Get the details behind these stats and many, many more here in more than 40 of the best articles and blog posts about social media, search, budgeting and digital marketing research, facts and statistics of 2011 so far. Is a Blog Still Important in 2011? 70% of marketers planned to increase their social media budgets by 10% or more in 2011. Almost one-third of all Facebook posts are created from mobile devices. The number of monthly active users on Twitter increased 82% from January to September 2011. similar number check email on their mobile devices. MORE >>

Regator has had its eyes on the social media and blogging trends space for the last three years, following the introduction of their blog search engine in 2008, expansion to mobile the following year, and expanding to display global trends just last year. week ago, the company introduced a new application, reminiscent of TweetDeck and LazyScope , which they are targeting at newsrooms and bloggers who don't want to miss stories in their field as they break. AIR TweetDeck Regator Media Adobe Airand yes, Angry Birds. Just raw content with links to the source. MORE >>

They also have a mobile application as well. TweetDeck. TweetDeck is desktop, iPhone, Android, and Google Chrome application that lets you manage your social media outlets. They also have a mobile app so for fundraising galas you can keep up with what is happening at a separate event across town. This is a guest post by Joe Yeoman, who is obsessively addicted to new web technologies and discussing them. He is the Media Coordinator at BigMarker.com , and he rides his bike to work almost every day. They know their budgets and hopefully never have to stray from them. MORE >>

While assurances were made to entrenched players like TweetDeck , Seesmic and others that their products were safe, it's come with a subtle hint that Twitter's own applications are not only the market share leaders, but are also the best. While I rely heavily on Twitter for Mac (originally Tweetie) on the desktop, my choice on mobile for Android ( and Windows Phone 7 ) has been Seesmic - both due to its intuitive and lengthy feature set, but the constraints put on Twitter's own client. Seesmic Twitter android Windows MobileBut for me, I've not always agreed that's the case. MORE >>

Friday, March 11, 2011 was a black day in Twitter history. could go on, but to me the path is clear; within the next 12-24 months, as Twitter slowly improves its mobile apps and website, it will eventually cut off ALL third-party apps including TweetDeck and Seesmic. Business Twitter News app business Evan Williams HootSuite Social media Strategy Tools TweetDeck Twitter Twitter Client Twitter Clients twitter usersOn that day, Twitter announced that they don’t want anyone to make any more third-party Twitter clients. Surprise, Surprise? And, No. Buyer Beware. MORE >>