This is a really great post from Mark Goldberg

Among highlights from the infographic:

• Nearly 640 Terabytes of traffic are being transferred each minute by global IP networks;
• 6 million Facebook views; 2 million Google search queries;
• 30 hours of video are being uploaded to YouTube; and
• 1.3 million videos are being viewed.

Source: www.allbusiness.com

If you heard a loud crash this weekend, it may have been the sound of 390,393 online stores shutting their doors for the last time.

One of the e-commerce pioneers, Zlio.com, announced that it will cease operations and force its 390,393 member retailers to find new homes for their online ambitions. The reason for the collapse appears to be Google's February search algorithm change that demoted the search-result rankings of many content farms. [Note: ZLIO.com should not be confused with the real estate site ZILO.com]

In a press release sent to me by email on Friday, this former giant of online "pop-up stores" made the following announcement:

Six years after its launch, we regret to announce that we are going out of business.

The service will officially end on September 11!

All Business have published an excellent article on why this has happened with some very poignant advice.  Read the full article here.

This article by the NZ Herald is somewhat disturbing....... if your business is selling online then its worth the read.

Many online shoppers have no idea how search engines work or that some links are paid advertising - and the majority of bargain hunters do not bother looking beyond the first page of search results, a new report has found.

The Australia Institute has released the report, What You Don't Know Can Hurt You, which warns that a small number of internet players could end up enjoying almost complete control of the mainstream market.

The full article is here

This is an excellent (short) article particularly if you are about to buy a new website or have one.  Enjoy.  http://alturl.com/23zmm

Don't we all want to find ways to improve communications and share information and we don't always want to (or have time to) create an email to share information with others?

Well Google have created and released a brand new product to market that will be of interest to many.  

The +1 button is shorthand for "this is pretty cool" or "you should check this out."

Click +1 to publicly give something your stamp of approval. Your +1's can help friends, contacts, and others on the web find the best stuff when they search.

Read the Google +1 notes and watch a quick video here

You will see it already installed to this page (see the +1 button below) 

Quite an innovation!