Consumers are increasingly tapping into their online social networks of friends, fans, and followers to discover, discuss and purchase goods and services, according to analysis from Trendwatching.com. The consumer trend analysis firm calls this trend the âF-Factor,â with the âFâ standing for friends, fans and followers. Social Sources Become Trusted As a result of social…
Month: April 2011
Americans Are Doing More Search Engine Queries & Yahoo/Microsoft Gain 31%
Internet Users in the US conducted more search queries in March 2011 than they did in either the prior month or prior year, according to new comScore qSearch data. In March 2011, US web users conducted almost 18.9 billion search queries, up 12% from 16.9 billion in February 2011 and about 23% from 15.4 billion…