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  • Twitter and Social Networks Cost UK Businesses $2.25 Billion

    Morse, an IT services and technology company based in the U.K., recently found that the use of Twitter and other social networks by employees while at work is costing businesses in the country a pretty penny to the tune of 1.38 billion, or $2.25 billion, each year in lost productivity.

  • Mobile Messenger Expands Senior Management Team with Experienced Mobile and Direct Marketing Leaders

    Edward W. McCormick Named Senior Vice President of Human Resources; Israel Niezen Named Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Development

  • Get Ripped… Off

    When we look back on the history of the world of flogs and flogvertising, we probably won’t know which straw broke the camels back. The straws in this case are mainstream news articles but more so legal …

  • Original Works

    In covering the flogosphere, one thing becomes clear very fast. A lot of sites and ads look very similar. And, in mentioning the often unimaginable lack of creativity, it’s to come off as not just critical…

  • Google Gains Market Share in September, Bing Stays Steady

    Despite early indicators from StatCounter and Net Applications, Bing appears to have held steady in September, though Google conquered more market share during the month.

  • Google Top Property in September, Entertainment, Education Sites See Fall Boost

    According to the latest data released by comScore’s Media Metrix service, September showed a visible shift from the summertime to the fall season online.

  • Size Doesn’t Matter as Much as Creativity for Rich Media Ads

    According to Eyeblaster’s recent “Global Benchmark Report 2009,” rich media ads benefit from things other than size, though banner ads benefit from increased sizes because of increased visibility.

  • YouTube Top Online Video Brand, Hulu Second in September

    According to the latest Nielsen report on online video, the total number of streams in September increased by nearly 25 percent year-over-year while YouTube beat out Hulu as the top online video brand.

  • Tweet This: The Odeo Rodeo

    We came across an article in AdAge this week that interviews Dom Sagolla, a former quality control engineer that worked on Twitter. His story is a pretty interesting one, but it’s the kind when reading that you really want to hear…

  • Tweet This: Screw Revenue

    While not every story of Twitter tries to untangle the mini-entrepreneurial soap opera that gave rise to Twitter, no story would be complete without a talk about the low hanging fruit of topics, Twitter’s lack of revenue. From one…