Media

Earlier today, we relayed comScore's figures for the search market during November 2009.  Now, Nielsen's statistics covering the same timespan have been made public, and although both companies agree that Bing did well, a lot of the other details differ. Whereas comScore believes Google gained a bit of ground on a month-over-month basis, Nielsen indicated that the search giant lost some - 0.7 percent since October, to be exact, landing it with a share of 65.4 percent.

Popular online video destination Hulu has added a new default view for the user's queue. The new view groups all videos within the queue by show. In the past, users could only sort everything by show by clicking on the title and information column. "As we've added more content and as users' queues have grown in size, grouping by show as a default was a logical update," says Eugene Wei VP, Product at Hulu.

Facebook has launched an award system for translators, where those who translate for the social network can get special icons as they accomplish specific milestones. Awards are grouped into into the categories of voting participation, words published, and translations published.

Before we get into the meat of the article I have a challenge for you. Say “Top Twitter Trends” 3 times fast. Frustrating isn’t it. Every time I try it I end up saying “Top Twitter Twends” thus giving the Baba WaWa (Barbara Walters for you young kids) sound to it. As you have likely guessed I think I may have too much time on my hands so let’s get back to the real deal.

While many people already lie on their Facebook profile despite the pleas by Privacy Czar Mark Zuckerberg to keep the Facebook database clean for YOUR benefit, it is now an informally ‘recommended’ practice by some at Facebook. Before we move forward, let’s put this on the table first. Facebook’s move toward less privacy for its users may have profoundly changed the service once the full scope of what they are looking to do hits the masses.

NBC is introducing a new social media game aimed at promoting the network's series "Chuck" by getting fans to spread the word about the program on social networking sites. The game called "Mission: Chuck Me Out" allows fans to use Facebook, Twitter and MySpace or the Chuck Me Out website to talk about the show.

The latest numbers regarding online video viewing are in from Nielsen, and they reveal some interesting trends.  In effect, things are looking good on a year-over-year basis, but stacked up against October, November didn't go so well.

Over the past several months, MySpace has become much more formidable thanks to some new features, a deal with a record label, and a couple of acquisitions.  It looks like the growth spurt may not be over, either, as a report's indicated that MySpace is now interested in getting to know Flixster.