Mobile Inquirer released this infographic, Top 5 Mobile Phone Statistics of 2011. It shows the top 10 countries in regards to mobile phone use and the U.S. is not #1 or #2. The top global smartphone operating system for quarter 3 of 2011 is not iOs or Andriod. Check out the mobile local search stat .

With over 153 million unique users per month, Nielsen research has named Google the top Internet destination. Facebook, which is the most visited social networking site and second largest Internet destination, received an average number of 137.6 million unique monthly visitors. The combination of the battle to be the top Internet destination, the inevitable Facebook .

Here is a small collection of articles giving suggestions on SEO, content marketing, social media and Internet marketing for 2012. I know we are all hoping for a successful 2012; perhaps some of the information in these articles can help you plan for the upcoming year. SEO Search & Mobile Marketing Trends: SEO Apocalypse 2012 .

Here is a collection of New Year's apps you may need. We are going to start with apps to help you get a cab and avoid drinking and driving over New Year's weekend. If you have any other apps you would like to suggest please comment below. Cabs Cab4me - iPhone and Android Call a .

I have seen many complaints about the new version of Google Analytics. I have to say that I don't like it myself and have a hard time finding what I need. I was wondering how you feel about it and if you have any tips, suggestions or recommendations for other analytics programs to supplement GA? .

Although last week Yahoo was rumored to be considering selling its Alibaba Group holdings for a sum of $17 billion, the latest rumor indicates Alibaba Group may be considering purchasing all of Yahoo. Alibaba Group, which has now retained the powerful Washington D.C. lobbying firm Duberstein Group Inc., has expressed interest in a Yahoo deal .

This year, I resolve to' 1. Get Organized Is your idea of "keyword research" just a bunch of keywords jammed into in an excel? Effective keyword organization and keyword management is a foundational component of paid and organic search marketing. In PPC, it means grouping similar keywords and matching them with targeted ad text and landing .

Last week we asked if you have the Facebook Timeline enabled and how you felt about it. These poll results are really interesting. Have it and like it - 101 Don't have it and want it - 34 Have it and hate it - 41 Don't have it and don't want it - 97 The .

With Apple planning to launch the highly anticipated iPad 3 as early as February of 2012, Google appears to be planning on launching a competing device in the near future. In a recent interview with an Italian newspaper, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt said; "In the next six months, we plan to market a tablet of .

New to rich snippets? If so this is a fantastic collection of videos to watch. The topics covered include: Introduction to rich snippets Types of rich snippets Rich snippets and product search Snippets and reviews Recipe markup Snippets and events Apps snippets Notifying Google Rich snippets troubleshooting I also recommend you read a post by .

Go Daddy, the leading domain registrar, changed its position regarding SOPA )Stop Online Piracy Act( late Friday in an apparent attempt at saving face against the growing backlash of boycotters transferring domains to other registrars. Go Daddy's official release comes on news of Go Daddy already losing 70,000 names as reported by CNET, but is .

When I became editor in October I started a weekly SEO recap on Friday's. Recaps are a ton of work and for readers there can be just too many links to go through. I am not sure the SEO recap is working for several reasons. For the last two weeks I, and others, have been .

With Facebook's highly anticipated initial public offering )IPO( expected early next year, the company is attempting to further monetize the social media site and its user base in order to make the stock even more appealing to potential investors. In an effort to further increase advertising revenues, Facebook is expected to begin displaying Sponsored Stories .

The SMX Biggest Search Geek contest sponsored by Marin Software is open to anyone willing to test their SEM chops with 20 tough questions about search marketing on topics ranging from ad bidding, quality score, history of search, SEO, Facebook, mobile, and retargeting. "We're looking forward to seeing who the next Biggest Search Geek will .

Google's Matt Cutts discusses options in Google Webmaster Tools that allow you to geo-locate or geo-target for multiple locations. If you have one website and you need to target multiple locations this is a video you must see.

Social as a search signal has been very focused on the tweets/pluses/shares of a particular page and how that impacts rankings. Search as a social signal is actually broader and likely has a bigger impact than operating as only an on page ranking factor. The largest challenge of Pluses or Likes is they lack context .

I was contacted by Eddie Tomalin of Unruly Media about an interactive infographic they had created on the most shared video ads from 2006-2011. Now some of you may assume that I am writing about this because the #1 ad is the Volkswagon Darth Vader ad and that is not true )however it is the .

This video shows you how you can send your loved ones and friends a Christmas card from Santa via Google. It is really quite funny and festive. If you didn't have time to send out Christmas cards this year Google has offered you a fun, fast and free way to do it. Take a look' .

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Due to the competition that currently exists between Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, many analysts were predicting that Google would not renew its agreement with Firefox. Yesterday, Google and Mozilla reached an agreement to extend the partnership for another three years. For the 2010 year, over $100 million of Mozilla's $123 million in annual revenue .