
The Globalization Of Local Holidays: China’s Singles’ Day Catches On In US
Christmas. Hannukah. Kwanzaa. Festivus. As e-commerce retailers are in the throes of prime holiday shopping bidding wars, there may be a...

Is Google’s Search Market Share Actually Dropping?
Last year, I conducted a comprehensive survey to discover the search engine preferences of internet users and learn who truly dominates...

Top 10 YouTube Ads Of 2015: Clash Of Clans Ranks No. 1, But Mobile Is The Big Winner
Bloomua / Shutterstock.com YouTube has released its most popular video ads of 2015, with “Revenge” from video game Clash of Clans leading...

Mobile Has Its Big E-Commerce Moment While Online Traffic & Conversions Hit Seasonal Highs
If your Thanksgiving dinner table was populated with friends and family who couldn’t take their eyes off their mobile phones, you’re...

Cyber Monday Online Sales Top $3 Billion For Another Record-Setting Year
Last week, my dental hygienist told me she was taking Monday off “for Cyber Monday.” Not Black Friday, but Cyber Monday. The irony of...

Report: Bad Phone Experience Will Send 74 Percent Of Consumers To A Competitor
In the era of online reviews and social media, you’d think that customer service and customer loyalty would be a central focus of most...

Report: Most Calls From Mobile Display Ads Happen Up To Two Weeks Later
In conjunction with the announcement of a new product called “Marchex Display Analytics,” the company released a report that shows...

Study: The Content That Compels People to Buy
The internet has deeply and thoroughly affected the way consumers research and buy. E-commerce is rapidly growing and has been a great...

Are Millennials Speeding Up The Slow Death Of Interruption Marketing?
Digital technology has revolutionized consumer behavior, but many marketers still rely on old interruption marketing techniques designed...

Laptops In Big Decline, Smartphones “At Saturation” For Under-30 Crowd
As we approach 2015’s holiday season, the mobile outlook for product sellers is mixed. Mobile ad spending is rising quickly, and...

Google’s New Shopping Insights Tool Shows Retailers Product Search Intent At The Local Level
To help retailers better understand shopper search habits in the US at the local level, Google is opening up more of its cache of product...

Consumers Buy From Amazon But Want To Buy Directly From Brands
According to a recent Nielsen “Global Trust in Advertising” report, “branded websites are the second-most-trusted advertising format,...

Location Paradox: Mobile Users Recognize Its Value, But Many Won’t Share It
Call it the “location paradox.” Smartphone owners typically recognize that location improves mobile app experiences, but substantial...

NinthDecimal & TiVo Announce Partnership To Bring Offline Store-Visit Metrics To TV
Mobile devices are bringing digital analytics and targeting capabilities to all kinds of media, including “offline” traditional...

What Works With Consumers? Survey On Inbound And Outbound Marketing Tactics Yields Insights
The era of noisy, low-value marketing is over. With so many people actively resisting interruptive marketing messages, marketers need to...

Consumers More Likely To Trust TV Ads Than Online Video & Search Ads [Nielsen]
After polling more than 30,000 consumers across 60 different countries between February and March of this year, Nielsen found 63 percent...

More Than 44% Of All Video Plays Happened On A Mobile Device In Q2 2015 [Report]
At six percent, the mobile video growth rate for the second quarter of 2015 was the most modest since Q4 2012, when mobile video views...

Time With Mobile Apps Now Beats TV As Apps Become The New Networks
Twin Design / Shutterstock.com TV has resisted the internet in multiple ways that have eluded other media. It has been able to hold on to...

Yahoo: The Decline Of The Mobile Browser Is A Threat To Search
nevodka / Shutterstock.com Earlier this week Yahoo held its second Mobile Developer Conference in New York. This was the East Coast...
























