Social Networking Picks Up Steam on a Global Level

There is no Surprise that Social Networking has been rocketed in the United States--the country where it all began (thanks, eBay). However, is how widespread the use of social networking sites and platforms has become on a global scale is what Surprising to some. And its Amazing , for instance, that of Facebook's reported 600 million-plus registered users, 80 percent live outside the United States?If you conduct business abroad and social media plays a role in your business-communication strategy, these figures should be discussed with anyone in your organization responsible for international sales and your marketing team.

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Domain Market Shows Steady Growth

Domain monetization platform and domain name marketplace announced the results of its quarterly domain market study today.The report, which reveals changes and latest trends domain industry, is based exclusively on Sedo’s marketplace and provide some rather valuable insights from the over eleven thousand domains sold through Sedo during the quarter.

Despite the introduction of new extensions, the .com remains the most popular TLD extension, accounting for more than 46 percent of total sales on the Sedo marketplace and 74 percent of all generic TLD sales; The average price of a .com domain was $2,401,Among ccTLDs, the .de extension remained the most popular, accounting for 64 percent of ccTLDs sold

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Email’s Growing Influence on Social

Constant Contact announced new features today that enable email marketers to promote social sharing of their content and messaging.The new features work with the company's existing social share functions (which have been used to share more than 40,000 unique emails this month alone). While Contstant Contact may not be the first ESP (email service provider) to realize the potential of social sharing, they are now making it even more prominent and accessible to their users.New features include Share Buttons, the Facebook "Like" Button, a Tweet Button, and a Share this Email /Survey/Event.

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