By: Raymond Hackney After the close today Neustar (NSR) announced the acquisition of .CO Internet S.A.S. the company behind the .CO extension. Congrats to Juan and Lori Anne and the rest of the team. The price paid looks to be $109 million. Press release below: STERLING, Va., Mar 20, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Neustar, Inc. [...] Continue reading →

By: Raymond Hackney Having a clean landing page that sticks to the message and increases conversions is what its all about with your eCommerce site. Brand Populace put together an infographic for best practice standards. One of the key takeaways was that 48 % of brands do not do any A/B testing with their landing [...] Continue reading →

By: Raymond Hackney TechInfographics put together this look at stats and trends in social media. Facebook of course leads the pack, followed by LinkedIn, Twitter and Google +. There certainly seems to be an increase by those older users especially on Google + with an increase of 56 % by those 45 to 54. The [...] Continue reading →

By: Raymond Hackney The World Wide Web turned 25 yesterday and eConsultancy took a look at what some of the biggest sites on the web looked liked back in their early years. Pizza Hut in 1995 CNN back at the beginning apparently sold CD-Roms The BBC in 1994 Check out the whole [...] Continue reading →

By: Raymond Hackney Juan Diego Calle from .CO Registry wrote an article for The Next Web about what smart brands were doing at SXSWi in Austin, Texas. From the article: Take off your branded sunnies and pack up all your swag – SXSW Interactive has wrapped for another year. This was my fourth year at SXSW with [...] Continue reading →

By: Raymond Hackney Rolfe Winkler wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal taking a look at Google and their role in the age of apps. The piece takes a look at how the user experience is so much different on a mobile phone than a pc. The author points out that Google has a [...] Continue reading →

By: Raymond Hackney Investing in future trends can both be risky and profitable for those who get in early. The infographic below is a look at how sometimes movies predict these future trends. AV Concepts took a look back at 10 motion pictures that had their futuristic visions come to life. (click to enlarge) [...] Continue reading →