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New Amazon Kindle searches spike to challenge iPad mini
September 02, 2010
September has only just begun and already people are talking about Christmas. Planning committees are being assembled to organise the office Christmas Party, high street retailers are bringing out decorations and online gossip has turned to the hottest gifts for... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 09:50 AM
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In Categories Apple | Christmas | Gadgets | Shopping and Classifieds
Surge in searches for fixed rate mortgages
August 27, 2010
The number of internet searches for fixed rate mortgages soared between April – June 2010 (Q2) compared to the same time period last year, with searches for the term ‘fixed rate mortgages 10 years’ up almost ten fold over the... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 01:47 PM
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In Categories Economy | Experian | Financial Services | Property | Search
The Physio Room: content is king
August 24, 2010
Looking through this week’s list of fast moving websites, one that jumped out at me was The Physio Room, which last week ranked 15th in our Health and Medical category and was also the 12th most popular Sport and Fitness... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 05:14 PM
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In Categories Football | Health | News and Media | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds | Sport
1 in every 100 UK Internet searches Sky Sports related
August 16, 2010
Although the lower leagues had already kicked off earlier in the month, the football season truly got underway this weekend with the first Barclays Premier League matches. As you would expect, UK Internet visits to key football related websites increased... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 10:30 AM
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In Categories BBC | Demographics | Fast moving search terms | Football | Postal Areas data | Search | Sport | TV | World Cup 2010
Facebook accounts for 1 in 6 UK page views, but is it reaching saturation point?
August 09, 2010
Facebook is the second most visited website in the UK: in June it accounted for 7.14% of all UK Internet visits and over half (54.48%) of all visits to a social networking websites. In terms of total visits it continues... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 10:53 AM
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In Categories Social networks | Top UK websites
Skin Cancer searches and sunshine
August 02, 2010
We’re having a great summer in the UK, which makes a pleasant change from the last couple of years. However, there are downsides to the warm weather and sunshine, not least the risk of sunburn and, in the worst cases,... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 04:04 PM
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In Categories Health | Search | Weather
Cameron's Big Society prompts big traffic spike
July 30, 2010
Last week the Prime Minister set out his vision for the “big society”, the flagship social policy of the Conservative-LibDem coalition government. The initiative aims to take the emphasis of responsibility away from the government and instead empower people to... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 09:09 AM
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In Categories Fast moving search terms | Government | News and Media | Politics | Search
Times Paywall traffic loss less than expected
July 20, 2010
It’s been a few weeks now since The Times made their controversial move to take their content behind a paywall and charge online consumers to read their content. The move has attracted a lot of attention as The Times is... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 04:03 PM
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In Categories News and Media