Archive for March, 2008

Hitwise: UK video traffic up 178% in a year

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in YouTube, BBC | No Comments »

Via Robin Goad at Hitwise, UK web users sure love their online video; YouTube occupies the top two spots with its US and UK offerings, but the Beeb's iPlayer is ... Read more..

Facebook: alive and kicking

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Social media, Facebook | No Comments »

Via Mike Butcher at TechCrunch UK, rumours of Facebook's death may have been greatly exaggerated: A few weeks ago I said the recent dropin UK traffic to Facebook was not significant ... Read more..

Digital World: State of the Internet

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in comScore, Social media, YouTube, Search, Facebook, MySpace, Google | No Comments »

comScore has released several key findings from its Digital World: State of the Internet report, which highlights the changing dynamics of worldwide Internet usage. Key findings include (taken from comScore's summary): ·          ... Read more..

YouTube/Google still top video sites list

Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in comScore, YouTube, Google | No Comments »

Via comScore comes news that YouTube (owned by Google, of course) served one in every three online videos watched in the US in January: comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring ... Read more..

AOL to buy Bebo for £417m

Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in Social media | No Comments »

Via The Guardian, social networking is still - yes, still! - big business: AOL, part of the Time Warner media empire, is to acquire leading social networking website Bebo in an ... Read more..

The five types of Brit social networkers

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Social media | No Comments »

Via netimperative, UK Internet users apparently fall into five main categories in terms of behaviour when using social media, according to a new consumer survey. The research, conducted by social network realbuzz.com, ... Read more..