Slow retail sites cause 1 in 3 to shop elsewhere
A third of Brits would abandon a retailer’s mobile website or app if it didn’t load within just three seconds, and look to shop elsewhere, according to new research.
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The Varying Landscape of Europe’s Programmatic Marketplace
How is programmatic evolving across Europe? Estelle Reale, VP Marketing EMEA at Xaxis looks at the growing trend for automated ads, and how countries differ.
Search trends in 2014: EU squeezes Google; SEO evolution; mobile upsurge
The shifting sands of SEO best practice continued to challenge marketers this year. Major new algorithm changes meant that low quality links, guest blogging posts and Google+ authorship were all relegated on Google results pages. However, Google felt the squeeze of EU pressure this year, as the dominant internet giant was forced to submit to … [Read more…]
Instagram now bigger than Twitter
Instagram has overtaken Twitter with 300 million users, as Facebook continues to monetise its photo-based social network with new ‘verified accounts’.
Pirate Bay taken offline after raid
The Pirate Bay has been taken offline following a raid in Sweden, ending years of a police ‘cat and mouse’ chase with the file sharing website.
YouTube reveals biggest videos of 2014
YouTube has revealed the most popular videos of 2014, marking the occasion with a video assembling some of its most popular Vloggers.
Digital marketing predictions for 2015: Mobile and data-driven strategy key to success
As 2014 draws to a close, John Watton, EMEA Marketing Director, Adobe Marketing Cloud looks at how mobile, cross-channel, data driven marketing and customer experience will impact the marketing landscape in 2015.
Carrefour teams with PowaTag to make donating to French Telethon easier
French retail giant Carrefour is implementing the PowaTag technology within 50 of their biggest supermarkets in France, which will make it more convenient to donate to a charity.
Almost $300m in bitcoin spent during Black Friday and Cyber Monday frenzy
A total of $296 million was spent globally across the bitcoin network on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to insight provided by Bitnet.
£666m spent on ‘Manic Monday’ in the UK
Following up on the record breaking numbers we issued after Black Friday, the Experian and IMRG have released the actual online visit and spend figures on online retail sites in the UK on Manic Monday – the second Monday of December (8th).