Online retailers are likely getting a huge surge of traffic today as many consumers are avoiding the congestion of the mall by shopping online. Here are the top Trends on Google at 1:52PM CST: Top Google Trends * black friday online deals * cyber monday 2009 * leftover turkey recipes * iron bowl 2009 game [...]

 

Banner optimizers on affiliate networks feel more like a meat grinder than optimized rotation. If you’re like me, you’ve checked out all these “optimized” banner rotators at Clickbooth and other networks. You’ve probably also seen that these “optimized” rotators are the worst performing adverts you’ve placed since those affiliate banners for fire places in 1995 [...]

 

Zuckerberg creates new class of stock in preparation for selling to institutions and the public. Insiders have been talking about the possibly of an IPO for months, but today the dual stock class decision is a clear indication that your chance to own some powerless B class shares is coming soon ;-) I think I’ll [...]

 

Twitter’s traffic has dropped by about 25% in 90 days, reversing course on it’s giant exponential ramp up during spring and early summer. Perhaps once people got intrigued by simple social networking, they moved on to interfaces that allowed more than 2 sentences. Here is the image that must be keeping the twitter exec’s and [...]

 

Facebook and Mafia Wars creator Zynga ready for court as a class action lawsuit was filed today over “offer-based” ads that automatically rebilled users each month. The “offers” consisted ads that asked users to complete surveys in return for prizes, but neglected to tell these users they were also being signed up to paid subscription [...]

 

Bebo, the once popular social network geared around member updates and media uploads, continues it’s death spiral towards nothingness as traffic drops another 50% over the past 6 months. The Bebo Traffic graph from Quantcast would only be good if you could sled down it. Here is the data: Bebo has been a mecca for [...]

 

The Elastic Theme Editor Plugin for WordPress was demonstrated during the lightning round at WordCamp in New York City this past week. Watch as these guys layout a theme from scratch in one minute (no sound): Elastic is free and can be installed like any normal WordPress plugin.

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