ComScore’s latest US audience tracker is releasing some big numbers. A massive 4.3bn online video ads were watched by online audiences in the US this March. YouTube continues to dominate video viewing, but Hulu is climbing steeply with 1.2bn impressions and a penetration into 9% of US households. More on who is watching what…
Retailers ‘must look beyond just Facebook for social commerce’
Top retailers in the UK have on average 10 times more unique users on their websites in one month than they do overall global likes on their main Facebook pages, according to new findings.
Online retailers ‘suffer costly website performance failures in 2011’
The UK’s top e-tailers suffered costly periods of downtime and poor download speeds during the first quarter of 2011, according to a new study.
EXCLUSIVE: There’s no such thing as a launch ‘exclusive’
In today’s media saturated world, is there really a benefit to ‘exclusive’ offers anymore? Farhad Divecha, Director at AccuraCast,explains why there’s no longer any such thing as an ‘exclusive’, and what can be done instead to make an online launch a success.
UK online retail sector enjoys ‘strongest growth in 3 Years’
As the high street reports the worst drop in sales for 15 years, the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index reveal that online sales are bucking the trend by recording continued growth.
Android ad market share ‘overtakes iPhone globally for first time’
Google’s Android global ad impression share has surpassed iPhone OS for the first time, according to new data from mobile ad network InMObi.
Right to reply: Google and Government present new chances for SMEs
Google’s Panda Update and the 2011 Budget offer new opportunities for online businesses, according to Jack Adams, Senior Search Manager – SearchCatalyst.
Most small firms ‘using social media everyday’
Great swathes of small and medium-sized enterprises are embracing social media as a means of conducting business, according to a new poll.
Google’s new search rankings: Winners and losers revealed
Well-known news sites such as The Guardian and The Telegraph, have benefited most from Google’s latest UK search update, known as ‘Panda’, according to new research.
Spotify cuts free listening time in half
Spotify is cutting the amount of free music it allows users to listen to in half, from 20 hours to just 10, as the Swedish firm attempts to make its popular music streaming service profitable.