Here are 5 interesting infographics we found this week on Twitter, perfect websites, taming mobile video, gamification and data centers in 2011. This is a long page to scroll through, but it has a lot of interesting data. Some of the infographics can be enlarged by clicking. The Year in Names 2011 - WhitePages.com _ R.O.I .

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Although it is common knowledge that Facebook has over 800 million users and is the most popular social network in the world, the company is typically quiet regarding its financials. However, a "well-placed mole" recently provided news sources with access to Facebook's classified financial information. The leaked financial data revealed that Facebook has total assets .

To date, I think I have filled out the request to contact form on Twitter's adverting page at least 10 times. DAVID ANGOTTI wrote a post on SEJ about Twitter's self-serve ad platform. He goes on to mention that about 20 advertisers are using the Beta. I don't know about you, but I can't wait .

With the rise of Google and the power of Search, online reputation management )ORM( has become an extremely hot topic. Let's face it, after hearing about a person, brand, company, or product, most people Google it. As a result, and as many of you know already, the number people )and companies( needing help with online .

Google Offers, the new offering being molded to compete with the likes of Groupon, is expanding and in the process, hoping to make an impact in the increasingly crowded deal space. Google recently started presenting deals from 14 new partners, including localized businesses such as Juice in the City, Plum District, and PopSugar Shop. It .

Today, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the newest version of the Stop Online Piracy Act )SOPA( bill. The bill, which was introduced in late October, would enable the U.S. government and copyright holders to obtain court orders to shut down websites that are associated with infringing, pirating, or counterfeiting intellectual property. .

*clearspring released an infographic called Sharing in 2011: AddThis Trends. My favorite stat is Twitter makes up 52% of sharing in Japan. Check out the statistics on social sharing and the timeline of the most shared stories in 2011. At first I was so happy that the shared stories were really "news", but the last .

Article marketing is one of today's most popular ways of marketing products, services, ideas or even an entire business. Unfortunately, the article marketing spectrum has been tainted primarily due to the greed of many Internet marketers. Tons of article spinning software have flooded the Internet. Needless to say, article marketing has become an efficient way .

Although Zynga is not scheduled to begin public trading on the stock exchange until Friday morning, many stock analysts are already warning investors to stay away from the popular online game company's stock. Zynga, the popular creator of the social games FarmVille and Mafia Wars, is expected to price the IPO in the $8.50 to .

Social Media seems to be dominating the landscape this week for webinars available. Don't miss out on Tim Ash's presentation today! SiteTunes will be doing live site reviews. It's always interesting to watch how the smallest change on your page can make a huge difference. Enjoy! Live Site Reviews: Building Better Professional Services Websites Today, December .

The question of whether or not you should be engaged in social seeding is hardly a question at all these days. With the number of users on sites like StumbleUpon, Facebook, and Twitter, it is fast becoming one of the primary ways people get in front of large audiences today. Social Seeding is the process of showcasing quality .

I have been in the search marketing world for almost 10 years now, with all my experience I'd say it's safe to say that in the search world things change quickly! Right when you think you have a grip on things, a Panda comes along and messes everything up! You know, not to many professions .

Everyone knows the Twelve Days of Christmas song. Many different products and brands have put their own spin on these twelve days of gifts throughout the years, but no gift is better than free advice. Internet marketers and Search and Social people have published helpful holiday lists on their own, but what about a "Twelve .

Twitter is not for everyone and/or every business. It takes a lot of time, effort and strategies to create an account that pays off. However, there are numerous "speakers" telling business owners that Twitter is the magic bean that will make their business dreams come true. Nothing great in life comes easy. Success is not .

Yext, which initially started as a pay-per-call advertising service for local businesses, recently invested $10 million developing a platform that small businesses can use to effectively manage local business listings. Yext's PowerListings is now the platform driving over 35,000 local listings and the company has developed relationships with 36 different sites that host local business .

It's no question that Google is currently the dominant search engine in the U.S. market, although their major competitors turn up the heat, and as Google continues to expand on their many product offerings, two key questions have arisen: Is Google focusing on search the way it has in the past? How much longer will .

Over the next month, BlueGlass will be unveiling a new confirmed speaker for BlueGlass LA daily with a really cool calendar countdown. Traditionally, at BlueGlass we have waited until the last minute to plan our conferences, usually lining up the venue, speakers & sponsors over the course of a month or two " but this .

Last week, YouTube rolled out several important changes to their video broadcasting platform. Amongst the most important are the enhancement made to "channels". This enhancement allows users to assemble a list of their favorite channels, almost creating a comparable model to a cable network. As there are billions of videos on YouTube )owned by parent .

Sure, no one has a clear crystal ball that can predict what the search engines will and won't do in the future. However, it is possible to extrapolate from their activities over the past few years and identify the trends that are pretty much guaranteed to continue going forward, and that's what we're bringing you .