Quora: The Stats Behind the Buzz [INFOGRAPHIC] Quora's beautifully designed, elegantly executed Q&A might be burning up the blogs, but how is the site performing in the real world? Web analytics firm KISSmetrics has just published an infographic about "The Wonderful World of Quora." The charts show some interesting details, such as the growth of Quora's userbase as well as the upward trend of monthly uniques. KISSmetrics also points out the myriad ways to use Quora beyond just asking and answering questions. The infographic was created with help from Semil Shah, an active Quora user and fan. What do you think of Quora's chances of long-term success?
A Look at Mobile Internet Costs Around the World - Nicholas Jackson - Technology With smartphones spreading and data usage on the rise, mobile providers across the United States are starting to do away with unlimited usage plans as we once knew them. AT&T recently announced that it will soon begin throttling, or cutting the transfer speeds, for its heaviest unlimited-plan users. You'll still be able to use as much data over the course of a month as you would like, but AT&T will be watching you; it will start cutting your transfer speeds so you don't slow down the entire network. Despite what's happening in the U.S., "[m]any countries still offer unlimited mobile data to customers, at varying prices," according to TechnoBuffalo, which first alerted us to this infographic created by Android Tablet Fanatic. It allows you to quickly compare mobile Internet costs around the world -- provided you know what the flags of various countries look like. Infographics are always a bit of a hodgepodge of statistics culled from a variety of sources.
Cisco: 50 Billion Things on the Internet by 2020 [Infographic] The Internet of Things, when real world objects are connected to the Internet, is a trend that we've been actively tracking since early 2009. So far a lot of big technology infrastructure and solutions companies have gotten behind the trend, for the simple reason that they see a huge market opportunity. As more and more 'things' go on the Net, it creates more demand for network infrastructure like sensors and routers. Enter the likes of Cisco and Verizon Wireless. Likewise, more technology solutions will be developed to upload and manage data from real world objects. Enter the likes of IBM and HP. Cisco has designed an infographic that offers a simple example of how Internet of Things will affect you in your everyday life. There has been some contention about the number of connected things and by when. Regardless, as the infographic below shows, the number of things connected to the Internet has already exceeded the number of people on earth. Infographic via All Things D
Spam Statistics and Facts Spam is a huge issue for most Internet users – in fact, 52% of participants polled in a recent survey stated that spam was a major problem. And despite the evolution of anti spam software, such as spam filters and spam blockers, the negative effects of spam are still being felt by individuals and businesses alike. Think you know all you need to know about spam? Read on for some alarming spam statistics and facts about spam email. Statistics and Facts About Spam Spam accounts for 14.5 billion messages globally per day. The most prevalent type of spam is advertising-related email; this type of spam accounts for approximately 36% of all spam messages. Surprisingly, scams and fraud comprise only 2.5% of all spam email; however, identity theft (which is known as phishing) makes up 73% of this figure. Because spam has inundated both the personal and corporate world of emailing, it has affected the way that individuals and companies feel about spam.
The Interconnected World of Tech Companies [INFOGRAPHIC] The "tech world" is really more of a "tech family." Between digital giants' appetites for acquisitions and the tendency of their ex-employees to start new companies, it's easy to see how nearly every blip in the ecosystem is closely related. We've mapped just a few of these family ties between "Xooglers," the "PayPal Mafia", "Softies" and the many other tech connectors who have yet to be nicknamed. Our guess is that if you gathered a handful of tech veterans in a room, you could keep the tech connection game going forever. Infographic design by Nick Sigler Image courtesy of iStockphoto, BrianAJackson
The Top 20 Most Expensive Keywords in Google AdWords Advertising The Most Expensive PPC Keywords How does Google make money? Surprisingly, 97% comes from online pay-per-click advertising. At WordStream we can’t get enough PPC; that’s why we decided to conduct some research and find out what the most expensive keywords are in Google. Some of our results about the most popular and most expensive PPC keywords were to be expected, while some (like cord blood and mesothelioma treatment) surprised us and our readers. Want to learn more about how Google advertising works? Top 10 Most Expensive Google Keywords The Top 10 Most Expensive Keywords are: InsuranceLoansMortgageAttorneyCreditLawyerDonateDegreeHostingClaim You’ll notice that these top ten most expensive AdWords keywords deal primarily with financing and industries that manage vast sums of money. The next ten most expensive keywords complete our total list, resulting the top 20 most expensive AdWords keywords: Conference CallTradingSoftwareRecoveryTransferGas/ElectricityClassesRehabTreatmentCord Blood
Infographic Of The Day: Google's 11-Year Spending Spree | Co. Design The relentless, daily stream of Google news tends to hide one important fact about the company: They've been buying a lot of smaller companies, in their ever-evolving quest to dominate the online ad market and shore up their defenses against disruptive innovations or nagging patent lawsuits. Here's an infographic illustrating that, created by Antonio Lupetti, the founder of Italian tech site Woorkup: The main take-away, of course, is that Google has actually been quite strategic about its biggest purchases: These aren't big-ticket impulse buys, as you might expect given Google's wild-and-wacky image as loving innovation for innovation's sake. In each case, from Double-Click to Ad Mob to YouTube, the focus has been on shoring up its core advertising business. (Granted, the AOL "acquisition" is actually more of a strategic partnership, but never mind. The one seeming outlier, of course, is YouTube. Things actually get a bit more interesting in the latter part of the infographic:
E-mail spam An email box folder filled with spam messages. Email spam has steadily grown since the early 1990s. Botnets, networks of virus-infected computers, are used to send about 80% of spam. Since the expense of the spam is borne mostly by the recipient,[8] it is effectively postage due advertising. The legal status of spam varies from one jurisdiction to another. Spammers collect email addresses from chatrooms, websites, customer lists, newsgroups, and viruses which harvest users' address books, and are sold to other spammers. Overview[edit] From the beginning of the Internet (the ARPANET), sending of junk email has been prohibited. Types[edit] Spam has several definitions varying by source. Unsolicited bulk email (UBE)—unsolicited email, sent in large quantities.Unsolicited commercial email (UCE)—this more restrictive definition is used by regulators whose mandate is to regulate commerce, such as the U.S. Spamvertised sites[edit] Many spam emails contain URLs to a website or websites. Canada[edit]
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