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Survey Finds Split In Online And Mobile Use

When it comes to how Americans use and view technology, a new survey classifies users into three groups.

Survey: Social Network Users Meet Offline

Jacobs Media has released the results of their Web survey, which found that social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are drivers for first time personal meetings.

Survey: Search Marketers Happy With ROI

According to a study conducted by Jupiter Research, sixty five percent of advertisers will increase their spending in search marketing in the coming year. Overall, advertisers are pleased with the return on investment (ROI) that they are seeing from the dollars that have been spent thus far in search.

Marketing & White Paper Revelations

White papers continue to reign as the supreme source of information for technology professionals, however many businesses are sorely missing the mark. These are some of the key take home messages of a new study by CMO Council and TechTarget, entitled Technology Buying and Media Consumption Benchmarking Survey.

ESPC Survey On Managing Email

The Email Sender and Provider Coalition have released the results of their survey that examines the email behaviors of consumers. The results revealed that the average American is an experienced email user and that they have specific ways of managing email and spam.  The survey found that over 80 percent of consumers use the "Report Spam" and "Unsubscribe" features to manage the email they receive. Fifty-three percent said they would open and read email if the sending company had a certified icon in the email program.

10 Reasons Print's Not Dead

A couple of print publications struggle within their field and suddenly the blogosphere is singing the dirge for newspapers. But I think it's too soon to for the tree population to start celebrating the death of an institution.

Priceline, Zagat Survey Partner

Priceline.com has entered into an agreement with Zagat Survey, which will provide exclusive online hotel reviews for priceline customers to access for free. Zagat survey information will cover hotels, restaurants, attractions in the US and some international locations. The Zagat information, along with traveler reviews from priceline customers will feature more than 600 cities and thousands of hotels, restaurants and attractions.

Government Information Still Not Free

The Freedom of Information Act imposed requirements on federal agencies to make more information publicly available, without requiring people to jump through hoops via FOIA requests to get it.

Google, Microsoft Earn Fortune's Admiration

Not only do these two Internet rivals have multi-billion dollar fortunes, but they enjoy spots in the top twenty on Fortune's 'Most Admired Companies' list.

Survey Says: Facebook Over MySpace

Social networking site Facebook is fast becoming the place to be for 17-to-25-year-olds according to a recent quarterly survey by Youth Trends. Close to 70 percent of females ages 17-25 say Facebook is their first site of choice.  MySpace trailed with 38 percent of females preferring the site and 22 percent favoring YouTube.