Oct 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Facebook tops the social network list with half of all visits in UK, Oct 09
Oct 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
YouTube tops the entertainment list of all visits in UK, Oct 09
Oct 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has officially launched Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista. The new version of Microsoft’s market-leading web browser now supports multi-touch technology. “Windows 7 brings to consumers more choice and value than any previous Microsoft operating...
Oct 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Video sharing site Dailymotion has raised EU17m in funding from privtae funding, as the video sharing site loo ks to win marketshare from YouTube. Based in France, Dailymotion attracts 60 million unique visitors worldwide a month. The site aims to post a profit next...
Oct 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Disney is working on an online storage service that would give users access to its movies and TV shows online, offering an alternative to DVDs and Blu-rays. The Wall Street Journal reports that the service, called Keychest, would give users access to media via a wide...
Oct 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google and Bing have inked a deal with Twitter to add real-time updates from the micro-blogging sites users to its search results. The deal will mean searchers on Google and Bing users will have the option to see results based on the most recent and popular trends on...
Oct 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Twitter is considering hiring a sales force to make money from advertising, as the micro-blogging service notches up its 5 billionth tweet. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Twitter chief executive Evan Williams said there are a large number of...
Oct 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Online spending in Britain rose at its slowest annual pace in September since records began in 2000, hit by promotions from store groups, warm weather and disruption to postal services. The IMRG Capgemini e-Retail sales index showed online sales rose a...
Oct 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Digital marketing firm TradeDoubler is rebranding The Search Works as TD Search in the UK and France, as it looks towards integrating its online operations across Europe. The change, effective immediately, brings the search marketing agency in line with the rest of...
Oct 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google is to launch its “Gone Google” ad campaign globally, promoting its services to audiences in London, Paris, Tokyo, Sydney, and Singapore. Initially launched in the US in August, the campaign promotes the search giant’s growing enterprise business....
Oct 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Global ad expenditure in 2009 will fall further than originally anticipated, according to a new report. Zenith Optimedia forecasts that expenditure would drop 9.9 per cent during the year, compared to its earlier prediction of 8.5 per cent. However, the report said...
Oct 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
An IMRG survey of its retail members has revealed that 77% of them believe that strike action by the CWU may discourage consumers from shopping online in the run up to Christmas. IMRG’s Director of Operations, David Smith said “E-commerce sales are set to top £50bn in...
Oct 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Procter & Gamble is to ditch traditional CRM and CTR ad payment models in favour of a new ‘cost-per-engagement’ scheme. The move will see publishers that run ads for the FMCG giant’s brands, paid depending on specific metrics used to measure their engagement with...
Oct 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
comScore has launched GamePlan, an audience targeting tool for gaming publishers and developers. The tool which combines comScore’s broadly used consumer digital behavior with a comprehensive longitudinal measurement of consumer attitudes, behaviors and lifestyle...
Oct 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google has posted record quarterly profits of £1bn, up 27% leap on the same period last year, boosted by a rise in online shopping searches. Google’s net revenue in the third quarter rose 8.5% from a year earlier to $4.38bn, beating the $4.24bn expected by...
Oct 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Facebook accounts for 1 in every 7 UK page views during September 09
Oct 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Search terms ranked by clicks for the 4 weeks ending 17th Oct 09.
Oct 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
Facebook accounts for 1 in every 7 pages viewed by UK Internet users, and is now more than twice as big as Google in terms of page views, according to new research. The findings, from Experian Hitwise, reveals Facebook accounted for 14.5% of all UK Internet page views...
Oct 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google is launching a new online service for booksellers next year which will allow readers to buy books in electronic format, to read on phones, PCs and e-book devices. The new Google Editions service will put it in competition with Amazon’s Kindle reader. Tom...
Oct 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
YouTube has secured a deal with channel four to stream to broadcaster’s programming in full length for free. The deal could pave way for a similar deal under negotiation between the video sharing site and ITV. Set to launch in the comong months, the partnership will...
