SiteKreator, a small business website builder, has just released the results of their study in which they analyzed 5,000 random websites through 2010. The results revealed that small businesses who update their site content more often receive more traffic on a monthly basis vs sites who make less frequent updates. Additionally, sites which leveraged social media in their online strategies also received more traffic than sites not using social media.

According to the latest post on the Hitwise blog , the volume of visits to Quora nearly tripled in January due to considerable coverage from technology news websites. Below are highlights from the post: Search has been the major driver of traffic of Quora over the past 6 months and accounted for nearly 49% of the visits last week. Social Networks like Facebook and Twitter have also been key as users can share their both their questions and answers among their networks.

Very cool infographic below designed by All Facebook showing statistics related to gaming on Facebook. Sources of the data include Nielsen, InsideFacebook and Games.com.

Interesting study from Scarborough Research ties the relationship of households with eReader devices to newspaper readership, media website, demographics and Internet usage. Below are some of the highlights from the study: 41 percent of adults who live in E‐Reader Households visited a broadcast television website during the past month 41 percent of adults in E‐Reader Households visited a newspaper website during the past month,

In their latest article, eMarketer highlights the growing interest of people to purchase smartphone. According to ChangeWave Research, and Nielsen expects smartphones to be in the hands of 50% of US mobile users by the end of Q3 2011 eMarketer also details the most popular mobile application categories: Social media has shown the greatest growth over the last year )+240%(, followed by weather, sports,

Family reunions and quick getaways have become a Labor Day tradition for most people, but which apps work best for taking holiday trips? Gripd.com spent several months testing various apps on each platform to see which ones make Gripd.coms top five travel apps. If you have an iPhone, Blackberry or Android phone, heres a quick rundown of the best 5 travel apps: Weatherbug The simplicity of Apples Weather app, but with a few extras for your phone.