I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched my mom do this. From ReadWriteWeb:
More than 10% of the searches for the top 10 dating search terms were URLs (match.com, plentyoffish.com) and almost all of the queries were something that .com could have been added to for direct navigation. If mainstream users learned to navigate using the address bar instead of the search bar - what would happen to the search economy and innovation online?
Jason Jeffries, Blenderbox CEO, was a featured panelist discussing web marketing and social media for a Small Business Networking Event sponsored by the Alliance for Downtown New York.
The Panel was moderated by Peter Shankman, and also featured Robert Hordt, Managing Editor of Crain’s New York Business and Charlotte Eichna, Executive Editor of Our Town and West Side Spirit, part of Manhattan Media.
Andy Baio of waxy.org fame digs into his old server logs to chart the spread of the classic Star Wars Kid video and subsequent remixes. This is a fascinating analysis of how a viral idea - or meme - makes its way across the internet.