by Claudine Zap Nexus One , the smartphone from Google, sold only about 20,000 of the units in its first week . For comparison, that's like one minute of iPhone purchases. Seriously. Over the first three days of sales, iPhone sold over a million handsets. The Motorola Droid sold 250,000 units in its first week. So why hasn't the Nexus One taken off? The MobileBeat blog has some ideas, including lack of advertising, launching the product after the holidays,

One of the best things I find about international SES conferences is just how much you can learn about the cultural and political differences in attitude to marketing. As a formal marketing student you learn very quickly about performing an environmental scan. This is not specifically about whether your viewed as a "green" marketer but more about variables within the marketing environment you can control and those you can't.

Reactions to Google's announcement about a possible withdrawal from China have been mixed so far; there have been objections from individuals who think its absence will deprive the Chinese people of information, while others approve of what they consider a moral stand. But Baidu's investors probably aren't too conflicted, as the company's stock imitated a bottle rocket today. Today, Baidu's stock gained 52.99 points, which works out to 13.71 percent.

Online music video service, Vevo, was the most visited U.S. website in the entertainment-music category in December with more than 35 million unique visitors, according to comScore. Partners in Vevo include Universal Music Group, Sony Entertainment and investor Abu Dhabi Media Company. The site is powered by YouTube. Vevo says its top ranking is an achievement because it did not launch until December 8 and it was not live for the full month of December,

Google announced today that AdSense for Domains is now using optional keyword hints more often. Keyword hints are provided by the user, who enters keywords into a field to assist Google in the targeting of ads for potentially ambiguous domains. Google's Randy Heath explains : These keywords are suggestions supplied to Google by domain owners about the types of content users are looking for when they arrive on an undeveloped domain.

December's supposed to be a month of miracles, and - at least in terms of gaining market share - Google seems to have pulled off a minor one. New Nielsen stats show that the search giant increased the distance between itself and competitors by a considerable amount. Nielsen put Google's share of the U.S. search market in November at 65.4 percent. That number increased to 67.3 percent for December, which works out to a gain of 1.9 percent.

Realtor.com, the website for the National Association of Realtors, has launched a Real Estate Search iPhone app. Users can search for every property listed on Realtor.com by price, location, property type, MLS ID number, square foot, lot size, open house events, distance from a user's current location and age. The real estate iPhone app allows users to send a link of a specific property via email, Twitter or Facebook to family, friends or a realtor. "The Realtor.

It's ok to say "no" to Twitter if that's your thing. There's a chance that it just doesn't fit into your strategy or help you achieve your goals. That's cool. However, if it is your thing, you may be interested in how Google ranks tweets. That is if search marketing is your thing. Do you see Twitter as important to an effective search marketing campaign? Share your thoughts here . Google and Microsoft almost simultaneously announced deals with Twitter a few months back,

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You asked for it, you got it! AdSense for Domains, which launched a year ago to help publishers earn revenue through ads placed on undeveloped domains, now uses optional keyword hints more often. These keywords are suggestions supplied to Google by domain owners about the types of content users are looking for when they arrive on an undeveloped domain. They are used to help our system determine the best ads to place on these domains. For example, with the domain www.