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Mobile social media audience up 37%: report

Social media is big. Mobile is big. So it shouldn't come as any surprise that the number of consumers using their mobile phones to interact with popular social media hubs like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn is growing rapidly.

According to comScore, the number of mobile users in the United States ages 13 and up who accessed a social networking or blog website has grown a whopping 37% in the past year.

What's more: nearly 50% of these users are social networking on a daily basis using their mobile devices.

by Patricio Robles 21 October 2011 14:20pm 0 comments

U.S. ecommerce spending still growing at a double-digit clip: report

Online retail in the United States is what most of us would consider a 'mature market', but that doesn't mean that its days of double-digit growth are behind it.

According to comScore, online retail spending hit $37.5bn in the second quarter of 2011, up from just under $33bn in the second quarter of 2010. That marks a 14% year-over-year jump.

by Patricio Robles 09 August 2011 15:45pm 0 comments

Number of mobile advertisers jumps: report

For many years, mobile has been the 'next big thing' for advertisers. And to be sure, the market for mobile ads has grown by leaps and bounds in dollar-terms.

The latest figure evidencing the growth of mobile as an advertising medium: according to comScore, the number of advertisers in the U.S. running mobile campaigns has grown exponentially in the past two years.

by Patricio Robles 08 June 2011 17:52pm 1 comment

Free shipping is here to stay, but challenges exist

There may be no free lunches in life, but don't tell that to consumers who love their free shipping.

Thanks in large part to consumers' desire to get something for nothing, free shipping has become a common part of the online shopping experience. How common? According to comScore, nearly half of online orders in Q1 2011 were delivered free of charge.

by Patricio Robles 18 May 2011 13:50pm 1 comment

Android versus iOS: the cold hard truth

According to comScore, iOS mobile devices captured 25% of the market in February 2011. That's up only slightly from November 2010, despite the introduction of the iPhone on Verizon's network.

On the other hand, iOS' biggest competitor (in the eyes of many), Google's Android, has grown 7% since November 2010, and now commands 33% of the smart phone subscriber market in the United States.

As venture capitalist Fred Wilson sees it, this is solid proof that everyone should be focusing on Android over iOS.

by Patricio Robles 05 April 2011 13:30pm 16 comments

Patent wars come to web analytics

In today's competitive market, building a great technology company requires great ideas, great execution and great intellectual property.

Increasingly, however, it also requires something else: a great number of attorneys.

by Patricio Robles 23 March 2011 16:03pm 4 comments

Has digital bled the creativity out of advertising?

Optimization and targeting. Segmentation and analytics. There are countless tools that let digital marketers track the effectiveness of their campaigns, and even tweak them on the fly for a better ROI. And yet, when it comes to accepting new ad formats and strategies, there are still cries for "better metrics" and "more accountability."

What of creativity? Don’t ads need to be engaging and beautiful enough to attract a click (if that’s the metric you’re going for) in the first place?

by Tameka Kee 11 November 2010 20:48pm 4 comments

Hulu’s voodoo: Optimized online video ads lead to double the revenue in 2010

Hulu has finally shed light on how much money it's bringing in. At the NewTeeVee Live event, CEO Jason Kilar said Hulu would close out 2010 with over $240 million in revenue. That’s double the $108 million it made last year, and a nice benchmark for comparison to online video platforms across the board.

It’s very strong growth, particularly when gauged against the overall US online video ad market. eMarketer predicts advertisers will spend roughly $1.5 billion on online video ads in 2010. Hulu’s $240 million equates to a roughly 16% share of that market. So how has the company attracted so much demand?

by Tameka Kee 11 November 2010 00:15am 1 comment

Reddit's dream: I'll trade you all of these page views for all of your money

Last week, I wrote about popular user-generated news site Reddit, which, despite being owned by Conde Nast, finds itself having money problems.

To solve them, at least temporarily, it asked for donations. And it got plenty of them -- approximately 6,000. Calling the fundraising campaign a "triumph," a member of Reddit's team also wrote, "It's given everyone involved with reddit a good kick in the pants right when we needed it."

by Patricio Robles 19 July 2010 15:47pm 2 comments

comScore: Android is slowly closing in on the iPhone

Could 2010 be the year of the Google phone? Google has taken a different approach from smartphone competitor Apple. Rather than cornering the market with one killer product launch per year, the search giant has proliferated multiple handsets with different feature sets and price ranges. And the strategy appears to be paying off.

According to comScore, Android phones grew 45% in marketshare from February to March this year. What's more, Android is the only major smartphone growing its share of the mobile market. Google may have Steve Jobs to thank for that.

by Meghan Keane 08 July 2010 23:43pm 2 comments