numbers

Earlier today, we looked at some numbers that didn't exactly look great for Twitter. While the numbers certainly shouldn't be ignored, nobody ever said they were concrete or indisputable fact. The fact is, that numbers supplied from research firms are often off a bit, and they should usually be taken with a grain of salt. The indication however, was that Twitter growth had pretty much screeched to a halt. That really might not be the whole picture though.

Yahoo had a good day on the stock market, gaining a full 5.27 percent during normal trading hours.  And - in what some may find to be a surprising development - it doesn't seem set to drop much in after-hours trading as investors dissect the company's first-quarter earnings report. 

You would think that the growth of broadband usage would take away from AOL's business. That and the fact that they've been closing down services like mad.  Despite these things, AOL has managed to hit an all time high when it comes to traffic numbers, and has experienced year-over-year growth for unique visitors for the 21st month in a row. The following AOL sites reached all-time high page view numbers in October:

These days, I'm constantly writing about the growth of online video, and how it is becoming more mainstream. There is news to report on the matter about every day. Partnerships are formed. New offerings are made available.

According to the latest Hitwise stats, Google is continuing to marginalize both Yahoo and Microsoft in terms of search share.  But if you take Google out of the equation and look at a few other areas, the two companies' numbers are really pretty impressive.

Last week, I posted an opinion piece about TechCrunch's prominence on TechMeme. There wasn't a lot of response—if that tells you anything about what my opinion's worth—but there was a point brought out in the comments section of that post, and a blog post elsewhere echoing. So that's good enough for me to do a follow-up and extend on a point.

If you make less than $2 million per month, and can deal with doing something that is illegal and perhaps "morally annoying," have we got a career for you: typosquatter.  As a development in a Dell lawsuit shows, it's an extremely profitable position.

I know that eMarketer’s numbers on the growth of podcasting should make us all feel warm and fuzzy, but I just can’t shake the feeling that the channel has severely under delivered. The good news is that US audience numbers should grow from a total audience of 18.5 million in 2007 to a whopping 65 million by 2012. Also good news, the amount spent on podcast advertising should grow from $165 million to $435 million by 2012.