Spun Digital - Finding customers online

The UK's Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) could be granted new powers to regulate marketing messages on social networking websites.

For an online business to be successful, it needs a good website optimisation campaign.

Twitter is the fastest growing social media channel among the Fortune 500, according to new research.

Growing numbers of private businesses, particularly those in the media and advertising industries, have come to see social networking sites as an ideal way means of not only keeping employees happy, but of improving search engine optimisation (SEO) marketing efforts for little or no financial outlay.

Blogging can be a great tool for website promotion - as well as offering an instant update on news and opinions it also boosts networking capabilities and helps to put a personal 'front' on an organisation.

Online marketers will intersect search engine optimisation (SEO) and social media campaigns with other forms of advertising next year, according to sector commentators.

Many businesses have yet to invest any of their marketing spend on social media, despite it being hailed as one of the best ways for companies to engage with their customers.

Facebook users now comprise one-nineteenth of the world's population, according to recent figures.

Good news for potential holiday home insurance customers as property prices continue to fall in most countries around the globe, according to new research.

Popular microblogging site Twitter has altered its update message from "What are you doing?" to "What's happening?"

Online advertisers and website marketing agencies are invited to enter the annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards.

Anyone dealing with search engine optimisation may be interested to know that socially engineered virus-carriers are on the rise, according to security experts Sophos.

Social media interaction requires a back-to-basics approach to communication even for the largest firms, it has been claimed.

Removing social media anonymity allows marketers to glean a more accurate portrayal of their customers' personalities, it has been claimed.

Supermarket giant Tesco has boosted its online marketing channel with the launch of a new iPhone application. The retailer has launched its new Tesco Finder, which allows users to find the nearest Tesco store and look through the shop's product range.

Companies should approach blogs as a customer relationship management tool as much as a website marketing channel, it has been claimed.