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[Chart] Search Vs. Discovery

  The chart via Business Insider seems conclusive on the Google versus Facebook war of who is more relevant for online advertisers. When people want to buy something they go first to Google. Full stop. If I want to buy a … Continue reading

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Social Vs. Search

Google should worry about this: More people are discovering content through social networks than through search. Anyone that had a website a few years ago knows well that most traffic use to come via Google. This has changed. As the chart … Continue reading

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Mark Zuckerberg: Social is THE Feature

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, predicts that “social” will rethink industries such as TV, news, music and film. The clip is a bit long.This is my summary of his key points: Facebook started their photo product after big names like … Continue reading

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How much is an Internet Visitor Worth?

Google makes $18 a year for each unique visitor. Facebook makes roughly $3. Three observations from the chart: 1)  Google is far ahead of the others in monetizing their visitors. A sign that search advertising is much better paid than … Continue reading

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Music 2019

Ten years ago the RIAA fought the decrease in sales of music CDs by different means, including: taking their customers to court, lobbying to have the ISPs stopping Internet Access to anyone who shared music files, and imposing taxes to … Continue reading

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Google brings Social Networks to small Websites

Google presented yesterday Google Friend Connect. This new product enables to any Website to add Social Networking features. The video below is quite illustrative: By simply copy and paste of code, any webmaster of a small website can add social … Continue reading

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Facebook clinches another $100 million

Without a clear (public) business case, the latest king of the social networks is raising $100 million, according to Business Week’s FaceBook: Friends with Money, and also echoed by TechCrunch. Here is some interesting data from the Business Week article: Facebook … Continue reading

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