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Are online discount vouchers on the decline?

As we’ve reported a number of times, online vouchers have been one of the recent online success stories. Voucher searches shot up massively in the run up to Christmas as savvy shoppers looked to find a bargain during the recession.... Continue reading...

The King, the Angel and the Hoax.

June 30, 2009

Pop culture is a substantial driver of online behaviour, and the untimely death of the King of Pop Michael Jackson and the passing of Charlie’s Angels Farah Fawcett last week provided celebrity websites with large single day gains of Australian... Continue reading...

Posted by Alan Long at 01:24 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Celebrity | Entertainment | Google

Gambling - Opening the Search Engine Spigot

It looks as though Congress may soon be voting on the Payments System Protection Act, which partially decriminalizes online gaming. The Act could have massive implications for online gaming and revenues for search engines, as it would allow search engines... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Hopkins at 08:09 AM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Gambling

What are Western Australian users doing online? Localising content

June 29, 2009

Following on from an excellent post by Robin on local Internet data in the UK, I thought I would share an Australian example of our ability to create mini-panels based on users with specific characteristics - in this case users... Continue reading...

Posted by Sandra Hanchard at 10:26 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Local | News and Media | Sports

Michael Jackson, Twitter and Misspellings

It has been widely reported that Michael Jackson's untimely death caused a flurry of online activity last week, downing Twitter, Wikipedia and TMZ and even causing problems for Google News. Searches for "michael jackson" ranked 7th among all search terms... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Hopkins at 06:05 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Personalities

Michael Jackson Draws Record Traffic to TMZ

TMZ was the first to break the news about Michael Jackson’s death last Thursday and scooped all of the major news outlets. As a result, traffic to TMZ reached a 3 year high, with visits increasing 5x in volume from... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 12:04 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories News and Media

Michael Jackson, Twitter and TMZ

June 26, 2009

Following the tragic death of Michael Jackson last night, UK Internet visits to his homepage increased 17 fold. Yesterday www.michaeljackson.com was the 9th most visited Music website in the UK, and the highest ranked artist homepage. TMZ, the website that... Continue reading...