Funny and interesting, bing has released the top searches of 2011 to the public. I’ve mentioned before how important it is to know about trends, because you’ll be able to create, develop and market products… Bing’s Top Searches of 2011
Congress has started legislation to start a possible federal sales tax, specifically aimed at online retailers. The Performance Marketing Association, has expressed support on this idea, pointing out that it is a better idea than… Stupid Idea: Federal Sales Tax Supported by PMA
Cyber Monday was up 29 percent for online retailers selling though Mercent Retail versus last year, according to the Mercent Retail eCommerce Index. Mercent is a technology company that helps retailers reach more consumers online.… Cyber Monday Spending Up One Third
Federal authorities in the U.S. have begun another crackdown of counterfeit and piracy websites. Over100 domain names have been seized by the government. The domains are part of the resurrection of Operation in Our Sites,… Feds Seize Over 100 Domain Names
According to an infographic from Beyond.com, 77 percent of job seekers use mobile job search apps. The use of mobile phones reflects an on-going trend of consumers using mobile devices to conduct activities previously handled… Job Seekers Going Mobile
Google recently changed Product Ads to include the ability to show five separate products at a time. The improvement give users more information and pricing details and lets advertisers showcase more of their inventory at… Google Lines Up Five At A Time
Performance marketers and website owners who counted on Yahoo Site Explorer for backlink information will have to look elsewhere for that data. The long awaited move took place this week when Yahoo closed the service… Yahoo Shuts It Down
Short and sweet, if you are not already being paid to generate social media actions for your advertisers you probably will be soon enough. And if you are an advertiser and have not thought about… Like Cash? How about cash for Likes?
AdNews – More major brands have been caught buying online ad space on soft porn sites as pressure mounts on Google to declare its hand on the commercial use of this content across its online… Google Caught Pimping Brands on Porn Sites
According to a new survey by Nielsen, 44% of kids 6-12 would rather have an Ipad or Iphone. This is in sharp contrast from previous years when Playstations, Xb0x360’s and similar console games were always… Kids want Ipads not PlayStations
PPC crowdsourcing firm Trada has released a Facebook version of its advertising marketplace. Trada, founded in September of 2008 in Boulder , Colorado, originated the PPC crowdsourcing concept for Google Adwords. The company will use… Trada Opens Crowdsourced Ad Marketplace
MoneyLife.com – Google finally acknowledges that when advertisers are seedy small businesses the publisher has greater responsibility in accepting such advertisements Consumer groups have been complaining for years about proliferation of fraud ads on Google… Google Suspends over 500 Fraudulent Ads
Performance Marketing Insider has learned that both the FTC and the State of Connecticut have launched actions against LeanSpa and Nutraslim, owned and operated by Boris Mizhen of Connecticut. The actions accuse Mr. Mizen through… Feds Go after Nutraslim and LeanSpa Flogs
GDS Link, a global provider of customer-centric risk management and process automation solutions, announced an addition to its Connector Library with the integration of CPA Detective’s real-time fraud detection solution. “Fraud is causing multiple inefficiencies in the… CPA Detective Fraud Detection Integrated with GDS Link