Shelly Palmer Radio Report – February 28, 2011

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Verizon’s CEO said that iPhone 4 sales are the best in history, selling more phones during its launch than any other. More than 60% of the purchases were made online, which explains why in-store sales looked poor. While no final numbers were given, analysts predict 500,000 sales during the first pre-sale alone. In other news, a recent survey reveals that mobile gadget users are ruder than ever. 75% of those surveyed believe that behavior has gotten worse since 2009. Over 90% said that they witness multiple infractions a day, like texting while driving and talking loudly in public. And finally, Google has recently taken extra measures to lower the ranks of websites that attempt to game the system. By adjusting its algorithm to weed out low-quality sites, Google hopes to fight link farms with spam content. With Internet content growing exponentially, Google hopes its efforts will increase search relevancy.

About Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.

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