“Heavy users” just doesn’t refer to drugs these days :). Approximately a third of the US population are now classified as heavy users of the Internet, i.e. those accessing the web at least 11 times over 7 day period for activity not email related.

The profile of their activity whilst online is very interesting.
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Google Inc. recently announced an exclusive partnership with eBay for the provision of contextual advertising on the auction giant, initially outside the United States. On top of that, a click-to-call advertising feature will be introduced on both eBay and Google, with the service operating via Skype (acquired by eBay in 2005) and Google Talk VoiP applications.

There’s some curious twists to this.
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If you rely on contextual advertising to generate revenue, this easy to implement tip may help you to make a few extra bucks.
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My first post on voice comments for blogs seems to have created a lot of interest judging by the number of search engine referrals, so I decided to hunt around a bit more to see if there were any reasonably priced voice commenting services and plugins available. I found one so far, and it’s free! Read on and give it a whirl.
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RSS still has a long way to go in not only general consumer adoption rates, but even basic awareness according to figures published in a recent report. Although the vast majority of consumers are unaware of what RSS is, many marketers still see great potential in the medium.
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The following is a list of some of the currently most popular posts on this blog for November 2006 in no particular order; based on the number of views. I’ll try to update the list regularly.
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There’s a lengthy but very interesting article about MySpace that’s just been published on CNN Money.

The article examines MySpace’s beginnings, delves more into the people behind the mega-site (Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe), the reasons for its stellar growth, revenue and investment data, plus an insight into where MySpace is heading over the next year or so.
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A report on 51 large online retailers shows a mixed bag of performance results based on criteria related to trust, usability and communications.
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If you’re looking to make a few bucks from your blogging skills or need a blogger, you may be interested in a couple of new classifieds-type services recently launched focusing on blog related employment.
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I wonder if we’ll ever see statistics saying otherwise :). According to a recent report from the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, US retail ecommerce sales in Q2 2006 were up 4.6% over Q1.
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