YouTube has assembled a list of the top ten trending videos of the year, based on “views, likes, shares, searches, parodies, remixes and responses.” Altogether, these ten videos account for over 500 million views and the firm has put together its annual Rewind video celebrating its biggest trends.
Tumblr has released its annual ‘Year in Review’ – a list of the top blogs, posts and topics featured on the site in 2015, revealing that ‘Pepe the Frog’ was the most reblogged meme of the year.
The vast majority of marketers (86%) count Google as their number one partner in their online retail strategy, flowed by Facebook and Twitter, according to new research looking into 2016 trends.
With 1.55 billion monthly active users, Facebook is the largest source of public opinion data on Earth. Marc Maley, CEO, Fuel Intelligence, looks at how using anonymised and aggregated Facebook topic data, film studios could use this human-generated data to tailor marketing efforts to maximise engagement ahead of movie releases.
Would you pay $750,000 for a single self-destructing ad? That was the estimated cost of a day-long ad on Snapchat- but with new data suggesting the chat app’s video views are rivaling Facebook, it could be money well spent. As part of our review of the year, we look back at the key trends that … [Read more…]
Google is starting to roll out its Contributor service, charging subscribers between $2 and $10 per month to reduce ads across millions of participating websites.
Google be warned; Facebook is after your customers. In 2015, the social network was used by half the world’s online population, with a burgeoning ad ecosystem and ever-more engaging media tools to keep users glued to their newsfeeds. As part of our review of the year, we look back at the key trends that shaped … [Read more…]
Spotify has unveiled a new end-of-year feature that gives users a breakdown of what they’ve been listening to in 2015.
By mapping the customer experience, businesses can see the key areas users are visiting the websites, and can highlight areas which need more improvement and visibility. Tom Evans, head of user experience & design at Box UK offers tips on knowing exactly where their users are looking on the website.
As iconic ‘lads mags’ FHM and Zoo close their doors for the last time, an online rival is going form strength to strength. Social news site The Lads Bible has topped Apple’s App Store just 24 hours after its launch.