by Patrick Smith   @psmith - Nov 3, 2009 3:39 PM  Before it has even launched in France, Glam Media is facing competition from a French online media company with a very similar name. Glam One, which owns more than 400 domains and five vertical content networks, on Tuesday announced the launch of its “vertically integrated social media platform” (release). Sound familiar? It should: Glam Media has for years marketed itself as a “... Read Full Story

- For immediate release - Paris, France, November 3rd, 2009. Glam One (http://www.glam.fr), owner of the “Glam” brand in France and the glam.fr domain name, is announcing the release of France’s first integrated social media platform. The Glam vertical marketplaces bring together professionals into communities organized around targeted sectors. Self-employed independent worker... Read Full Story

    32% of SMB advertisers plan to include social media in their marketing mix in the next 12 months (Facebook, Linkedin or MySpace) - BIA/Kelsey. 39% of SMBs plan to include customer ratings or reviews 23% plan to incorporate video on their websites 31% plan to include links or ads placed on social sites or blogs Despite the significant number reporting plans to use social media, far fewer SMBs appear to be putting it into practice today. 9% of SMBs report using Twitter 23% ... Read Full Story

19% of internet users use Twitter or another service to share updates, up from 11% in Dec. '08 The more devices someone owns, the more likely they are to use Twitter or another service to update their status 39% of internet users with four or more internet-connected devices (laptop, cell phone, game console, ... ) use Twitter, compared to 28% of internet users with three devices, 19% of internet users with two devices, and 10% of internet users with one device Median age of a Twitter use... Read Full Story

 Google says its advertising business picked up in Q3. Revenue increased 7% from last year to $5.94 billion, comparing to 3% year-over-year Revenue was up 8% sequentially after being flat from Q1 to Q2 Net income rose 27% to $1.64 billion Google is ready to start investing again, hire, pursue acquisitions and partnerships. "[...] we believe the worst of the recession is behind us [...]" said Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt Read Full Story

 Facebook logged 58.6% of all U.S. visits among 155 social networking Websites in Sep. '09, 194% increase Sep. '08. Twitter growth, up 1,170% from Sep. '08. Facebook netted 58.6% of all U.S. social networking visits in Sep. '09 In Sep. '08, MySpace was the leading social network with a 66.8% share, logged 30.3% of U.S. social network visits in September, plummeting 55% from last year Read Full Story

   The search-ad market is on the way up again, “potential” for “double-digit” quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year sales growth, Efficient Frontier. New growth to come from retail holiday shopping Search-ad spending up 5% in last quarter, compared to last year Bing is up, attracting greater share of advertisers’ dollars, to 5.3% from 4.3% during the second quarter, most significant growth in finance and travel. Read Full Story

SearchIgnite has released their quarterly search advertising spend report. U.S. search spend flat year-over-year but up 10% quarter-over-quarter. Most notable increase from multi-channel retailers, spend up by 40% from Q3 '08 to Q3 '09 Microsoft 15% increase in ad spend Read Full Story

 France and Germany are relatively mature markets for online advertising. The Italian and Spanish markets are developing at a slower pace, chiefly because Internet use is less widespread. Throughout Western Europe, total advertising spending has plunged with the financial downturn. But the Internet has withstood recessionary pressures far better than other media. Online ad spending will post important gains in 2009 and regain significant momentum in 2010. Paid search has proved the mos... Read Full Story

The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index rose 11.7% in Sep. '09, climbing to 3.44%. The tax burden continues to fall with the weakening of the economy Initial unemployment claims have dropped from 694,000 in Mar. '09 to about 263,000 in Sep Real wages are up 4.8% from a year ago The pace of decline in home prices has slowed significantly Read Full Story