Internet Retailer.com recently revealed a list of the Top 10 online retailers with the highest conversion rates in March. The research was conducted amongst online retailers with at least 500,000 unique visitors. Office Depot, QVC, VistaPrint, Roamans & Lands End made the Top 5 with conversion rates over 15%. Disclaimer: The user conversion on one…
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Internet Trend Report: Social Media is NOT Going Away Soon
Morgan Stanley has just revealed last month’s Internet Trends Report which has some very intriguing statistics regarding Social Networking sites. Here are some of the highlights from the 72 page document: 6 out of the TOP 10 Most visited sites on the Internet ARE Social Networking sites. YouTube, Facebook, Hi5, Live.com, MySpace and Wikipedia all…
Google Wants the Blind to See
While we’ve remarked before that Google is blind, it turns out that the search behemoth is not satisfied with this handicap and foresees a future where the engine is able to algorithmically ascertain an images identity based on similar images in its database. Freaky, huh? Search Engine Journal covered the story, which links up to…
Zappos gets it right: Shoes, Social Media & Customer Service
Last week, I wrote a blog post about Twitter, the fast growing microblogging platform that allows users to blog 140 character ‘tweets’ to their closest friends, followers and yes, even strangers. Twitter, although, originally created to keep up with what your friends are up to, has quickly become an easy way for companies to monitor…