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Goat Snarls Traffic, Holds Up Commuters In New Jersey

Goat Snarls Traffic, Holds Up Commuters In New Jersey

By Zach Walton May 21, 2013

Goats aren’t typically known for holding up traffic, but one goat did just that this morning in New Jersey. The AP reports that a goat had escaped onto the Pulaski Skyway in New Jersey this morning. Five police officers were …

Black Friday Saw Online Retail Traffic Jump 60% Black Friday Saw Online Retail Traffic Jump 60%
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As previously reported, this year’s Black Friday was a record one for e-commerce, having surpassed a billion dollars in spending, according to comScore. Experian Hitwise has also released some data, indicating that Black Friday online retail traffic in the U.S. …

StumbleUpon Sends Less Traffic To Sites [Report] StumbleUpon Sends Less Traffic To Sites [Report]

StumbleUpon’s share of traffic sent to publisher sites is down 53% since July, according to Shareaholic, which released some new data for October. Update: StumbleUpon says its internal data is quite contrary to Shareaholic’s findings. The trend might be in …

noPhoto Wants to Help You Avoid Traffic Cam Tickets noPhoto Wants to Help You Avoid Traffic Cam Tickets

Freedom, security, and privacy. Those are some pretty weighty concepts to be used in the discussion of license plate technology. But that’s what noLimits Enterprises says it can give drivers all across the country with its new product, noPhoto. “The …

What The New StumbleUpon Means For Your Referrals What The New StumbleUpon Means For Your Referrals
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This week, StumbleUpon launched a new iOS app with some big changes to the homepage and how users stumble through content, among other things (see our full review and interview with the company here). While the changes have only come …

Facebook Drives Most Retail Traffic [INFOGRAPHIC] Facebook Drives Most Retail Traffic [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Any retail site knows that social media is their friend. Not only do sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest have the massive user bases to drive traffic, but they also have the opportunity to drive traffic based on the trust …

Reddit Hit 3.4 Billion Pageviews in August Reddit Hit 3.4 Billion Pageviews in August
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If you need any more proof that reddit is not to be disregarded (and really, why would you), they’re happy to provide you cold, hard stats. The coldest and hardest of stats – pageview stats. Let’s not beat around the …

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Obama Held Sway Over 30% of Reddit During AMA Obama Held Sway Over 30% of Reddit During AMA
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When users logged on and saw the words “I am Barack Obama, President of the United States – AMA” at the top of the front page, they knew that it was an historic occasion for the site. Reddit has been …

TomTom Launching Full-Fledged Android App in October TomTom Launching Full-Fledged Android App in October
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Good news if you’re an Android user who wants more variety in their available navigation apps, as TomTom has just announced that a new app that includes navigation, map, and traffic data will hit Android OS in October. Pricing and …

Facebook Looking at Navigation App Waze [Report] Facebook Looking at Navigation App Waze [Report]

Is Facebook looking to get into the crowdsourced traffic information game? According to Israeli business publication Globes, Facebook is eyeing navigation app Waze. According to Globes, the two companies have already had discussions – as Facebook execs apparently visited Waze …

Why StumbleUpon Is An Amazing Marketing Tool Why StumbleUpon Is An Amazing Marketing Tool
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Some things don’t change. StumbleUpon, after all these years, can still be a great driver of traffic to your website, despite how little it has changed in comparison to other social services. Think about how much Facebook has changed over …

A Lot More Of You Can Check Google Maps For Traffic A Lot More Of You Can Check Google Maps For Traffic
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Google is beefing up its live traffic feature of Google Maps. The company initially launched it in 2008, but the list of cities that actually could take advantage of the feature left a bit to be desired. For many, that …

Waze Updated To Help You Save On Gas Waze Updated To Help You Save On Gas

Waze, the ridiculously handy navigation app that uses real-time traffic data to get you where you need to go on time, has just added a new feature that helps you save on gas, too. Waze, in case you’re unfamiliar with …

Knowledge Graph: Less Traffic To More Sites? Knowledge Graph: Less Traffic To More Sites?
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Back in March, the Wall Street Journal put out a big article about what apparently went on to become Google’s Knowledge Graph. Google made the formal announcement today. For more on the Knowledge Graph itself, see: Knowledge Graph: Google Officially …

Could Your Daily Commute Be Killing You? Could Your Daily Commute Be Killing You?

Nobody likes the drive to work. Every day millions of people wait through seemingly endless traffic, and what is the reward? Another day at work. The average person spends 38 minutes a day in the car getting to and from …

Imgur Can Drive Big Traffic To Product Pages Imgur Can Drive Big Traffic To Product Pages

Let me preface this by saying that I’m not going to tell you to spam Imgur. This is just an interesting look at how, under the right circumstances, Imgur can drive a lot of traffic – even to a product …

Pinterest Rockets To Third Most Popular Social Site Pinterest Rockets To Third Most Popular Social Site

Popular social media site Pinterest is shattering records all over the Interwebs. The site, which allows users called “pinners” to post “boards” of collections full of images, has seen rapid growth in the past months. We have copyright violations, Pinterest …