Nov 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Most British consumers (89 percent) are likely to tell the organisations they do business with if they receive poor service, yet almost half (44 percent) do not believe they take notice of, or really care about, the feedback shared, according to a new study. The...
Nov 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Facebook has bowed to user pressure and allowed users to see their most recent updates first, rather than ordered based on interest levels. In September Facebook announced that it had changed the way its News Feed worked to give users a new way to see the things they...
Nov 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
UK Internet users spend a combined total of 240 million hours every month watching online video content, with the average user spending 20 minutes a month watching YouTube, according to analysis from Experian Hitwise. The findings come from its new report,...
Nov 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
UK electrical retailer Comet has been sold for just £2 to a private equity firm, in the same week that US firm Best Buy announced it is to close all of its UK stores to focus on smaller shops. UK electricals retailers have come under increasing pressure as consumers...
Nov 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Mapping technology has become an increasingly important part of marketing,with nine in ten marketers stating that they are using, or have plans to use, mapping and geospatial technology as part of their marketing strategy. The survey of marketing professionals carried...
Nov 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google has updated its social network Google+ with a new tool letting businesses and brands create their own profile pages to interact with customers. The move is similar to services offered by rivals Facebook and Twitter, and also puts Google+ in competition with...
Nov 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
European advertising network Adconion Media Group, has acquired smartclip, a European digital video advertising firm for an undisclosed sum.Adconion said that the acquisition will “significantly strengthen” its position in online video. Smartclip adds...
Nov 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Parents tend to be the “most valuable” consumers for advertisers on a social media level, while teenagers are the most prolifically engaged mobile users, according to new data.The study, from Nielsen, highlights US-based digital consumer behaviours and consumption...
Nov 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
With the controversial EU online privacy law coming into full effect next year, marketers lack confidence in their ability to engage users online without tracking their behaviour via cookies.Under the new EU directive, visitors will have to agree upfront to a website...
Nov 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
France Télécom-Orange and the Publicis Groupe advertising business are planning to launch a new venture capital fund. The fund – which is starting with a 150 million Euro (£129 million) investment from the two companies – will help budding entrepreneurs in...
Nov 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Google has tweaked its search algorithms to focus on newer content, after the search giant admitted that many of the results it retuned were ‘stale’. From now on, Google searches will now be timelier and the change will affect around 35% of its searches. Google has...
Nov 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
The main reasons shoppers abandon shopping carts are shipping costs and extra duty or taxes, according to the results of a new survey. The study, from Pitney Bowes found the biggest turn-off for UK online consumers, and the main reason for not completing a transaction...
Nov 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Most UK car dealers believe that leads from their website are stronger than those from classifieds, according to new research. The study, from automotive digital marketing company Razsor, looked into the future of online marketing in the automotive sector. The...
Nov 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Daily deals site Groupon has raised $700m after increasing the size of its initial public offering, becoming the largest IPO by an internet company since Google in 2004. Groupon has made it trading debut on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol...
Nov 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Worldwide Internet Explorer usage has fallen below 50% if mobile and desktop browsers are both taken into account, according to new research. The study, from web analytics tracker NetApplications, showed that IE accounts for 52.63% of all desktop browsers....
Nov 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Fixed broadband consumers in the UK now use an average of 17 gigabytes of data a month, the equivalent of streaming 12 hours of BBC iPlayer HD video or 11 movies a month, according to new research. The data, from communications watchdog Ofcom, revealed that 14 per...
Nov 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
The information traveling through the entire Internet at any one time weighs 50g- around the weight of a single (large) strawberry, according to new research. The research follows a recent study, that revealed that eBook readers ‘gain weight’ when you add...
Nov 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
ASOS has reported a sharp rise in international sales, as the UK online fashion retailer sets its sights on a potential launch in China within two years. ASOS saw headline profits fall due to the continuing costs of relocating to a new warehouse. Revenue for the six...
Nov 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Web shoppers in the UK are set to spend the most on 5th December 2011, according to retailer Amazon. In the past few years, the first Monday of December has proved to be the biggest sales day of the year for Amazon, which received over 2.3 million orders on Monday...
Nov 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Nokia has launched a free wi-fi service across central London this week, to promote its new Windows 7 smartphone, the Lumia 800. Mobile internet users in London will benefit from an additional 26 free WiFi locations across the capital as part of the promotional drive....
