Copyright Digital Moses DMConfidential - Internet Marketing Newsletter Affiliate Newsletter and Affiliate Marketing Deals for the online marketing industry http://www.dmconfidential.com/ 60 en-us 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 21 22 23 0 1 2 3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Saturday Sunday Week in Review Week in Review. to follow daily headlines please visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Moses/72012382674 http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Trends/2590/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Trends/2590/ Tech Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT Bing Gobbles More Market Share in February According to Nielsen, comScore and Experian Hitwise, while Google remains far ahead of the rest of the pack, Bing continues its ascent into Yahoo!'s territory. http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Search_Engines/2591/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Search_Engines/2591/ Search Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT Google Remains Top Web Brand, Surpassed by Facebook Last Week According to Nielsen, Google remained the top Web brand in February. However, a certain book of faces usurped the search giant in terms of traffic last week, according to Experian Hitwise. http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Search_Engines/2592/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Search_Engines/2592/ Search Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT Online Media Used by Nearly All Local Shoppers According to a recent study conducted by BIA/Kelsey and ConStat, almost all Internet users in the U.S. use online media when researching local products and services. http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Trends/2594/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Trends/2594/ Marketing Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT Is Telemarketing the New Old Thing? As I was walking around this past Affiliate Summit, I couldn't help but notice companies looking to buy call center generated leads. http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Trends/2595/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Trends/2595/ Tech Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT Marketers Adopting Most Social Media Tactics According to a recent study released by Unica, a marketing technology provider based in Waltham, Mass., marketers in North America are doing a pretty good job of utilizing or planning to utilize social media. http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Trends/2593/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Trends/2593/ Social Networks Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT Preparing for the Worst When writing about the maturation of various performance marketing verticals for our other piece, a topic came up, the distinction between an affiliate and a company. Several of the biggest networks and most... http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Digital_Thoughts/2589/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Digital_Thoughts/2589/ Networks Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT Growing Pains Hard to believe that more than two years has passed since the first cash for gold offer appeared as an offer on the networks. The economics looked attractive, even before the price wars took place. Users simply completed a short form, basically... http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Trends/2588/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Trends/2588/ Affiliate Marketing Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT Want to avoid sales tax on Affiliate programs? Work with non-taxable offers! What’s the number one concern among Affiliate Marketers? The news sites and forums have been buzzing with the issue of State’s taxing affiliate and online purchases for over a year now. http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Press_Releases/2585/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Press_Releases/2585/ Press Releases Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST US Users Watched 32 Billion Videos in January According to comScore, 32.4 billion videos were watched by 173.4 million unique U.S. Internet viewers in January, with the usual suspects leading the way. http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Marketing/2582/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Marketing/2582/ Marketing Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST E-Mail Marketers Focus on Recipients’ Interests, Behaviors Small- and medium-sized businesses are taking up their arms to battle against the self-defeating clutter plaguing inboxes in 2009. Personalization and targeting are the names of the game in 2010. http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Marketing/2583/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Marketing/2583/ Social Networks Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST Online ) Print in 2010 Spending on online advertising and marketing will surpass print for the first time in 2010, according to Outsell Inc. http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Marketing/2584/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Marketing/2584/ Social Networks Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST Mobile Facebook and Twitter Booms, MySpace…Not so Much Social networking sites are being accessed more and more via mobile browsers, but not all the big dogs have loud barks. While Facebook and Twitter are thriving in the mobile realm, MySpace seems to be foundering. http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Marketing/2581/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Marketing/2581/ Mobile Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST Facebook Freebie Crackdown Continues The accounts vary, but unlike years past where regardless of the prognosticator, the predictions looked dire, today when it comes to how much will Facebook make, the only question is how high... http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Trends/2586/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Trends/2586/ Social Networks Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST For Better or for Worse? For as much as the performance marketing industry has changed over the past decade, some things have not changed all that much. We still use the pixel in order to track... http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Digital_Thoughts/2587/ http://www.dmconfidential.com/blogs/column/Digital_Thoughts/2587/ Networks Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST