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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/01/bing-rings-70-search-rise-for-microsoft-sites.ars
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Two Pew Internet Project surveys of teens and adults reveal a decline in blogging among teens and young adults and a modest rise among adults 30 and older. Even as blogging declines among those under 30, wireless connectivity continues to rise in this age group, as does social network use. Teens ages 12-17 do not use Twitter in large numbers, though high school-aged girls show the greatest enthusiasm for the application.
Among the findings for teens ages 12-17:
14% of online teens ages 12-17 now say they blog, down from 28% of teen internet users in 2006.
73% of online teens now use social networking websites, a significant increase from previous surveys. Just over half of online teens (55%) used social networking sites in November 2006 and 65% did so in February 2008.
8% of internet users ages 12-17 use Twitter. This makes Twitter far less common than sending or receiving text messages as 66% of teens do, or going online for news and political information, done by 62% of online teens.
In the past five years, cell phone ownership has become mainstream among even the youngest teens. Fully 58% of 12-year olds now own a cell phone, up from just 18% of such teens as recently as 2004.
For adults 18 and older:
Facebook is currently the most commonly-used online social network among adults. Among adult profile owners, 73% have a profile on Facebook, 48% have a profile on MySpace and 14% have a LinkedIn profile. 47% of online adults use social networking sites, up from 37% in November 2008.
81% of adults between the ages of 18 and 29 are wireless internet users. By comparison, 63% of 30-49 year olds and 34% of those ages 50 and up access the internet wirelessly. Young adults lead the way when it comes to using Twitter or status updating. One-third of online 18-29 year olds post or read status updates.
Read the full report on our site: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Social-Media-and-Young-Adults.aspx
2010.02.04 in Content, Netbiz , Social Media | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
The single case, heard by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)'s arbitration centre, transferred 1,519 domain names to the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), refusing to transfer just 10 of the names. The hotels group had withdrawn claims relating to 13 other domain names.
The case was taken by the Inter-Continental Hotels Corporation and Six Continents Hotels, both of which are owned by the IHG. The man who had registered the domain names was German resident Daniel Kirchhof.
WIPO's Uniform Domain Resolution Policy (UDRP) allows for the taking of one case to settle many disputes as long as the domain names are held by the same person. The rules also allow companies to take a joint case against a holder of domain names if they are related and have a common interest in the case.
The WIPO panel said that it accepted the taking of the action by two related companies over 1,500 domain names was acceptable.
2010.01.29 in Infrastructure, Netbiz | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Mitchell Baker said she worried about "the increase in laws that make it difficult to run an open network," especially rules about content.
"You suddenly become liable for anything that gets downloaded, whether it's legal or not," she said. "If you said to a municipality, if you build a road, you have to guarantee nothing illegal happens on it — that's what's happening on the Internet now. So that's the kind of regulatory disruption that's going to have some long-term consequences."
Baker spoke at an opening panel of a three-day conference on digital innovation and creative ideas.
The DLD conference — which stands for Digital-Life-Design — is chaired by Hubert Burda of Germany, owner of Hubert Burda Media, and digital investor Yossi Vardi, who co-pioneered instant messaging and chaired the panel, titled "Disruptive."
Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of Skype which now has over 500 million users, said successful companies can't become complacent and must continue to make improvements and not be afraid "of disrupting themselves."
Vardi asked J.P. Rangaswami, chief scientist of the BT Group in Britain, what he thought of what Skype was doing to telecommunications companies like his.
"Watch this space," Rangaswami replied cryptically.
Vardi then asked Rangaswami whether he sees the industry following Skype's efforts to set minimal charges for phone calls around the world.
"I think those parts of the industry that don't follow what Niklas is doing will either find themselves out of a job or working for him," he replied.
American entrepreneur Jimmy Wales, whose nonprofit charity founded Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that has 350 million users, said it was a "very, very bad business" to try to compete against because the reference work is offered for free.
He ruled out advertising on the site for now — but left open the possibility it could happen sometime in the future to raise money for the charity.
Moderator Vardi expressed amazement that the Internet companies had small work forces despite their vast number of users.
Skype has just over 600 employees, Mozilla about 250, and Wikipedia just 30.
What advice would the three give to companies trying to get 100 million users?
"Stay out of software first of all," said Mozilla's Baker. "Go to Web sites and services."
Wales said, "Have a very pure, simple vision that everyone can understand immediately."
Zennstrom said the idea should also "make consumers' lives easier." And, he stressed, "don't do a copycat of someone else."
BT's Rangaswami said he believes the Web in the past 20 years has made people more willing to collaborate, to work together. The emphasis is on online data "because it's through that that people can do things," he told The Associated Press.
Ranjaswami said the key is transparency.
