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Mitt Romney Winning the Facebook Race

January 24, 2012

Despite the results of the Iowa caucus and South Carolina primary, if you look at Facebook, Mitt Romney is ahead by a huge margin. Total visits to the Facebook pages of the presidential candidates highlights the growth to Mitt Romney’s... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Heather Dougherty at 02:56 PM | (0)
In Categories Elections 2012 | Facebook

Wikipedia Blackout sends info junkies to mobile website

January 19, 2012

On Wednesday 18 January visitors to Wikipedia in search of answers were greeted with darkness. In protest against the two congressional proposals in the States which are intended to halt online piracy, Wikipedia and other sites including Reddit went dark... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by James Murray at 12:03 PM | (0)
In Categories News and Media

SOPA and PIPA: 10 Key Stats to Consider

January 18, 2012

According to Politico, approximately 7,000 sites are taking part in today’s protest against the House of Representatives' Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate's Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Sites including Wikipedia and Craigslist have “gone black” in protest... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Heather Dougherty at 05:30 PM | (0)
In Categories Google | Government | SOPA

iPad demand creates new market in insurance

January 12, 2012

One of the continuing trends witnessed this Christmas was the demand for Apple products. iPods, iPads and iPhones were sold in their millions in the UK and because the items themselves are highly sought after and quite valuable, a new... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by James Murray at 11:18 AM | (0)
In Categories Appliances and Electronics | Business and Finance

YouTube accounts for 1 in 4 visits to social networks

January 11, 2012

YouTube had its biggest ever month of traffic as 606 million UK Internet visits went to the website in December 2011. YouTube now accounts for 1 in every 4 visits to a social network in the UK and 1 in... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by James Murray at 12:16 PM | (0)
In Categories Search | Social Networks

Sherlock sets new record for BBC iPlayer

January 06, 2012

As always over the festive season there was a feast of TV delights to keep us entertained when speaking to family members grew tiresome. With so much choice over the Christmas period we were expecting Video on Demand (VOD) to... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by James Murray at 08:05 AM | (0)
In Categories BBC | Christmas | TV | Video

2011 Online: the year in review

December 30, 2011

Another year has flown by and in time-honoured Hitwise tradition it falls to me to review the highlights of 2011. This year we have seen an astonishing 228 billion UK Internet visits to websites and 28 billion hours spent online.... Continue reading...

Post Holiday Traffic Boom

December 29, 2011

After a strong start over the Thanksgiving weekend, the traffic to the top 500 retail websites continue to increase every week throughout the 2011 holiday season as compared to last year. The highest increases year-over-year for daily traffic took place... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Heather Dougherty at 12:02 PM | (0)
In Categories Black Friday | Cyber Monday | Holiday | Retail