“FTC Cracks Down on Fake News Websites Used to Advertise Acai Berry Weight-Loss Pills.” The follow-on title reiterates that message but ads in new important details, saying, “FTC Seeks to Halt 10 Operators of Fake News Sites from Making Deceptive Claims About Acai Berry Weight Loss Products.”

The number of mobile ads served globally rose nearly 40 percent, according to BuzzCity, a mobile media company

The “State of Search Marketing Report 2011” was recently released by Econsultancy in association with SEMPO.

According to Outbrain’s “Content Discovery and Engagement Report, Q1 2011,” social media sites send 11 percent of traffic to content pages. This trails more traditional sources of external traffic such as search, content sites and portals.

The third edition of the Mobile Barcode Trend Report for Q1 2011 was recently published by ScanLife. It showed significant growth in barcode scanning, in terms of active users, app downloads and total scans.

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