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Mobile Ad Prices Up 50 Percent In The Fourth Quarter (MoPub via Mashable)
Mobile advertising prices rose dramatically in the fourth quarter of 2012. The metric for effective cost per thousand impressions (eCPMs) was up 50 percent, new data suggests. A new report from real-time bidding exchange MoPub tracked its network of 30 billion ad impressions in the fourth quarter of 2012 to reveal spikes in mobile ad prices.
Click-through rates during the holiday season not only performed well in December, but remained high on both iOS and Android platforms well into January, even surpassing click-through rates in December.
iOS saw the biggest spike in eCPMs during the period with 66 percent higher prices than the beginning of the quarter.
Android And iOS Usage Share Unchanged (Chitika)
While mobile Web browsing devices have firmly cemented their place in our daily lives, the battle between Android and iOS is as hot as ever. As of early January, Chitika Insights took a look at how Web usage shares compared between the two systems, spanning from May 27, 2012 to Jan. 12, 2013.
Much like previous studies, the overall traffic distribution between iOS and Android has changed little over this long time period, with no noticeable long-term trend emerging.
Smartphone Buyers Want iPhones (ChangeWave)
According to ChangeWave Research, one in two North American respondents (50 percent) planning to buy a smart phone in the next 90 days say they’ll get an Apple iPhone. That's down from 71 percent in last quarter’s survey, conducted just as the iPhone 5 was being released. But historically speaking it’s a solid showing for Apple.
At the same time, the percentage planning to buy a Samsung smartphone in the next 90 days has soared from 13 percent to 21 percent, an unprecedented eight percentage point gain.
The big surprise is that users of Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system (53 percent) now rank it higher in terms of customer satisfaction than do users of the Android mobile operating system (48 percent), a clear sign of strong user satisfaction with Windows Phone 8.
Nokia is the biggest beneficiary of the higher Windows Phone satisfaction levels.
China's Internet Population Soars, 75 Percent Accessing It From Mobile (CNNIC via TNW)
China ended last year with a total Internet population of 564 million people and a penetration rate of 42 percent, according to a new government report from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). By comparison, CNNIC figures for the first half of 2012 had estimated 538 million Internet users.
The group estimated 51 million new Internet users logged on in 2012, raising the country’s penetration by 3.8 percentage points since the end of 2011. Mobile Internet users stood at 420 million, with a year-over-year increase of 64.4 million people.
Mobile Marketing: Increasing Sales Conversion And Revenue Are Top Objectives (MarketingSherpa)
In the MarketingSherpa Mobile Marketing Benchmark Report, they asked marketers about the top business objectives for mobile marketing over the next 12 months. Here were the results:
The highest priority, as per most marketing objectives, were sales conversion and revenue (63 percent), followed by lead generation (55 percent), engagement (50 percent) and brand awareness (49 percent).
Mobile Was Huge At CES This Year (Digitas and Brandwatch)
Digitas and Brandwatch released new research that reveals what truly resonated at CES. Mobile had a huge role in it. They analyzed over 330,000 social media conversations over the course of the week. Mobile rose to the top of the technology charts, even before you count tablets. Out of 273,624 product mentions worldwide, there were:
- 74,703 mentions of mobile phones
- 59,998 mentions of TV
- 55,586 mentions of PCs and laptops
- 37,285 mentions of tablets
- 31,382 mentions of cars
NFC/RFID was the second most buzzed about topic in association with connected technology: 3,247 out of 12,454 mentions. And connectivity, apps, and content drove the product conversations.
