By Ian, on November 16th, 2006 From Hotwire PR comes an ipsos MORI poll of European internet users: Blogs are now a near second to newspapers as the most trusted information source: A quarter (24%) of Europeans consider blogs a trusted source of information, still behind newspaper articles (30%), but ahead of television advertising (17%) and email marketing (14%). High spenders are most Continue reading Poll Position — UK Last Again By Ian, on November 12th, 2006 YouTube was the 26th most popular site on the Internet in September 2006. Ending my recent responses to the Hitwise Consumer Generated Media report (social networks and photos previously), this is what’s happening in the Web 2.0 video sharing space. Recently acquired by Google, YouTube remains firmly at the top of Continue reading Video 2.0 Round-up By Ian, on November 10th, 2006 The latest Hitwise Consumer Generated Media Report reveals that MySpace’s dominance over other social networks shows no signs of slowing down. MySpace has a market share of 81.92% among the social networks, with users spending over 30 minutes on the site in an average session. This is the second-longest session time in the survey, with Continue reading MySpace: The Beast of Santa Monica By Ian, on November 8th, 2006 One of the things that really surprised me when I started blogging earlier this year was the number of PR people who are involved in it (big list here here). For some reason, I thought there’d be more journos doing it. But then, I suppose a lot of journalists have to blog for the publications they work Continue reading Why do PRs Blog? By Ian, on November 7th, 2006 Not really. Though if you stretch the stats enough you can make it seem that way. From Mediapost’s Online Media Daily: Web 2.0 sites make up the fastest-growing category on the Web — doubling their traffic over the last year, according to data presented Monday by Nielsen//NetRatings. Web 2.0 sites, defined loosely as those allowing Continue reading Web 2.0 Bigger than News By Ian, on October 20th, 2006 Dr. Sam Vaknin has been monitoring the results given by Google for 154 keywords since 1999. He’s allegedly discovered that changes in the way Google works since April 2006 have produced what he calls ‘unsettling’ results. He says incoming links from the MySpace social network appear valued very highly by Google’s search algorithm. The Continue reading Conspiracy of One | About this BlogSocial tools, devices and web evolution are creating epochal change in media, society and business. The plan is to hide under the floorboards till it’s all over document some of the interesting parts of that change. More…. |
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