iCrossing gets Pluck on Social Media Marketing
iCrossing’s services and combined Social Media Technologies to help brands deliver more connected experiences.
ICANN to consider new domain name suffixes
According to AP, ICANN is considering proposals for new suffixes in English. So you could theoretically submit, .report, and market using credit.report if you're in that business. However, ICANN accepted bids in 2000 and 2004, but reviews took forever. For example, ".post" for postal services is still in review after four+ years.
Google Trends for Websites and Google Ad Planner
Yup, lots going on at Google Plex, they announced a new service called Trends for Websites and Google Ad Planner this week. Google Trends in the past only covered data on searched terms. The new Google Trends for Websites service lets see website traffic data over time as well as comparing traffic between different sites.The service also provides geographical and keyword affinity data…
More Yahoo! executives leaving
Apparently, Jeff Weiner's departure from Yahoo! sped up a reorg. Jeff oversaw the network division, which included the home page, search engine and communications products. He'll be leaving Yahoo! to join two venture capital firms Accel Partners and Greylock Partners
Consumer electronics search engine Retrevo nabs $8 million
Retrevo secures $8 million to give consumers control of finding, buying and using electronics. Funding to meet rising demand to simplify consumers’ experience with electronics.
Top sites for February from Compete.com
February top sites and web analysis data is now live on Compete.com. This past February's top sites report shows that many consumers were turning to the web for Valentine's Day, with Pajamgram.com, Ftd.com and Proflowers.com all in the top ten.
Google gets 66% of US searches in February 2008
Google receives 66 percent of U.S. searches in February 2008. Google and MSN searches increase 1 percent versus Jan-08; Ask.com up 18 percent year-over-year.
Adchemy rolls out new mortgage offerings
Adchemy rolls out new mortgage offerings. Hires industry veterans from Quicken Loans to strengthen growing mortgage lead business.
A very interesting move for the company given the looming recession due to the housing and sub-prime market collapse and so on.
We'll have to keep track of how this investment in the next year.
