According to Experian Hitwise, an analysis of the top 1,000 search terms for 2010 found that “facebook” was the top-searched overall term for the second year in a row, accounting for 2.11 percent of all searches.

According to Millennial Media’s Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting (S.M.A.R.T.) Report for November, the Finance vertical saw 802 percent year-over-year revenue growth in the third quarter of 2010, leading all verticals.

A recent report from Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 65 percent of Internet users have paid to access or download some kind of online content, with music and software leading the way.

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Neverblue, a premier global lead generation network, announced the launch of its new mobile marketing division, Neverblue Mobile. Neverblue Mobile delivers leads and sales to advertisers through optimized access to the growing market of mobile users worldwide.

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Neverblue, a premier global lead generation network, announced today that Eric J. Gerritsen has joined the company as vice president of sales and business development. As a member of Neverblue’s executive team, Gerritsen will be leading sales and business development operations.

2010 was the year social video advertising came crashing into the mainstream, says online video analytics company Visible Measures in its report, Social Video Advertising: 2010 in Review. From Old Spice, to Nike, to Pepsi, big brands engaged their audiences with social video advertising, setting the stage for even more progress in 2011.

The search landscape remains relatively unchanged, according to Experian Hitwise. Nevertheless, there are interesting changes to note, including the fact that query success rates for Yahoo and Bing were higher than Google’s success rate in November.