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- Sites try new tech to draw love seekers
- More than 1,400 online dating sites are operating worldwide, giving love seekers endless choices when tapping the dating pool. To make their sites stand out, developers are testing new formats, such as third-party texting, and new methods, such as Webcams, to help people make connections. On the eve of Valentine's...
- Tags: kara tsuboi, online dating, crazy blind date, valentine's day, love, relationships, web sites
- Videos 2008-02-14
- Today's Links: Crime online - sex, drugs, gambling
- “TODAY’S LINKS” September 8, 2006“Today’s Links” is an eclectic round up pointing to noteworthy news and worthy analysis from all around the World Wide Web.TODAY'S LINKS September 8, 2006 FOCUS ON CRIME ONLINE: Prostitution 2.0, Craigslist Goes to Pot, Online Gambling is a Risky Bet, And did you catch…PROSTITUTION 2.0"Vice...
- Tags: Craigslist, WEB SITES, advertiser
- Blog posts 2006-09-08
- Republican bill would ban social networking from schools, libraries
- Schools and libraries would effectively have to ban students and patrons from MySpace and other social networking sites if a Republican sponsored bill becomes law, News.com is reporting. Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick, a Pennsylvania Republican, ... and fellow Republicans, including House Speaker Dennis Hastert, on Wednesday endorsed...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Michael Fitzpatrick, Web, Web site, networking, social networking
- Blog posts 2006-05-11
- Bluetooth blues, cell phones for kids and what I did on my back surgery vacation
- It's been two weeks since my back surgery and while it hasn't exactly been a vacation, I have been taking the time to do and pay attention to things that don't require a lot of sitting the hardest thing to do. It's relatively easy to click around...
- Tags: WEB SITES, cell phone, telephone
- Blog posts 2006-04-03
- With search engine subpoenas in the news, searchers turn wary
- You knew Google records every search. Every click. Sets cookies that last years. Stores your gmail forever. Scans your hard drive. And so on. You also realize that there's really no personally identifying information in the mountainous gobs of URLs and search queries the government is asking for. Even so,...
- Tags: WEB SITES, government
- Blog posts 2006-01-25
- 11.3% of traffic to shopping comparison Web sites is from search engines
- According to Hitwise, by mid-November Google and Yahoo sent 25% more visits to the 10 leading shopping comparison sites than they did in the same period of 2004. Those two search services combined accounted for 11.3% and 12.8% of the total traffic to shopping and classifieds Web sites.
- Tags: WEB SITES
- Blog posts 2005-11-24
- 54% of small Web retailers buy search engine optimization services
- According to Interland survey published by InternetNews, 76% of SMBs said they receive plenty of leads from their Web sites. 57% said they made money either directly or via offline purchases influenced by their Web sites. 82% of companies surveyed reported that they generate monthly revenue via their Web site....
- Tags: WEB SITES
- Blog posts 2005-10-04
- Online airfare shoppers visit 3.2 sites on average before buying
- Online travel consumers compare airfares at an average of 3.2 Web sites and hotel rates at an average of 3 Web sites, JupiterResearch says. 37% of online airfare travel consumers report enjoying the challenge of travel research and visit three or more Web sites per travel product. A further 20%...
- Tags: airfare, WEB SITES
- Blog posts 2005-07-28
- 46% of travel buyers were influenced by Web sites
- MediaPost quotes the DoubleClick study on Web sites influencing purchasing decisions. 46% of respondents claimed travel Web sites had influence on their travel buying, 10% were influenced by online marketing, and 3% of travel purchasers were influenced by TV ads.
- Tags: WEB SITES
- Blog posts 2005-07-23
- Advertising revenues of community sites up 214% in June 2005
- General community Web sites, led by MySpace, made the largest YTY leap in advertising revenues, and attracted $33 mln with a 214% growth. Health and fitness grew 80% in estimated revenue to more than $4.5 mln, and business Web sites took in $12.6 mln, rising 46% as compared to June...