"So I think all the data.gov initiatives are very, very important because that's laying the foundations of the next generation — how we use that transparency of public information to start really making change as a result of community," he said.
Yves Daccord, director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, said in a video presentation that Twitter and the social media have been very important in mobilizing a response to the earthquake in Haiti and giving the people "the sense that we are very close."
In the future, he said, he expects victims of disasters to use social media more effectively to communicate their needs so humanitarian organizations can deliver better services and reunite families.
2010.01.27 in E-Activism, Infrastructure, Netbiz | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
Google Sites Accounts for Two-Thirds of 131 Billion Searches Conducted Worldwide in December while Introduction of Bing Helps Microsoft Post Significant Gains During the Year
Reston, VA, January 22, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study on growth in the global search market in 2009. The study revealed that the U.S. remains the largest search market worldwide, while Google Sites retains a commanding position in the global search market.
“The global search market continues to grow at an extraordinary rate, with both highly developed and emerging markets contributing to the strong growth worldwide,” said Jack Flanagan, comScore executive vice president. “Search is clearly becoming a more ubiquitous behavior among Internet users that drives navigation not only directly from search engines but also within sites and across networks. If you equate the advancement of search with the ability of humans to cultivate information, then the world is rapidly becoming a more knowledgeable ecosystem.”
Top Search Markets Worldwide
The total worldwide search market boasted more than 131 billion searches conducted by people age 15 or older from home and work locations in December 2009, representing a 46-percent increase in the past year. This number represents more than 4 billion searches per day, 175 million per hour, and 29 million per minute. The U.S. represented the largest individual search market in the world with 22.7 billion searches, or approximately 17 percent of searches conducted globally. China ranked second with 13.3 billion searches, followed by Japan with 9.2 billion and the U.K. with 6.2 billion. Among the top ten global search markets, Russia posted the highest gains in 2009, growing 92 percent to 3.3 billion, followed by France (up 61 percent to 5.4 billion) and Brazil (up 53 percent to 3.8 billion).
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Top 10 Countries by Number of Searches Conducted* December 2009 vs. December 2008 Total Worldwide, Age 15+ - Home & Work Locations Source: comScore qSearch |
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| Searches (MM) | |||
| Dec-2008 | Dec-2009 | Percent Change | |
| Worldwide | 89,708 | 131,354 | 46% |
| United States | 18,688 | 22,741 | 22% |
| China | 11,778 | 13,278 | 13% |
| Japan | 6,213 | 9,170 | 48% |
| United Kingdom | 4,623 | 6,245 | 35% |
| Germany | 4,079 | 5,609 | 38% |
| France | 3,362 | 5,425 | 61% |
| South Korea | 2,796 | 4,039 | 44% |
| Brazil | 2,454 | 3,763 | 53% |
| Canada | 2,900 | 3,710 | 28% |
| Russian Federation | 1,735 | 3,333 | 92% |
*Searches based on “expanded search” definition, which includes searches at the top properties where search activity is observed, not only the core search engines.
Top Search Properties Worldwide
Google Sites ranked as the top search property worldwide with 87.8 billion searches in December, or 66.8 percent of the global search market. Google Sites achieved a 58-percent increase in search query volume over the past year. Yahoo! Sites ranked second globally with 9.4 billion searches (up 13 percent), followed by Chinese search engine Baidu with 8.5 billion searches (up 7 percent). Microsoft Sites saw the greatest gains among the top five properties, growing 70 percent to 4.1 billion searches, on the strength of its successful introduction of new search engine Bing. Russian search engine Yandex also achieved considerable gains, growing 91 percent to 1.9 billion searches.
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Top 10 Search Properties by Searches Conducted December 2009 vs. December 2008 Total Worldwide, Age 15+ - Home & Work Locations Source: comScore qSearch |
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| Searches (MM) | |||
| Dec-2008 | Dec-2009 | Percent Change | |
| Worldwide | 89,708 | 131,354 | 46% |
| Google Sites | 55,638 | 87,809 | 58% |
| Yahoo! Sites | 8,389 | 9,444 | 13% |
| Baidu.com Inc. | 7,963 | 8,534 | 7% |
| Microsoft Sites | 2,403 | 4,094 | 70% |
| eBay | 1,327 | 2,102 | 58% |
| NHN Corporation | 1,892 | 2,069 | 9% |
| Yandex | 992 | 1,892 | 91% |
| Facebook.com | 1,023 | 1,572 | 54% |
| Ask Network | 1,053 | 1,507 | 43% |
| Alibaba.com Corporation | 1,118 | 1,102 | -1% |
*Searches based on “expanded search” definition, which includes searches at the top properties where search activity is observed, not only the core search engines.
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2010.01.21 in Content, Netbiz | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
http://www.ejc.net/media_news/nearly_half_of_google_news_users_just_read_headlines_report/
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