Facebook beats Google as most visited site in US
Facebook surpassed Google for the first time as the most visited website in the United States for most of 2010, according to new data.
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Video: What 20 minutes on Facebook looked like in 2010
Over the past year the 500 million people who use Facebook worldwide uploaded more than 2.7 million photographs, shared 1 million links and ‘Liked’ 7.6 million pages every 20 minutes, the social networking compnay has revealed.
Right to reply: Use ecommerce tools to combat airport chaos
Chaos from snow is understandable but poor customer management is not, when the tools are easily to hand to solve the problem. Tools we deal with regularly in ecommerce. Philip Rooke, CMO, Spreadshirt, looks at how last months snow chaos could have been avoided…
Mobile clicks show peak traffic on Boxing Day and ‘Mobile Sunday’
Real-time clicks measured over the Christmas period by Adfonic across its global mobile advertising marketplace show that mobile is driving a shift in the way that consumers browse for gifts and hunt for sale bargains.
Guest comment: Tough times call for more sophisticated online retail strategies
Martin Child, the Managing Director of Webloyalty, explains how online retailers can gain a share of a £220m opportunity by securing new revenue from existing customers.
Top 7 mobile predictions for 2011
What does 2011 hold for mobile marketing? Mobile app store Getjar lists the top trends to look out for, including app store mergers, the rise of open source and the death of the URL.
Skype adds video calling to iPhone app
Skype has updated its iPhone application to include video calling to mobile users over both 3G and WiFi networks.
Amazon to buy Lovefilm for £200m?
Online retailer Amazon is reportedly set to make an offer for Lovefilm in a deal that could value the movie rental site at around £200m.
Facebook valued at $50bn after funding boost
Facebook has raised $500m from Goldman Sachs and Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, in a deal that values the social networking company at $50bn, according to reports.
Guest comment: Is it crunch time for the cookie?
In the last year the EU has introduced new cookie legislation set to be implemented by the UK government by May 2011. Article 5(3) of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive states that consent must be given before companies are allowed to place cookies on a web user’s computer or retrieve cookie information already stored … [Read more…]