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Twitter's Success: Tweeting 600 Times Per Second, but How to Monetize This? [Updated]

Twitter has released some analytical stats that reveal how much of a rocketing success story it is: Forget rumors Twitter has plateaued--Tweeps are now Tweeting over 600 times every second. The sheer volume of that data is ...READ»

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YouTube Experiments With Ads You Can Skip

The company that made its bread on Web advertising has a new idea: let users skip the ads they don't like seeing. Google is testing the new "skippable" pre-roll video ads on selected partners' YouTube clips, according to PaidContent. ...READ»

Tr.im URL Chopper Is Back ... and Still Doomed

Remember when URL shortener tr.im announced its closure? Sure you do, it was just two days ago. Well ... it's back. Or it never quite went away. Or it's not going to stay long. Or something like that, according to its blog. What the ...READ»

Super-Charge Your Twittering With FollowFormation

This morning we reported that nearly 70% of adult Americans are clueless about Twitter. Here's one new tool that can help them out. FollowFormation is a free service launched last week by an 18-year-old entrepreneur named Brian ...READ»

Google Invades Gaming; Outer Space

Adding to its already-formidable AdSense product-line this week, Google [GOOG] announced AdSense for online Flash games. Comscore says that up to 25% of Web surfers worldwide play these games, so Google might be tapping a sizable ...READ»

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YouTube May Finally Make Money

It’s been years since YouTube became the jewel in Google’s [GOOG] crown in terms of usership, but it’s never made the company a dime. Now it seems the search giant is figuring out effective ways to monetize their video site, ...READ»

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Educating The Advertiser

Current social networks have used the Google model of advertiser do-it-yourself media buying options which has lead many to ponder the future or need for sales teams at social networks. However, at Ad:tech, an interactive ...READ»