On the last day of 2010, it’s time for us to reflect on the past year of Google blogging. This year, we published 454 posts (including this one) on the Official Google Blog—7 percent more than 2009. Those posts had an astonishing number of readers: 24,768,052 unique visitors stopped by this year, more than 70 [...]Google blogging in 2010

If you want to watch tonight’s New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square live online, you’re in luck, because The Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment have partnered with Livestream to stream the event.  The stream is scheduled to start at 5:50pm Eastern and run until 12:20. It will feature three co-hosts, hourly countdowns, a [...]Watch: New Year’s Celebration from Times Square Online

Heading into the holiday season, many economic experts seemed to fear that the average present would be a homemade scarf or coffee mug.  Instead, the latest (and probably last) comScore data concerning the holiday shopping season shows that U.S. online spending hit a record $30.8 billion. That works out to an increase of 13 percent [...]comScore Documents Record Online Retail Holiday Season

Before diving in, we should perhaps remind everyone that trademarks don’t mean a lot in China.  Knockoffs of all sorts are produced in massive quantities.  But not long after Mark Zuckerberg toured the country and met with business leaders, Facebook’s name has been spotted in connection with a Chinese social network. Some info to orient [...]Facebook Reference Appears On Chinese Social Network

As you may know, Google is trying to acquire ITA Software, but it has faced various hurdles, mainly led by a coalition called FairSearch, made up of travel sites. Now, the Department of Justice is looking at the deal.  Last night, CNN’s Jessica Yellin interviewed Tom Barnett, counsel to Expedia and former assistant attorney general [...]Google and FairSearch Argue ITA Acquisition on TV

Three days after Amazon declared the third-generation Kindle the best-selling product in its history, Barnes & Noble has responded with a similar claim.  It seems the Nook line of devices now qualifies as Barnes & Noble’s all-time bestseller. One small nuisance: like Amazon, Barnes & Noble chose not to share any specific sales figures, so [...]Barnes & Noble Declares Nook Devices Bestsellers

Online video has gained a great deal of ground over the past few years, and that will not be slowing down as we head into the new year. In fact, we’re likely to see greater and more efficient use of online video by e-commerce providers and marketers. Yaniv Axen, Co-founder and CTO of SundaySky, a [...]Where Online Video (for E-Commerce) is Headed in 2011

When you are an Adsense publisher, or even if you are just looking to make more money from your hobby website, one of the most important things you can do is experiment with sizes and placement. Most of the time, publishers use a single template for all of their page/posts; however, this doesn’t always give [...]How to Increase Your AdSense Earnings

When it comes to paying for online content, there are lots of outlooks.  Some people subscribe to multiple news sites and spend hours on iTunes every week.  Others set the Pirate Bay as their homepage.  Now, following a study, Pew’s claimed that 65 percent of Internet users have paid for digital content at some point. [...]Pew Finds 65% Of Net Users Have Paid For Online Content

Quora has been around for a while now, but it’s getting a whole lot of attention from the tech Blogosphere this week. Naturally, many have questioned its value, but bloggers seem to love it. Why is that? Is Quora the "biggest blogging innovation in 10 years" as Robert Scoble asks? That might be a little [...]Try Looking At Quora For What It Is

People who shop for things online wind up happiest when they buy from companies including Amazon, Netflix, Newegg, Apple, and eBay, according to new research.  ForeSee Results’s E-Retail Satisfaction Index ranked these sites among the best online retailers in the U.S. Indeed, based on a survey of almost 10,000 people who had recently visited the [...]Amazon, Netflix Earn Top Customer Satisfaction Scores

Amazon released its "Best of 2010" lists today, which list the bestselling, most-wished-for, and most popular gift products of the year.  Kindle Dominates Electronics It’s been a good year for Amazon’s own Kindle, as it was the bestselling product of the year, as well as the most wished for and the most popular gift, in [...]Amazon Shows What People Bought (and Wanted) Most in 2010

Earlier this month, Time magazine named Mark Zuckerberg "Person of the Year," and now, although Experian Hitwise isn’t in the business of handing out such titles, it looks like Zuckerberg’s site has become the online equivalent.  Experian Hitwise announced late yesterday that Facebook was both the most visited site and most searched-for term of 2010. [...]Facebook Named Most Searched-For, Most Visited Site Of 2010

Skype has launched a new version of its iPhone app that features video calling – a bold move considering Skype is fresh off a major outage issue, and that this will directly compete with Apple’s new FaceTime feature of the latest iPhones.  With the new Skype iPhone app, users can make and receive free video [...]Skype Takes Video Calls to the iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch

Anyone who’s looking to invest a little Christmas money might want to listen up.  While we’re neither backing nor attacking this advice, Hudson Square Research has initiated coverage on Google and Yahoo, labeling them both a "buy" and setting price targets significantly above the stocks’ current prices. The firm’s expectations are somewhat lower for Yahoo, [...]Hudson Square Research Labels Google, Yahoo "Buys"