Aug 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
Facebook is to increase its staff number by 50%, as the social network looks to capitalise on the wealth of skilled professionals available for work amid the recession. Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has told Bloomberg in an interview that he wants to the company to...
Aug 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Search advertising is set to lead the recovery in European online ad spend next year, while email, classifieds and display ads have been hardest hit by the recession, according to new research. The IAB’s latest Europe’s annual AdEx study indicates that overall online...
Aug 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Six Apart development team who created MoveableType and Typepad – two of the mega-platforms of web publishing – are not for sitting on the sidelines watching Twitter take all the glory. They’ve unveiled a series of technical upgrades that include...
Aug 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Microsoft has made a further move into the local ad business, through a partnership with major US publishing firm Advance Internet. The company is the digital arm of Advance Publications, which publishes magazines such as The New Yorker, Wired and Vanity Fair, along...
Aug 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Mobile phone websites are the fastest growing online sector in terms of visits, followed by food and coupon sites, according to new research. The data, from The Nielsen Company looked at online sectors that have experienced the greatest growth in number of UK visitors...
Aug 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Number of Brits visiting mobile phone sites up 58% year-on-year, July 2008-09
Aug 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to look into potential misleading adverts and their effect on consumers, with a particular focus on the internet.Set to launch this autumn, the watchdog will evaluate which online and offline pricing and advertising practices have...
Aug 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Last night News International announced it’s closing their freesheet ‘thelondonpaper’. The evening freesheet was part of the head-to-head battle with Associated Newspapers for revenues and control of the city’s media franchise. But a combination of recession and the...
Aug 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
MySpace has bought social music discovery service iLike for an undisclosed sum. MySpace already runs its own popular music services, often used as a promotion tool for both upcoming and established acts. The company said iLike users and the artist community should...
Aug 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
A court ruling has forced Google to reveal the identity of a blogger who accused a model of being among “The Skankiest in NYC”. The blogger was revealed as an acquaintance of the model Liskula Cohen. Google initially fought to keep the blogger’s...
Aug 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Twitter is to implement a ‘retweet’ feature on its micro-blogging platform, following popular demand. Company co-founder Biz Stone has posted a pen and paper sketch of his proposed implementation on the Twitter blog. The move means that users who want to broadcast a...
Aug 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Internet can be as effective an advertising medium as television advertising, according to new research. The study, conducted by comScore in partnership with dunnhumbyUSA, looked into the effectiveness of online advertising in building retail sales of consumer...
Aug 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Microsoft’s new Bing search engine has gained nearly 1% market share in the US since its launch in June, while Google has lost ground, according to new research. The data, from comScore, indicates that Microsoft’s search engine still remains a distant third in...
Aug 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
A large number of messages posted on Twitter are ‘pointless babble’ according to a new study. The research, from US firm Pear Analytics, examined how people use the micro-blogging platform. The market research firm found 40.5% of Tweets could be classified as...
Aug 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
US firm Journalism Online has claimed that more than 500 newspapers and magazines have agreed to join its new content payment network. The platform, set to go live in the Autumn in the US, lets publishers sign up as ‘affiliates’ to the network, using a universal...
Aug 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Apple is facing scrutiny from US regulators for the first time, following accusations that the firm is monopolising its iPhone App Store. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has written to Apple, Google and AT&T, Apple’s exclusive carrier in the United...
Aug 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Online advertising matches TV for brand uplift among consumer packaged goods, 2009
Aug 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Active internet users connected at home, June 2009 Source: Nielsen Online, 2009 Nielsen Online: http://www.nielsen-online.com
Aug 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Facebook again tops the social network list with 47% of all visits in the UK, August 2009
Aug 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Publishers using Google’s affiliate network have been told they must link their accounts to its AdSense payment system by 21 September 2009. An email was sent to all publishers on the Google Affiliate Network yesterday, warning of the new requirement in order to get...
