Interactive

According to a September 2011 survey by Latin American research firm Tendencias Digitales, 59% of internet users in the region bought products online in the past year. Respondents in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay led the pack.

Topix announced the results of a new study on the Internet’s impact on political persuasion, debate and advertising. The 2011 Politics Online Report asked over 1,000 voters nationwide where they get their political information, if and where they engage in political debate and what types of information influences their vote.

AOL Latino announced the launch of the Bloguera Spotlight initiative in partnership with Ford Motor Company. It will be featured on Tu Voz en Tu Vida http://www.tuvozentuvida.com.

Consumers worldwide have been quick to embrace the concept of a tablet computer: IDC forecasts that 53.5 million units will ship this year.

The wealthiest American consumers, those in homes with at least $100,000 annual incomes, have long been difficult for marketers to reach through traditional media like TV and radio, but “Affluent Consumers in a Digital World,” a study from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) finds these higher-income Americans embracing digital media—and its ads.

As online search activity continues to grow in usage and intensity, new data show local searches now account for 13 percent of all core search activity on top web search portals as of January 2011. Internet Yellow Pages (IYP) and local search sites also exhibited strong growth with 5.6 billion local searches in 2010, a 15 percent increase over 2009.