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

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 …

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…

According to a white paper published by TMP Directional Marketing and comScore, U.S. Internet users who conducted online local business searches are likely to actually end up in a store in person.

Pew Internet & American Life Project’s recent “Twitter and Status Updating, Fall 2009” report reveals that about 19 percent of adult Internet users use Twitter or another status update service, reflecting a huge surge from previous surveys.

Online retailers are flocking to the place on the Internet where a lot of attractive consumers already are: social networks and shopping sites.

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.

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.

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.

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.