As most of you know, Daily Deal sites exploded in 2011. As of now, there are 800 daily deal sites in the United States alone. In 2010, there were only 20. The site 8Coupons.com put together this fantastic infographic which gives us a look back at daily deal sites in 2011. From the acquisitions and ...

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Source: Nielsenwire.Nielsenwire combed through the reports the firm produced during 2011 in the areas of social, local and mobile and produced a infographic they call:Infographic: The Most Valuable Digital ConsumersHere's a summary of Nielsenwire's mobile findings:- 38% of Americans own a smartphone
- 66% of the time on a smartphone is spent using apps
- 35 is the average number of smartphone apps installed
- 27% looked for coupons or deals related to an ad seen on a smartphone or [...]

Read More: Nielsen: 44% of Smartphone Owners Visit Social Network Sites

Social networks have brought about a revolution in the lives of everyone connected to them and they also have a big hand in the success of internet TV. It has brought people over the internet and connected them to the online TV world. Social networks have proved to be a medium from where people get [...]

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Despite plenty of competition in the market, Web browsers tend to look and act pretty much the same. Raven is a new contender out today for OS X which takes a fresh approach. Raven's key unique offering is that it offers customised interfaces for a wide range of popular websites. Visiting its built-in Web App [...]

Read More: Raven: A new browser for the Mac that turns your favorite sites into apps

Despite plenty of competition in the market, Web browsers tend to look and act pretty much the same. Raven is a new contender out today for OS X which takes...

Read More: Raven: A new browser for the Mac that turns your favorite sites into apps

Facebook is announcing a partnership with security firm Websense today, in order to protect its users from dangerous links that lead to malicious websites and malware sites. Going forward, when a Facebook user clicks on a link, the new system will first check the link against Websense's system to determine whether or not it's safe. If it's not, a message is displayed warning the user that the link is potentially harmful and suggests you return to the previous page.

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We spend a large portion of our lives on social media sites but the truth of the matter is that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google Plus and other social networks aren’t real life.  A new infographic from Column Five Media explores what it might be like if all your favorite social media sites were real life—specifically, what it would be like if you lived in an apartment building with social media.


Read More: Fun Infographic Asks ‘What If Social Media Sites Were Your Neighbors?’

This guest post is by Issy Eyre of Fennel & Fern. I'll let you into a secret. One of the key ways I grew my traffic for my gardening blog Fennel & Fern wasn't through clever SEO campaigns. It wasn't through endless tweeting, or sucking up to other bloggers (although I've been guilty of all [...]

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Time released a list ranking the 50 best websites of 2011; which social media sites ranked at the top of their field?


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Newspaper website traffic is on the rise in Europe, and Facebook's importance to those sites is growing, according to new data from comScore.The figures show that in June this year, Facebook accounted for at least 7.4% of traffic to the top five newspaper sites in Europe – almost double what it was a year before.Germany's Bild saw the biggest increase, with its percentage of traffic from Facebook increasing from 3% in June 2010 to 14% a year later. Interestingly, The Guardian, which in 201 [...]

Read More: Traffic to European newspaper sites up 11% in 2011, Facebook growing as a source

If Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and your other favorite social media sites were super heroes, which ones would they be?  Who would be Spiderman?  Who would be Batman?  What about The Hulk and Wolverine?  An awesome new infographic from Freestyle Interactive answers this question with a game of Social Media Trumps.


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Bingo statistics vary from one country to the other, and the game is very popular worldwide. The percentage between gender bingo players is 70% percent women and 30% men in the U.K. In the U.S. and other countries, the percentages change to about 80% women and 20% men.


Read More: Online Bingo Connects Players As Well As Social Networking Sites

Recently, the Pivot Conference team set out to learn more about the state of social advertising and the future ahead by conducting an industry survey of 230 brand managers, executives, and marketing professionals. We will release the full report during the week of July 25th. Not all of the insights we learned will make it [...]

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Social commerce is probably on the business minds of every retailer who wants to tap into the endless opportunities of social media. According to a recent study, Facebook is not a favorite platform for social commerce, but is a favorite for those who like to shop on the internet.


Read More: Online Shoppers Like Facebook More Than Blogs, Forums and Review Sites