last year, according to eMarketer.  Ajv123ajv - Dreamstime.com. Online display advertising is the fastest growing segment on the Internet.    And Google just got the okay from the U.S. Justice Department to acquire AdMeld for $400 million.    That's because web publishers tend to use a number of different platforms, a practice called "multihoming."  "  Therefore, competition won't be constrained, reports BLOOMBERG LAW. MORE

  For example, although eMarketer  lowered its 2012 revenue growth estimate for Facebook to 34% from the year before, that's not chickenfeed.  Facebook's sin, and it has been regarded as a mortal one, has been that it disappointed investors.  MORE

Here’s what I read in the newsletter from Rob Stokes @ Quirk : “I’ve just come back from Bucharest where I spent a week with the Quirk UK Team training one of our clients on eMarketing and in particular Social Media and Web Analytics. MORE

billion around the world with smartphones, documents eMarketer.  Today it happened. Google changed its search algorithms to penalize websites which aren't configured to be mobile-friendly. After  After all, there are about 1.9   Here , Sarah Perez provides all the details in TechCrunch. Essentially, "mobile-friendly" means: Text must be readable without zooming or any taps. Appropriate spacing of tap targets. MORE

  According to eMarketer, Facebook likely will beat Yahoo in 2011, getting up to 16.3% AOL, Yahoo, Google, and Facebook are all going after those display ads which are large, attention-getting, and dominate web pages.  MORE

No surprise, Google and Facebook control, reports eMarketer, 47% of the digital ad market. Today, president Trump will probably sign bill ending FCC rules about protecting internet/app user privacy. Long story short, internet wireless providers such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon will be able to track our web/app behavior, then sell that data to third parties. Here is the coverage in The Wall Street Journal Drudge links to. MORE

According to eMarketer, more than 75% of U.S. adults is now online.    But most of them are lurkers, that is observing, not participating.    That's like being at a bar and not drinking.    Lucking usually stems from fear.    But not fear of what you might be thinking, such as technology. It's primarily because, contends Paul Gillin, you fear negativity.  MORE