Top Global Web Properties December 2006

Total Unique Visitors (000), Age 15+ Total Worldwide – Home and Work Locations Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs. Source: comScore World Metrix, February 2007 comScore:...

Online adspend grows 62% in Australia

Ad revenues from online marketing increased 62% last year according to new figures from Frost & Sullivan, writes eMarketer. The firm predict that the Australian online ad market will be worth almost $3bn (£1.560bn) by 2010 from $1bn (£520m) in 2006. Revenues from...

Online ad sales up 30% at the FT

The Financial Times recorded a 30% increase in online advertising sales, reports Spannerworks. Revenues from online ad sales rose 9% with total profits for the paper rising from £9m to £11m. From Spannerworks: http://www.spannerworks.com, 27/02/2007 The Financial...

BitTorrent offers legal downloads

BitTorrent is launching an online download site which will legally provide film, TV shows, music, games and other media, writes Silicon.com. The new BitTorrent Entertainment Network will launch with 5,000 titles which are guaranteed to be legitimate and free of...

Eight out of ten connect via broadband in UK

New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that 79.2% of all internet connections in December 2006 used broadband services. Year-on-year the number of broadband connections rose 29.7%. Connections were also up 5.9% on the previous quarter. Dial-up...

UK online sales on course to reach £40bn

A new report from uSwitch predicts that online sales will reach £40bn in 2007 (15% of total retail spend), growing to reach £162bn by 2020 (40% of total retail spend), writes Netimperitive. In 2002 online sales only represented 2% of all retail spending. According to...

Majority move to broadband in US

New research from Park Associates predicts that 55% of all US households will have broadband access by the end of 2007, with services reaching 60m residential users. According to the data the number of US residential broadband subscriptions exceeded 50m during 2006,...

Yahoo! rolls out mobile adverts in 19 countries

Yahoo! has launched its new mobile ad platform in 19 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas, writes ClickZ. The ads appear near the top of the Yahoo! Mobile Web homepage and represent the first formal use of graphical adverts on its mobile sites. Yahoo! is now...

Top dating sites in the UK, France and the US

comScore has released data for the top five dating sites in the UK, France and the US, writes Netimperitive. Figures for December 2006 show that France had the highest percentage of internet users aged 15+ (22%) followed by the UK (20%) and the US (13%). The...

European online dating use to double by 2011

A new study from JupiterResearch forecasts that use of European online dating sites will double by 2011, writes Netimperitive. Revenues are also expected to double during the same period from £243m (£167) in 2006 to £549m (£376) in 2011. According to the study the...

Vodafone inks deals with leading online brands

Vodafone has had a busy time this February announcing major deals with MySpace, YouTube, eBay and Google, writes ENN. The deal with MySpace will allow Vodafone users to use their phones to edit their profiles and post messages, photos and blogs through MySpace Mobile....

Tesco flowers shoots to the top of the charts

Tesco Flowers came top of Hitwise’s Flower and Gifts category at the beginning of February (from 8th position in January) as consumers went online in the run-up to Valentine’s Day, writes ENN. Market share of visits to the site increased over 2.5 times in...

Top Personals Sites in France December 2006

* Excludes traffic from co-branded sites ** Powered by Match.com Total France – Home and Work Locations Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs. Source: comScore World Metrix, February 2007 comScore:...

Top Personals Sites in the UK December 2006

* Excludes traffic from sites powered by Match.com Total UK – Home and Work Locations Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs. Source: comScore World Metrix, February 2007 comScore:...

BT reveals quarterly revenues of £5.1bn

Q3 revenues for BT grew to £5.1bn, up 5% year on year writes The Guardian. Profits grew 13% to £643m (from £568m) as the company attracted more broadband users. BT Retail announced that it had gained 239,000 new broadband customers during the quarter with broadband...

UK online advertising networks form online ad exchange

Ten British online advertising networks have joined forces to form an online ad exchange, writes Netimperitive. Through the exchange created by the AdECN (UK) Consortium, members will be able to buy and sell inventory from a single online destination. The consortium...

Google profits almost triple to reach $1.03bn

Google’s Q4 profits rose from $372m (£189m) to $1.03bn year on year, writes ENN. Net profits after adjustments and charges were $997m (£518m). Revenues for the quarter grew 67% (from $1.92bn (£998m) to $3.21bn (£1.67bn)) compared to Q4 2005 and 19% compared to...