Gannett Co., which publishes more than 90 newspapers including USA Today, on Friday acquired local online search and advertising company Planet Discover for an undisclosed sum.

U.S. traffic at the 10 leading social networking sites soared in April grew by 47% over the same period last year and now equates to about 45% of all active Web users, according to marketing research firm Nielsen//NetRatings.

Repeat visitors are eight times more likely to make a purchase from a Web site than first-timers, according to Web analytics firm WebSideStory.

B-to-B customers are turning to the Web in growing numbers to find distributors for the materials they need, according to a survey of engineers, technical buyers and scientific professionals conducted by vertical search engine GlobalSpec.

Here in my padded cell I wonder: If a tree falls in the forest, but a Google search doesn't mention it on the first page of results, did it really happen? Here in my padded cell I wonder: What is the simplest organism, from a taxonomic perspective, to ever receive a credit card solicitation in…