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Interesting Visual - 100 biggest websites in the US. Source: http://www.visualcapitalist.com/100-websites-rule-internet/
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Infographic: The 100 Websites That Rule the Internet These are the 100 biggest websites in the United States, broken down by type as well as the parent company that owns them.

Interesting post about ad blocking. What marketers need to have in mind.

Important Ad Blocking Information for Marketers - t2 Marketing International Ad blocking is a trend that is on the rise, and these bits of ad blocking information will make the life of a marketer quite a bit easier. Over the last year (in particular) the conversation around ad blocking has increased significantly. That is largely due to the fact that ad blocking has moved aw...

A whole new world is here. VR arcade games will change everything!

I rescued a kitten, drove a train, and flew a mech at Japan's first VR arcade If you think it's hard to set up an HTC Vive in your American-sized home, spare a thought for the people that live in regular Tokyo apartments. Japan does seem to be interested in VR, but it's...

People sharing their deepest confessions in plain sight in a train station billboard

British people's secret confessions are being displayed in a train station The Waiting Wall is displaying the anonymous confessions of commuters at Brighton train station throughout the week.

iOS 9 comes with an ad blocking feature, aiming directly at hijacking Google's revenue stream coming from ads showing on the websites.

Ad blocking is rapidly changing the way advertisers do business, while content publishers are at risk of losing revenue, therefore losing the financial means to create high quality content. Add on top the shift of internet access from desktop to mobile and you have a pretty nasty situation coming up.

According to the findings of PageFair and Adobe 2014 report, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, and Greece are leading the way with around 24% of their populations using adblock software in Q2 2014.

The new iOS ad blocking feature combined with the pe*******on Apple products have into higher income consumers mostly, will increase this percentage even more.

All the above should put advertisers but mostly advertising agencies and publishers into thinking.

Ad Blocking and the Future of the Web YOUR SITE may soon be collateral damage in a war between Silicon Valley superpowers. By including ad blocking in iOS9, A…

Apple vs Google vs Facebook. The war just started...

Welcome to hell: Apple vs Google vs Facebook and the slow death of the web So let's talk about ad blocking. You might think the conversation about ad blocking is about the user experience of news, but what we're really talking about is money and power in Silicon Valley....

Wireless carriers want a piece of the action for themselves. Who can blame them?

Wireless Carriers Could Take a Shine to Ad-Blocking Shine Technologies may well upend the Net neutrality issue with the launch of AdSight, an ad-tracking product in development. AdSight reportedly will allow carriers to monitor the ads being delivered over their pipes. The data provided will be very granular, including who the ads are from and the le…

Ryan McHenry, 27, filmmaker, creator of the famous "Ryan Gosling won't eat his cereal" meme died from cancer

As a tribute to the young artist (link below), Ryan Gosling finally ate his cereal.

http://mashable.com/2015/05/05/ryan-gosling-ate-his-cereal/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link

Ryan McHenry, creator of 'Ryan Gosling won't eat his cereal' meme, dies at 27 The creator of the 'Ryan Gosling won't eat his cereal' meme has died of cancer at 27.

Facebook ad types explained

Different Types of Facebook Ads and How to Use Them - 2015

Google treats some ccTLDs as gccTLDs. Matt Cutts clears it out a bit http://ow.ly/KKyC8

Should I use ccTLDs for sites not targeted to those countries? As memorable .COM domains become more expensive, more developers are choosing alternate new domains like .IO and .IM - which Google geotargets to...

"Provocative marketing" from the Game of Thrones social media team, increases conversation and engagement.

'Game of Thrones' social media team: 'We basically manipulated you' You can't fault HBO for getting a little cocky about 'Game of Thrones.'

Starting on April 21st, mobile search results on Google significantly impacted by change in algorithm to promote mobile friendly websites.

Official Google Webmaster Central Blog A lot of websites rely on forms for important goals completion, such as completing a transaction on a shopping site or registering on a news site....