MY EXPECTATIONS IN COMPUTER CLASS.
This period has been my favorite since 3rd year. The reason is pretty obvious. Who wouldn't love a subject that includes two full hours of air-conditioning plus free internet access? Facebook, Youtube and Twitter may be banned, but other sites aren't blocked at all. Now the students are given the chance to take a break from boredom and heat even for a couple of hours. The lessons are very interesting too. I've been self-studying HTML since Grade 6, but I only got to study it formally last year. I also had an advantage because I already knew most of our lessons, so I didn't have trouble doing the activities at all. Now we're going to study Visual Basic. I've heard of it before but I didn't really find it interesting. I still prefer HTML. But we have no more choice right? We'll study Visual Basic whether we like it or not. I expect that Sir Botis will be as lively as ever and our lessons will still be fun and enjoyable. And I also expect that we'll have more time to surf the internet! XP I hope we'll find Visual Basic as nice as HTML. Go go go Computer IV! =D
NEW YORK – Facebook and Omniture, the Web analytics software maker, said Wednesday they are working together to help companies use the world's largest social network as a marketing channel.
Using Omniture's products, companies will be able to measure how effective their ads are on Facebook. They will also be able to use Omniture's search engine marketing management tool to buy Facebook ads. And they will be able to compare how well their ad campaigns do on Facebook compared with other outlets.
EMarketer analyst Debra Aho Williamson said the deal is a "really big move" because many large online marketers use Omniture on a regular basis.
"Marketers have been so interested in Facebook, but frustrated by the lack of analytics that Facebook is providing them," she said.
The partnership with Omniture, which Adobe Systems Inc. bought last fall for $1.8 billion, will boost ad spending on Facebook, she added. EMarketer expects worldwide ad spending on Facebook to hit $605 million this year. That would be a 39 percent increase from 2009.
"If it's hard to understand how effective advertising is, companies are less likely to do it," Williamson said.
Wednesday's announcement expands a partnership Facebook and Omniture started last year.