By: RH Effective Internet Marketing In 2012, some of the the most effective internet marketing returns were seen from companies that focused on content creation, social media, blogging, SEO, website and landing pages, email and mobile marketing. This infographic details the prevailing trends for for effective online marketing, with some strong numbers to support each […]
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The Text Message Turns 20
By: RH Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the text. SMS is something we couldn’t imagine communications without. Below is the history of the SMS, as told by Twilio. Courtesy of Twilo
Continue ReadingVenture Beat: Data scientists develop tool to exterminate spammers and trolls
By: RH Venture Beat did a piece on a company looking to clean up a lot of the noise and impoliteness on the net. Wehn you read the whole article you will see that the service is a bit pricey for a small to medium sized site at $2,000 to $3,000 a month From the […]
Continue ReadingThe State of Digital Marketing in 2012
By: RH The State of Digital Marketing in 2012 WebMarketing123 put out a nice report on what marketers are doing to market their business, and what their plans are going forward. From a domaining standpoint PPC is the least frustrating for marketers when trying to figure out their ROI. Social Media was second and SEO […]
Continue ReadingCnet reports on a scandal at Wikipedia
By: RH What's up with Wikipedia ? Cnet reported that there is some conflicts of interest taking place on Wikipedia. Being one of the most popular sites on the net with a ton of monthly traffic there have always been those who try to use it for their advantage. From the article: It began this […]
Continue ReadingTwo looks at Web Usage Across the World
By: RH A couple looks here at how the net is shaping up from a global standpoint. The first one put together by Webpage FX takes a look at the Internet as a whole and does a few creative ways to look at Internet usage. The second one by Go-Globe takes a look at Mobile […]
Continue ReadingNFC and Mobile Payment domains will they be a hit or a fad ?
By: RH Interest seems to be heating up in the domain market for NFC and Mobile Payment type domains. NFC stands for Near Field Communication,Wikipedia on the subject: Near field communication (NFC) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing […]
Continue ReadingAn Inside look at the most hated company in tech
By: RH Cnet did a very detailed and lengthy piece on Intellectual Ventures. Who is Intellectual Ventures ? Intellectual Ventures was founded by two Microsoft veterans in 2000. Since it was founded,Intellectual Ventures has — through $5 billion in investment funds and its own brainstorming efforts — collected nearly 70,000 "intellectual assets" on technologies ranging […]
Continue ReadingThe Science of Search and the Future of Online Advertising
The Science of Search HTPCompany put out this interesting video that is a documentary style look at Search. They uploaded it to You Tube and they go on to say: This in-depth search engine documentary features interview with Dr. Leonard Kleinrock, “Father of the Internet” and winner of the 2008 National Medal of Science Award; […]
Continue ReadingVC Tunes into You Tube Channels
By: RH The Wall Stree Journal did a piece on Venture Capital firms making investments into popular You Tube channels. A lot of the investment is coming more from Los Angeles based firms than Silicon Valley. It makes sense that Hollywood is looking at the content being created by independents to small scale studios. These […]
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