What’s the biggest risk facing Facebook? Hint: it may be in the palm of your hand. Half of the social network’s 845 million users now access the site through their cellphones, and that number is surging. Problem is Facebook currently receives virtually no display advertising revenue from small screens. The rapid shift to mobile Internet usage could be Mark Zuckerberg’s biggest threat – and he knows it. via Analysis & Opinion | Reuters.
Recently, Joel Garcia at GTO Management bought it to everyone’s attention that everyone’s new favorite social sharing site, Pinterest, is basically hijacking links to make money as an affiliate. I highly recommend checking out Joel’s complete post, but here’s the main idea: via Why I Don’t Mind Pinterest Hijacking My Links — BlogWorld & New Media Expo Blog. Continue reading
Will StumbleUpon become a graveyard with abandoned user pages like headstones marking what once was a vibrant community and is no more? Many previously active StumbleUpon users abandoned their accounts due the last set of StumbleUpon changes. Now users have less flexibility when viewing content through the iframe filter. Continue reading
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