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Climate Change defeats a Prime Minister

June 24, 2010

Maybe a simplistic headline, but Australia now has a new Prime Minister after Kevin Rudd stood aside for Julia Gillard to take the reins of the Federal Labor Party and the Australian Government. An impending federal election combined with a... Continue reading...

Posted by Alan Long at 03:07 PM | (0) | (0)

Is the World Cup of Tourism value?

June 23, 2010

How do we judge the value of large international sporting events such as the World Cup Soccer to the host nation? - Infrastructure investment - Employment gains - Increased tourism – immediate and ongoing - Ongoing awareness It’s obviously all... Continue reading...

Posted by Alan Long at 02:43 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Sport | Tourism | World Cup 2010

Ronaldinho & The Group of Death

June 09, 2010

The buzz is building around Australia’s second consecutive tilt at the Football (Soccer) World Cup which begins on 13 June against Germany in the first game of the so called “Group of Death” that also features Ghana and Serbia. Australian... Continue reading...

iPad - Data Plans and Apps lead the way

May 24, 2010

In previous blogs we commented on the release of the iPhone and the changes in search behaviour from the initial product announcement through to the launch. In Sandra’s previous posts ’iPhone Australian Launch - Features and Apps driving Consumer Interest’... Continue reading...

Posted by Alan Long at 07:02 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Apple | Electronics | Search

Searches for Property for Sale and Credit Cards attract strong growth in NZ

May 17, 2010

Following on from my post on Singapore financial search trends, we also looked at New Zealand queries to provide a reflection of economic conditions. We similarly found in NZ during Q1 2010 a rising trend for users to research a... Continue reading...

Posted by Sandra Hanchard at 07:29 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Finance

Property searches attracting the highest growth amongst finance queries in Singapore

May 14, 2010

Recently we analysed the online financial behaviour of Singapore Internet users, and found an increase during the first quarter of 2010 in search queries around financial needs, including searching for properties to buy and to rent, mortgages, loans, savings and... Continue reading...

Posted by Sandra Hanchard at 01:42 PM | (2) | (0)
In Categories Finance

Singapore: Social Networks continue to trump Search Engines

April 29, 2010

Having recently re-located to KL, Malaysia, I thought it timely to provide an update on the nearest market we’re tracking here, Singapore. Unsurprisingly, Social Networking and Forums was the most popular online industry visited by Singapore Internet users in March... Continue reading...

Posted by Sandra Hanchard at 07:39 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Singapore

Where now for Bebo users in NZ?

April 09, 2010

I used to keep in touch with a lot of in family in NZ through Bebo, but over the last few months or so, have noticed Facebook being used more frequently instead. So when I read about AOL’s decision to... Continue reading...

Posted by Sandra Hanchard at 11:51 AM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Social Networking