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Bloggers Must Reveal Sources as Shield Law Doesn’t Apply!

Online Media Daily writes that a NJ appellate court ruled that a blogger wasn’t a journalist, and so wasn’t covered by the Shield Law which protects journalists from having to reveal their sources. How much of an impact this will have nationally is unclear.  Check out the full article: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=126776&nid=113646

Best Practices in Mobile Marketing Paper

The text message has migrated from the province of giggling teen girls into an important component of customer relation management (CRM).  Mobile has become a powerful yet personal communication channel.  This paper examines some “best practices” for companies as they evaluate how and where to deploy the new mobile technologies.

Pinkies Up at the Coffee Party

Founder of the Coffee Party, Annabel Park, launched the group on her Facebook page out of anger at the Tea Party and its growing influence. Her facebook page has seen it rapidly gain traction on the internet -- picking up over 138,000 fans in less than two months.

BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8566574.stm

Search Engine Optimization 101 -- Watch the Recorded Webinar Now

Did you miss the Search Engine Optimization 101 Webinar?  You can watch it right now! 

In Australia, Online Retail Sites See Traffic Surge in December

Today, comScore released a study on traffic to top Retail sites in Australia during the 2009 holiday season. The study found that three out of five Australians online visited a Retail site in December, as traffic to the category reached its highest volume of the year with more than 8 million visitors during the month.

Teens and “Sexting”

A nationally-representative phone survey of minors ages 12-17 finds that 4% of cell phone owners ages 12 to 17 have sent a sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude image of themselves to someone else on a cell phone, and 15% of cell-owning teens that age have received this kind of image of someone they know personally on their cell phone. This exchange of suggestive images, also known as “sexting,” is most prevalent among older teens – 8% of 17-year-old cell-owners say they’ve sent suggestive images of themselves by text while only 4% of 12-year-olds with cell phones have done so.

Google Sites Accounts for Two-Thirds of 131 Billion Searches Conducted Worldwide in December while Introduction of Bing Helps Microsoft Post Significant Gains During the Year

Today, comScore trleased a study on growth in the global search market in 2009. The study revealed that the U.S. remains the largest search market worldwide, while Google Sites retains a commanding position in the global search market.



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