It seems as though Facebook is pulling out pretty much all the stops as competition begins to intensify in a fierce attempt to stay put at the top. Have you noticed any of the new changes on the social network? The giant has recently announced an overwhelming plethora of sharing and privacy updates (amidst a ... Read more
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http://ping.fm/xqAZ5 – an interesting report by Immediate Future (hi Katy) about the impact of online conversation on the Interbrand Top 100 global brand survey. This compliments Neoco’s new service of online conversation monitoring.
It is increasingly clear that the level of a brand’s engagement with the ever growing online community is beginning to have a direct ... Read more
Another event we will be attending, the FDG. A monthly staple of ours to chat to like minded folk about developing on Facebook. Again, we will feedback to clients anything interesting that comes out of this. This month doors open at 6 – which gives us more time for Pizza, Beer and that essential banter!
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Being on the frontline of a digital marketing agency means I’m often the first person a client asks when they have a digital-related question. There seems to be a theme lately, as clients ask me to pinpoint the day that Facebook is going to die and what is going to come next. The opinion I’ve ... Read more
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New data published by ComScore shows that Facebook has overtaken MySpace in terms of global unique users.
In May 2008, Facebook had 123.9m unique users, compared to MySpace’s 114.6m. Over the past year, Facebook’s unique users grew by 162%, whereas MySpace only grew by 5% during the same period.
The top 5 social networks in the UK (Facebook, Bebo, MySpace, Flickr and Hi5) had a combined total of 38.84 million monthly unique users in April, according to research firm comScore. Yet they have struggled to turn their user popularity into pounds, and recent research by eMarketer has revealed that advertisers will only spend £115m ... Read more
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New research by the Press Complaints Commission has revealed that nine out of ten people in the UK think there should be tighter regulation of information on social networking sites.
The vast majority of participants said they would like sites such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace to follow specific rules and regulations to help prevent the ... Read more
MySpace was up 3% in April compared to April 2007, with a commanding 58.8 million users, according to data from WOMMA member company Nielsen Online. Facebook grew 56% over the same period and now boasts 22.5 million users. LinkedIn’s audience was up an enormous 361%, leaping from 1.9 million to 8.7 million users. Google’s Blogger ... Read more
MySpace has signed a deal, to air it’s shows such as Quarterlife, Roommates and Special Delivery on screens outside the US. The deal covers DVDs and merchandise but MySpace will retain all net rights to its programmes. Despite bad figures for NBC’s broadcast of MySpace’s “Quarterlife” in February, MySpace are clearly having another attempt ... Read more
As Microsoft and Yahoo! look to merge, this is turning in to a real soap opera…
Microsoft & Google actually fancy each other; Microsoft loves Googles youthful energy and dynamic rise to wealth and Google loves the established, ‘old school’ power of Microsoft… but it’s a forbidden love. They can never be together, which drives them ... Read more