Value fashion retailers failing to click with customers online
Top value fashion brands are missing out on web sales with sub-standard sites, with 40% of online shoppers admitting to avoiding purchases due to lack of images and poor usability.
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10 things you need to know about Facebook
With the release of The Social Network this week, retelling the story of Facebook, Experian Hitwise looks at just how popular the world’s biggest social networking site really is.
Google Price index offers alternative measure of inflation
Google has launched a new ‘Price Index’ tool, which will be based on the cost of goods sold online and could use real-time search data to forecast official figures.
Google’s ‘driverless’ cars complete US roadtrip- with a little help from humans
Google has developed cars that can drive themselves, testing seven such automobiles on 140,000 miles across the roads of America, in a move that could one day revolutionise the transport industry.
Desktop search falls 15% year-on-year as users move to mobile search
Search and social conversion agency Tamar has published a white paper, called Mobile 2010, showing that desktop/laptop search has fallen by 15% while mobile search engine traffic has seen an increase of 247% in the past year.
Top 10 tips for maximising online Xmas sales
As shoppers increasingly turn to the Internet to find the best Christmas gifts for friends and family, Conversion management firm Maxymiser offers its Ten Top Tips for boosting e-commerce sales for the upcoming festive season.
Guest comment: Recruitment consultants: as dead as the dinosaurs
Hiring companies are moving away from jobs boards and recruitment companies and moving towards social media as their dominant recruiting tool. Between current economic conditions, the evolution of the internet and dwindling HR budgets, the traditional approach of finding a candidate is becoming increasingly redundant. Suzanne Morrow at Dog Digital asks: are we counting down … [Read more…]
Adult Halloween costume searches up 72% in September
British adults don’t think Halloween is just for kids. On shopping search engine Twega, searches for adult Halloween fancy dress costumes rose 72% in the past 30 days.
Google tests full-page previews in search results
Google is testing a preview pane tool that lets users see a sample of the pages returned in search results, before deciding to click through to their chosen site.
Dennis Publishing buys Web User magazine from IPC
IPC Media has sold its popular internet magazine Web User to Dennis Publishing, for an undisclosed sum.