Aug 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
The affiliate marketing sector will drive an estimated £4.62bn in UK online retail sales during 2010, according to a report published this week by Econsultancy. The Affiliate Marketing Buyer’s Guide 2010, the most comprehensive report available on the UK’s digital...
Aug 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google’s share of U.S. Internet searches was essentially flat at 71.4% in the four weeks ended Aug. 1 from a month earlier, according to new research. Among the top four categories, Bing notched strong growth across the board from a year ago, while...
Aug 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Too few retailers have a solid mobile presence today, however, 41% plan to have a transactional mobile site or application in place within the next year, according to new research. The study, from the Association for Interactive Media and Entertainment (AIME), the...
Aug 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google has released the latest voice based control applications for Android-based smartphones. The voice based action program aid users to direct commands to their smartphones and thus enables to write texts, e-mails and even find road directions. The application...
Aug 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Visits to the websites of The Times and The Sunday Times have dropped by 1.2 million since May 2010, according to new data.The statistics, from ComScore, indicate that the websites of The Times and The Sunday Times dropped from 2.79 million in May 2010 to 1.61 million...
Aug 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
A number of high profile companies, including Disney and Warner Brothers, are being sued in the US for using a company that allegedly tracks the online activity of web users illegally.The complaint, filed last week in California, alleges that Disney, Warner Bros....
Aug 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
AOL is to launch an additional 500 websites under its ‘Patch’ brand this year, part of a broader effort to remake itself as a destination for users seeking maps, reviews, and other local content. AOL has launched 100 of these local sites so far and plans to spend more...
Aug 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Facebook has reportedly bought semantic search platform Chai Labs, as the social network looks to boost its search capabilities. According to a report from Kara Swisher at Boomtown, Facebook has bought the US firm for around $10m. Swisher said the acquisition is more...
Aug 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google is reportedly set to buy Like.com, a visual search and e-commerce firm, for more than $100m. Reuters quoted a report in Techcrunch saying that Google wants to experiment with a new kind of search technology that appears to be getting traction. Like.com, which...
Aug 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Online retailers should not rely on search to drive business, with the latest quarterly survey from IMRG and The British Population Survey showing that the use of social media has increased fourfold in the last two years. The IMRG/BPS Internet Access and Online...
Aug 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google has been in talks with PayPal about using the popular online payment system with its Android smartphone software. The talks between the search giant and the eBay-owned firm include utilising PayPal’s mobile technology to collect payments for applications...
Aug 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
New research from the Internet Advertising Bureau – the trade association for digital marketing – suggests that email marketers should look to Amazon, Tesco and Marks and Spencer for inspiration when planning their email campaigns. Around a quarter of consumers cited...
Aug 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
More than 200 Facebook users have reported suspicious behaviour online since the launch of an anti-abuse application last month, according to new figures. Investigators saw more than a seven-fold increase in the number of reports from the social networking site since...
Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
MediaMind Technologies, the digital advertising company, formerly known as Eyeblaster, has filed an initial prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission to take the company public. The Company’s shares will begin trading on August 11, 2010 on the...
Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
Accessing and downloading content from Facebook and YouTube while at work still accounts for more corporate web activity and bandwidth usage than from any other sites, according to new figures from managed security company, Network Box. Just over seven per cent of all...
Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
Internet firms Facebook and AOL are discussing a strategic alliance aimed at boosting their online advertisement business, according to a news report.The New York Post cited three separate sources saying the the two companies have been talking for several months about...
Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
Channel Five has made a deal with Facebook that means its TV-on-demand platform, ‘Demand Five’, will be embedded into the social-networking site.The deal will see Channel Five become the first broadcaster to show television programmes through Facebook, and...
Aug 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
Google has reportedly acquired Jambool and Social Gold in a move to add expertise to is rumoured forthcoming new social network. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal on Monday, Google has purchased San Francisco-based Jambool, along with its online payment...
Aug 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
People in China watch half as much television each day as Americans, but they are more likely to catch video on computer or mobile phones, according to new research. The study, from Nielsen, looked into the technology habits of some 27,000 online consumers in 55...
Aug 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Over two in five (42.6 percent) of Brits are now shopping online at least once per week and the average shopper is now spending £71 per month on online goods, according to new research. The report announced by eCommera, a provider of ecommerce trading solutions, adds...
