Archive for the 'General Information' Category

Top 20 US Websites

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

Top 20 US websites based on October 2006 stats. [Source]
1. yahoo.com
2. google.com
3. aol.com
4. msn.com
5. ebay.com

Yahoo! Top Searches of 2006

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Yahoo! released their Top Searches of 2006, all top 10 searches are entertainment related… some good topics to start a website with?
1. Britney Spears
2. WWE
3. Shakira
4. Jessica Simpson
5. Paris Hilton
6. American Idol
7. Beyonce Knowles
8. Chris Brown
9. Pamela Anderson
10. Lindsay Lohan
[Source]

Facebook most popular among US teens

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

An October 2006 top ten list from YouthTrends ranked Facebook as the most popular Web site for young adults 17 to 25. 52 percent of females said Facebook was their favorite site while 35 percent of males listed it as their favorite site. [Webpronews]
Kinda surprised me, I thought high profile sites like MySpace, […]

Blogger sued for copyrights violation

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

A famous Hollywood gossip blog, PerezHilton.com is being sued by 7 top photo agencies for violating the copyrights of their pictures. [Source]
It has been a long debate that lots of celebrities and entertainment related websites/blogs have been walking the borderline on copyrights violation, especially for photos usage.

Podcast audience increasing

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

From Webpronews, podcast audience has been increasing for the last few months, as an estimated 17 million people had downloaded a podcast to their iPod or computer.
The number is encouraging although most of the audience are not listening to podcast frequently.
I always felt that mobile contents will be the next big thing. Sooner or […]

Avoid mediocre, love it or hate it

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

I like the below drawing very much, as it applies to the principle of every business; not just business online, but every business. [Source]

Microsoft AdCenter $200 free coupon

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

Microsoft AdCenter is offering a free $200 credit for US advertisers opening a new account, valid until January 15, 2007.
Not sure if there’s any catch, do read the terms.
[Source]

800×600 screen resolution popularity shrinking

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

Stats from OneStats.com, popular web analytic in June 2006; about worldwide and country specific screen resolutions of Internet users.
The most popular screen resolutions on the web in the world are:
1. 1024 x 768 56.15%
2. 1280 x 1024 15.79%
3. 800 x 600 12.04%
4. 1280 x 800 4.09%
5. 1152 x 864 3.90%
The usage of 800×600 continues to […]