Net Applications data for January is out, and there are some interesting trends displayed. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ads, browser, Chrome, computer, download, email, Firefox, Google, internet, Internet Explorer, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Microsoft, Net Applications, visitors, Windows

According to The Nielsen Company, global* consumers spent more than five and half hours on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009, an 82% increase from the same time last year when users were spending just over three hours on social networking sites. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009, Blog, Facebook, instant messaging, online, site, social media, social network, Twitter, users

Russia Internet search engine “Yandex” named the most popular search topic in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009, Microsoft, Moscow, New Year, online, popular, query, ranking, request, search engine, social networking, top ten, TV, Windows, Yandex

Lodgings advertising banners in runet in 2010 will be cheaper, writes Kommersant. “Yandex” has lowered prices on 25-31,5 percent, and Mail.ru – 17 per cent. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009, advertising, banners, internet, mail.ru, market, Rambler Media, RuNet, russia, Yandex

It was a big year for technology: Twitter and Facebook’s popularity exploded, while new smartphones, e-readers and a host of other gadgets cropped up to compete for our plugged-in affection. Read the rest of this entry »

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With All the Talk of CPMs Going to Zero, Here’s a Survey of Who’s Commanding Top Dollar Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: advertisers, CPMs, Facebook, Media, network, Online ad, rate, site, Twitter, Web

We reported that Google would be replacing Russian search leader Yandex as the default search engine and ad server on Mail.ru, the most popular online destination in the country with more than 50 million unique monthly users. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ads, advertising, click, company, Google, mail.ru, market, russia, Search, search engine, Yandex

Marketers  continue to reallocate spend from traditional media into online. Read the rest of this entry »

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt envisions a radically changed internet five years from now: dominated by Chinese-language and social media content Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: app, broadband, business, companie, computers, content, Google, information, internet, Interview, rank, real time, search results, social media, Web, YouTube

Tags: ad spend, advertising, agency, europe, global, internet, market, Media, North America, online, TV, UK, US, Web, worldwide