May Face Class Action Suit, Fueled by Canadian Law School Students

The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic has filed a privacy complaint against Facebook, asserting it violates the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. "Facebook does not make a reasonable effort to advise users of the purposes for which their personal information is used," the group wrote. "Facebook also does not advise users of the extent of their personal information that will be shared by joining a network." Facebook spokesmen denied tha  [...]

Top 50 Web Rankings Issued: Love, Taxes, Politics, Economy on Visitors' Minds

Yahoo Sites edged Google Sites out among US web properties with 137 million visitors vs. 136 million, as traffic to tax, greetings/Valentine's Day, politics, and news sites increased, according to a monthly analysis by comScore's Media Metrix service, MarketingCharts   [...]

875MM Consumers Shopped Online, Up 40% in 2 Years

Over 85 percent of the global online population has used the internet to make a purchase, increasing the market for online shopping by 40 percent in the past two years, according to the Nielsen Global Online Survey on internet shopping habits,   [...]

Microlender Kiva Runs Out of Loan Recipients

Kiva, a nonprofit site that organizes microloans for entrepreneurs in developing countries, has run out of people to lend to. In toto, Kiva brought in $19.5 million worth of loans from 220,000 lenders, reports The New York Times. Though it may seem risky to dole $450 out to a r  [...]

Upromise, DonorsChoose Use Web to Fund Education

Upromise, an online service that helps students save and raise money for college, has launched an online video contest called Tuition Tales. The promo gives users the chance to describe why they or someone they know deserves $25,000 for college expenses.And Bronx-based nonprofit DonorsChoose.org connects underfunded teachers directly with those that want to donate. Open  [...]

Ten Key Online Predictions for 2008

eMarketer has issued predictions for 2008 in key online areas, including advertising, videos, social networks, e-commerce and entertainment. The forecast finds online advertising will ride out potential economic storms in the US -- and YouTube will decide political elections -- reports MarketingCharts. The 10 predictions  [...]

Website Rankings for Sept. Issued; Retail, Religion, Politics Heat Up

Yahoo Sites remained the top US web property as Wikipedia Sites and New York Times Digital moved up within the top 10 sites. Retail, political, sports and religion sites were the top-gaining categories/sites, according to the comScore Media Metrix monthly analysis of activity among top US online properties in September,   [...]

Massive Mistrust in UK over Identity Fraud

Only half (52 percent) of consumers in Great Britain trust their high-street bank or building society (similar to a savings and loan institution) to protect their personal details from identity thieves, a new "trust poll" has revealed, writes MarketingCharts. Travel and gambling companies f  [...]

Americans Concerned about Economy, Financial Situation

In the shadow of Wall Street volatility, a plurality of Americans say the economy is declining. One-third say their own personal finances have gotten worse from a year ago, according to a nationwide Harris Poll fielded in the second week of August, reports MarketingCharts. Overvie  [...]