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Facebook confirms its position as UK’s no 1
Posted in Digital, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs July 23rd, 2008 by Arif Durrani
Facebook’s hold on the UK’s social networking scene has been underlined this week, after figures from online research specialist Hitwise places it well ahead of its rivals, with 45 per cent share of the market.
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Tags Facebook, social networking, digital, MySpace, Bebo, UK hitwsie
What’s your online sign, baby?
Posted in Digital, Creative, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs May 8th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
Everyone has a social network online profile unless they are deviant and prefer perverse activities such as going outside for a walk or meeting people in a pub. But did you know that denizens of groups on Facebook, MySpace and the millions of niche social sites have allotted roles?
Tags Socail Networking, Facebook, Myspace, PPA, Digital
Will MySpace save the Post Office?
Posted in Advertising, Marketing, Digital, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs January 22nd, 2008 by Melinda Varley
Over the past year the Post Office has attracted more than its fair share of negative publicity. Even it’s Joan Collins and Westlife television campaigns could not bring it back from the brink – will MySpace turn around consumer confidence in the brand?
Tags The Post Office, TV, Government, MySpace, Advertising, Online, High street
What’s in store for Facebook in 2008?
Posted in Digital, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs January 11th, 2008 by Melinda Varley
There’s no denying that last year was the year of social networks and Facebook definitely took the most column inches in spite of its older rivals MySpace and Bebo. But what must the site do to keep on top of its game?
Going to have to face it, we’re addicted to Facebook
Posted in Marketing, Digital, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs October 22nd, 2007 by Melinda Varley
News Corp billionaire Rupert Murdoch has said he had no idea when he bought social networking site MySpace.com two years ago how explosive social networks would become.
Facebook comes of age
Posted in Digital, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs July 17th, 2007 by Arif Durrani
Online measurement company Hitwise has published its latest ranking of social networking sites for June 2007. It makes for interesting reading and confirms that Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace no longer heads up the pack.
Tags Social Networks, Bebo, Myspace, Facebook, Digital
Is social networking replacing email?
Posted in Digital, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs July 3rd, 2007 by Melinda Varley
Every product and service has its sell by date in the ever changing and developing world of technology, but is email the next to become ‘uncool’ and be replaced by our social networking sites?
How social networking got ahead
Posted in Advertising, Digital, Mel Varley, Latest reporters' blogs July 2nd, 2007 by Melinda Varley
When we entered in to what is popularly known as the ‘internet age’ in 2000, our new millennium, the world wide web was still developing and still leaving many of us sceptical as to what we could gain from it, if anything.
Yahoo to be MySpace saviour?
Posted in General, Digital, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs June 21st, 2007 by Branwell Johnson
Behind closed doors Rupert Murdoch has been sounding out Yahoo about swapping MySpace for a 25 per cent stake in the internet portal. Does this mean Murdoch has recognised that News Corp’s prodding, poking and commercialising of MySpace has helped drive the younger, desirable demographic elsewhere eg Facebook?
Tags MySpace, Facebook, Social Networking, Rupert Murdoch, Yahoo
Social networking does not stand still
Posted in Digital, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs June 18th, 2007 by Branwell Johnson
Change is scary but what is even scarier is the accelerating pace of change and nothing illustrates this better than developments in the online world – specifically social networking.
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