- Tags: advertisement, WEB SITES
- Blog posts 2005-07-13
- Top airline sites: SouthWest, American, Delta
- Nielsen//NetRatings listed top airline Web sites for June 2005. Top airline Web sites Airline Unique audience, 000 Conversion ratio Southwest8,14114%American5,6639%Delta4,91210% Source: Nielsen//NetRatings
- Tags: WEB SITES
- Blog posts 2005-06-28
- 50% of online travel shoppers buy from travel agencies, 50% - from airline Web sites
- Nielsen//NetRatings reported that while the majority, or 54%, of online travel shoppers begin travel research with an online travel agency, consumers are evenly split between travel agencies and airline Web sites when it comes to the actual purchase of online travel. As far as researching goes, 37% of online travel...
- Tags: agency, WEB SITES, Delta, American Airlines, travel agency
- Blog posts 2005-06-27
- Major advertisers on financial Web sites: LowQuotes, Evergreen Credit Reporting. CountryWatch.com
- Nielsen//NetRatings posted a list of top 20 advertisers for financial Web sites. Data for the week ending May 15th, 2005, was surveyed for the report. Top 20 advertisers on financial sites Impressions, 000 Share, % LowQuotes 43,237 24.4% Evergreen Credit Reporting 33,685 19.0% CountryWatch.com 29,083 16.4% TheStreet.com...
- Tags: financial web site, financial, Evergreen, WEB SITES, Credit, Reporting
- Blog posts 2005-06-19
- 34% of broadband users go to Web sites mentioned on TV
- 37% of broadband users look up Web sites related to TV programming, according to Forrester Research report. Forrester Research surveyed 3,207 US adult consumers online, HeadlightVision conducted in-home interviews in 17 households. 34% of broadband users look up Web sites mentioned on TV ads. 18% take part in online polls...
- Tags: broadband, TV, WEB SITES, broadband user
- Blog posts 2005-05-08
- Expecting parents visit toys and cosmetics stores most frequently
- ComScore Networks analyzed Web browsing and online shopping behavior by expecting parents. Th Toys retail category leads the way as far as the most frequently visited Web sites, followed by fragrances and cosmetics, department store Web sites, home furnishings and pharmacy Web sites. Expecting parents were 51% more likely to...
- Tags: WEB SITES
- Blog posts 2005-05-08
- Advertising on Web sites of local radio stations up 94% in 2004
- Local advertising spend on online radio Web sites increased 94% from 2003 to 2004, according to Borrell Associates. Radio stations' Web sites grew ad revenue from $17 mln in 2003 to around $33 mln in 2004.
- Tags: radio, WEB SITES
- Blog posts 2005-04-13
- Advertising on Web sites of local radio stations up 94% in 2004
- Local advertising spend on online radio Web sites increased 94% from 2003 to 2004, according to Borrell Associates. Radio stations' Web sites grew ad revenue from $17 mln in 2003 to around $33 mln in 2004.
- Tags: WEB SITES, radio
- Blog posts 2005-04-13
- Top application Web sites: Windows Media Player, AOL IM, MSN Messenger
- Nielsen//NetRatings ranked the top 5 application Web sites for the week endind March 27th, 2005. Web sites for music players and instant messengers ranked the highest in the survey. Most popular application Web sites Application Traffic in one week, thousands Windows Media Player 32,901 AOL Instant Messenger 17,175 MSN Messenger Service 15,218 Yahoo! Messenger 12,343 RealPlayer 11,096 Source: Nielsen//NetRatings
- Tags: Web, WEB SITES
- Blog posts 2005-04-09
- Top application Web sites: Windows Media Player, AOL IM, MSN Messenger
- Nielsen//NetRatings ranked the top 5 application Web sites for the week endind March 27th, 2005. Web sites for music players and instant messengers ranked the highest in the survey. Most popular application Web sites Application Traffic in one week, thousands Windows Media Player 32,901 AOL Instant Messenger 17,175 MSN Messenger Service 15,218 Yahoo! Messenger 12,343 RealPlayer 11,096 Source: Nielsen//NetRatings
- Tags: WEB SITES
- Blog posts 2005-04-09
- Gambling revenues to top $10 bln, poker revenues top top $2 bln
- More than 2,000 gambling Web sites in 2005 will rake in nearly $10 bln in revenue, most from US consumers. That's up 40% from 2004. In 1996, when lawmakers first sought to curb Internet gambling, 30 sites collected $30 mln, according to Christiansen Capital Advisors. Poker revenue is expected to...
- Tags: Web site development, revenue
- Blog posts 2005-02-08
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