What a roller coaster; Digg is dominant, but New Digg (like New Coke) opens the door for Reddit to take over. Then Digg makes changes, and takes the lead back. Now, it appears that Reddit has gone back into the lead, just in time to hire a bunch more people.
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Super Bowl Ad Winners and Losers
Which Super Bowl ads generated the most online buzz? We list off the winners and losers in terms of search traffic. Hint: little Darth Vader was really effective.
Google Chrome 9 Makes Immediate Impact on Browser Market
Google, at the ripe old age of 2 and a half, is already on its ninth version – and Chrome users are already hopping on board the updated browser.
Groupon’s Offensive Ads Create Search Surge
Sometimes, perhaps there really is no such thing as bad publicity. Group-buying web startup Groupon, one of the hottest tech companies around, made a splash with three Super Bowl ads that were extremely memorable… because they were extremely offensive. Criticism of Groupon’s ads – which appeared to make fun of the political and social unrest… Continue reading Groupon’s Offensive Ads Create Search Surge
Green Bay Officially 61% Football Crazy
The Super Bowl is this weekend (cue John Madden shouting “Football!!!” at the top of his lungs), and two of the most football-crazy towns are involved. Green Bay in particular has a football tradition like no other, and we’ve got some numbers to prove it.
Useful Resource Alert: Yahoo! AdLabs
Yahoo! Labs has been around for about six years, and according to Yahoo! reps, has “been instrumental in developing Yahoo!’s advertising products, laying a foundation of scientific research and innovative data analysis,” generally being the science behind Yahoo! We’re glad to see more data sources available to advertisers and marketers. This is certainly a useful resource: nothing is more powerful in the online ad industry than data.
The No. 1 Question on American Minds About Egypt
You’ve probably seen the videos on CNN and the breaking news on Twitter. But at the end of the day, what is the No. 1 question on American minds about Egypt? To get to the bottom of this, we dug into the Chitika realtime query stream for the last 7 days [as Chitika is an online… Continue reading The No. 1 Question on American Minds About Egypt
Android Honeycomb Is Coming, Already In Use
So yesterday, Google officially announced Android 3.0, known as Honeycomb (Google tends to name their Android builds after sweet, delicious desserts). Aimed directly at combating the Apple iPad head-on, more and more Honeycomb-powered tablets are being leaked or revealed.
AOL Ad Revenue May Be Down, But User Base Still Valuable
Difficult times are afoot for Aol, with their Q4 advertising earnings 30% lower than last year. However, things aren’t completely gloomy: Aol’s user base is still one of the most valuable on a per-user basis.
Egyptian Government Ends Shutdown of Internet
For the past week, the news of protests in Egypt against President Mubarak has dominated the news cycle, and has even found its way to the tech world. Around a week ago, the Egyptian government disconnected its people from the internet, as covered by many outlets, including our own.