• February 6th, 2013

    Google Acquires Channel Intelligence For $125M To Boost Product Referrals And E-Commerce With Users

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    Google continues to enhance its business in e-commerce and providing a portal for users to search and find things to buy alongside ads for those products. Today it was announced that Google has bought Channel Intelligence, a provider of technology to companies to enable customers to buy their products online, for $125 million in an all-cash deal. → Read More

    October 14th, 2012

    The New Digg Has A Fighting Chance

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    We have a story on our site today about that guy who accomplished a very long space jump. Baumgartner, or something. Apparently this story has made the front page of Digg, and now that front page of Digg is coming in third in referral traffic to that story, on a Sunday, bringing in around 40 unique readers to Facebook’s 100 or so at any given moment according to Chartbeat. → Read More

    August 7th, 2012

    Report: Pinterest’s Growth Slows, But Still On Track To Pass Yahoo Organic Traffic In August

    Pinterest Home

    After months of hype, it’s been pretty quiet around Pinterest for the last few weeks. According to the latest data we just received from Shareaholic, however, the social photo sharing site is still growing quickly, though judging from the company’s referral data, Pinterest’s growth has slowed down a bit since June. From May to June Pinterest’s referral traffic to Shareaholic’s network of about… → Read More