Online Advertising

9th February 2011

What are QR codes?

In the next year QR codes will be playing a bigger part in our lives. So what are they and what do they do? Read more...

23rd June 2010

Is Facebook testing a new DIY display advertising system

This maybe a new easy way for small businesses to take advantage of advertising on Facebook Read more...

15th June 2010

Promoted Tweets Will Amplify Social Media Efforts, Agencies Say

With Twitters own brand of keyword advertising - social media is about to get more advertising driven. Currently the big brands are testing this but as with keyword advertising there will be a benefit for small business as well. Read more...

14th June 2010

Google - Local Business "Tagging" rolls out across the US

It won't be long before it hits the UK - learn about Tagging now and be ahead of the game. Read more...

14th June 2010

Twitter Buys Analytics Company

Twitter, which recently announced its Promoted Tweets advertising program, has acquired the maker of a cloud-hosted Web analytics application. So Twitter is looking to provide data on users and advertising - watch this space. Read more...

25th May 2010

Twitter Bans Third-Party Adverts After Promoted Tweets Go Live

One month after the launch of Promoted Tweets, Twitter has banned any paid advertiser from placing adverts into its network via a third-party network. Read more...

25th May 2010

Google's Ad Secret Revealed

How much of its AdSense revenue does it keep for itself, and how much does it hand over to Web sites and blogs that host Google ads? Where does your money go? Read more...

12th May 2010

Twitter Tests New Features for Business

Twitter has begun beta testing a range of new features dubbed the "Twitter Business Center," adding functions for brands making use of the platform and letting them use it for purposes such as customer relationship management more successfully. Read more...

12th May 2010

Facebook Surpasses Yahoo, Serving Most Ads in Q1

Facebook accounted for over 16 percent of all ads served to U.S. users during the first quarter of 2010, making it the largest online display ad publisher in the US Read more...