Google Zeitgeist 2012: Year In Review

1.2 trillion searches. 146 languages. What did the world search for in 2012?  Find out in Google's Zeitgeist for 2012.



more at http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/#the-world

The Growing Impact of Social Media: infographic

The increase of social media usage on all ages, the way people are watching TV these days, the decrease of mail and instant messaging and many more facts about the average American are presented in the following infographic from Socially Aware blog. 

The evolution of digital advertising: infographic

15 years of digital advertising have gone by and PointRoll made an infographic to remind us how the industry evolved. From the first Mac and Photoshop 1.0 to Flash, Google, iPad and Pinterest.

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Ad professionals Vs Normal people: Use of social media

Sometimes we forget how deep we're in social media and we think "normal" people act and think the way we do. But they sure don't. This infographic proves that we, Ad people, are abnormal.

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The rise of the visual social network

Social networks are becoming increasingly visual. Why is this happening? Why should brands care? And what should they do? The following infographic will navigate you through all this questions.

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The illusion of choice

An eye-opener. You think you choose a brand but you actually almost anything you buy comes from a few major mother-companies.

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Sortable.com: How Green Is Your iPad?

Impressive -or depressing- facts for the new iPad and its environmental footprint. The following infographic from Sortable.com, published on Mashable is very interesting. The new iPad emits 180 kg of CO2. Its a lot if you compare it with iPad, 130 kg and iPad2, 105 kg of CO2. Just imagine that the emissions of all iPads sold equals the total CO2 emissions of 1.265000 cars in one year.

Google Zeitgeist 2011: Year In Review

Billions of Google searches made through 2011 are sorted out in this year's Zeitgeist.

How Content Goes Viral: Infographic

What are the types of viral content, why we share, how something becomes viral? The following infographic from ProBlogger explains a lot.

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Timeline of Social Commerce: Infographic

Useful Social Media created the following infographic about Social Commerce. All major companies are into it and according to Mark Zuckerberg "Social commerce is the next area to really blow up." 2012 will be a very interesting year.

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The anatomy of an agency: Infographic

The species that forms an agency illustrated in a funny way by the Big Orange Slide

A Byte Out of Steve Jobs Life: Infographic

“Apple has lost a visionary genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.”

Below, a full rundown of his life.

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Social Media for the Career Minded: Infographic

Do you have what it takes to be a successful Social Media Strategist? Read this infographic and find out what a Social Media Strategist does.

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Twitter Vs Time: infographic

When is the best time to tweet? Check out this useful infographic created by Lemon.ly.

Are You Addicted to Angry Birds?

With over 300 million downloads, Angry Birds is not just game but an obsession. AYTM made the following Angry Birds infographic. A story of psychology, sociology and addiction.

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The ROI of Social Media: Infographic

The end of 2011 is very near and yet, in Greece, many clients are are still wondering whether they should invest in social media or not. Questions about ROI are always on the menu. How do they measure the ROI of an outdoor or a print campaign? They just don't. But when it comes to social media they want to. MGM advertising created the following infographic about ROI of social media.

 

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The Modern History of the Resume: Infrographic

Over 100.000.000 resumes will be sent out his year. Check out the 500 year evolution of resume in this interesting infographic by RezScore.

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History of F-Commerce: Slideshare Presentation and Infrographic

Last week, SMI (socialmediainfluence.com), posted an infographic about the history of F-Commerce. The response was great so they published yesterday the following presentation. The social commerce will top $30 billion by 2015. The primary driver will be Facebook commerce. Only few take part in this game but soon more will follow. In Greece, we still try to convince our clients to built a Facebook page.

The History of F-commerce: How Facebook is changing online retail

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What would Don Draper do?

This calls for a drink.

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Goodbye Wallets infographic

By 2015 mobile phones will be a our new wallets according to this infographic by G+.
All the major players are getting ready because the pie is very big and the time is relentless.

 

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