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Social Networking Stats: Global Social Media Ad Revenue To Grow 60% Year-Over-Year, #RLTM Scoreboard

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via Search Engine Land. billion in 2011 to $16.9 billion in 2011 to $16.9 billion in 2011 to $8.8 Social gaming revenue more than doubled between 2010 and 2011, with the sale of virtual goods largely responsible for the revenue in this area. Pinterest: over 11 million registered users. Posterous: 3.9 via SF Gate.

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Social Networking Stats: #RLTM Scoreboard, Marketers Buy Facebook Ads for Awareness, Not Fans

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via Search Engine Land. “Brands spent a lot of time and energy in 2011 building up their fan base, and fan acquisition was a top goal for many brands,” Debra Aho Williamson, principal analyst at eMarketer, told AdAge. Instagram: 50 million users. Tagged: 20 million unique monthly users. via Tagged. via Foursquare.

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Google To Ban Payday Ads, But Invests In LendUp

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Being the world’s largest search engine means that advertising space is at a premium. was founded in 2011 by Sasha Orloff and Jacob Rosenberg. The primary function of Google Ventures is to make money by investing capital into “companies that push the edge of what’s possible”. Google’s goal also to make money, just in a different way.

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