In the News:Facebook has a birthday, reaches 400 million users, and takes control of it’s own advertising. A new scrapbooking startup company combines blogs and online scrapbooking.

In the news: Yodle helps businesses advertise online.

In the news: Local advertising is expanding with Citygrid.

Google realeases a social search engine.

Adwords now has a click to call option.

Video ringtones hit the market.

iPhone users can make internet calls.

Amazon makes money!

Apple finally released information on their new tablet product after a long wait. What are it’s features? Will the price be affordable to consumers? Who will buy one? Find out more information about the iPad.

In the news: Cell Phone Fees, Google’s new app, China’s new search engine, and a social networking panel

Blog update: If you own an online business, you should consider opening up an account on all the social networks. Currently, the two most popular sites are Twitter and Facebook. You’ll want your page to be well designed and informative for your customers. If someone has already purchased a product from you, direct that person to your social network page

In the News: Google has added a new update to their browser. The retail industry is hoping for increased revenue in the new year. Myspace grew and is still a social network contender.

January 25, 2010
In the news: Tweets are sent from space, a new online game is released, Bill gates approves of an online education site, AOL buys a production company, and Verizon releases the Palm Pre Plus.

January 24, 2010
In the News: Google Chrome added a new feature to their browser. The much anticipated Apple Tablet is on the the way, and the co founders of Google sells stock.

January 22, 2010

In the News: Social networking sites are very popular. It’s no denying their impact on the internet. What noticicable jump started this mega revolution was Myspace. There’s a new leader in social sites now. Facebook has dominated the market. The company felt that it was time to do a little expanding. They recently leased more office space for their operations.

Google has been strugging recently with their issues with China. Is that a possible reason for Google’s decline? The corporation is such a powerhouse that maybe their recent troubles will be a distant memory in the near future. Conversely it may be a sign of a troubled year for Google.

January 21, 2010

In the news: Motorola raised a few eyebrows with their introduction of an application store in China despite their relationship with Google.

There are many successful mobile companies. Who was #1?

Real time search engine alternatives are available and Computerworld names the top five.

The new release of a popular browser is causing one company to refer to their own product as the best.

New blog posts: Who wouldn’t want to be a millionaire selling someone else’s product? You don’t have to worry about paying employees, maintaining a complicated website, or dealing with customer support. It’s inspiring when you hear success stories from the top internet marketers.

One of the benefits of online advertising is that you are able  to see results in real time of whether or not your marketing efforts are paying off. Hits to your website are instant. If you get a sale, then you know that you are on to something.

Whenever someone reaches your site, they are expecting to see relevant content. Chances are they found your site and clicked on the link because it contained information that they were interested in. In an attempt to convert website traffic, some marketers create pages designed to extract information from the visitors before they are allowed to view information on the website.

January 20, 2010

In the news: Opera has been doing some shopping. The company purchased Admarvel which is a mobile advertising platform. It’s a multimillion dollar deal.

 Ebay continues to soar as shown by their earnings in the fourth quarter.

Microsoft’s Bing search engine has taken off in popularity very quickly. Now Microsoft has added some important privacy features to the engine.

January 19, 2010

The times are changing. The New York Times is one step closer to charging for it’s content.

New blog entry: Online businesses need to find more than one way to turn a profit. Website promotion will get visitors to your site, but you need to keep them coming back.