Yellow Pages Usage Growing – 17.2B Searches in 2007
Yellow Pages usage in 2007 grew to 17.2 billion searches, up from 16.7 billion in 2006, thanks to the growth of internet Yellow Pages (IYP), the Yellow Pages Association (YPA) announced, citing...
View ArticleHalf of Enterprises Use Web 2.0 Media Technologies
Some 54% of enterprise-size organizations use Web 2.0 technologies, as do 74% of companies with fewer than 500 employees, according to a study Web 2.0 technology adoption and the future of social-media...
View ArticleTop 10 Retail Goods & Services Online Ad Spenders – January 2008
Note: Nielsen Online’s AdRelevance service uses a proprietary methodology for estimating online advertising expenditures and takes into account only image-based technologies and advertising sold per...
View ArticleConsumer Confidence Index Down 12 Points, Near 15-Year Low
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined in January, again fell – sharply, to a near-15-year low. In February the Index stands at 75.0 (1985=100), down from 87.3 in January,...
View ArticleAcademy Awards – Fewest Viewers in Decades
This year, 32 million viewers in about 21.1 million US homes tuned into watch the 80th Academy Awards – the fewest number of homes in 39 years, ABC said, citing Nielsen Media Research projections....
View ArticleMore Music Sold but Less Revenue in ’07, Kids Still Downloading Illegally
Though the amount of music that US consumers acquired increased 6% year over year in 2007, a sharp increase in legal digital download revenue did not offset declines in CD sales, resulting in a net 10%...
View ArticleCorporate IT Spending Down, Pointing to US Recession
Corporate spending on IT is down in the first quarter, with 27% of companies reporting that they have spent less than planned in Q1 and 23% saying they will reduce or halt IT spending in Q2 – figures...
View ArticleTop 10 Network TV Show Websites – Week Ended 02-23-08
Note: Rankings are based on market share of US visits among custom category of television network websites of six major broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, The CW and MyNetwork) for the week ended...
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