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Google search is by far the most popular website in the UK, with nearly 28 million unique users, according to figures released by Nielsen Online today.The search engine’s unique users are up by 15% from around 24 million in June 2007 to 28 million in June 2008 – miles ahead of other websites in the… Continue reading Google Races Ahead As Most Popular Website

The proportion of internet users in Britain spending more than five hours per week online has more than doubled in the past 10 years, from 25% in 1998 to 58% in 2008, according to a new report. The BT 21st Century Life Index commissioned Ipsos MORI to survey 2,000 people across Britain to find out… Continue reading Britons Spending More Time Online

Guardian.co.uk has become the first national newspaper website to break the 20 million unique users* mark.The figures, released by ABCe, show that the Guardian gained a further 1.7 million users over the month of June.Naturally it wasn’t such good news for every national as the Daily Mail fell from the top spot to fourth, losing… Continue reading Guardian.co.uk Back on Top As It Hits 20m Unique Users

A new report reveals that online national newspapers attracted 94.8 million unique visitors in June, with 35.5 million of those UK readers.The report, carried out by the Newspaper Marketing Agency, encompasses web traffic statistics of the 16 national titles owned by its members, including Associated Newspapers, Mirror Group Newspapers and News International.The NMA report measures… Continue reading Newspaper Sites Attract Nearly 95 Million Visitors

Microsoft has closed a new search deal with Facebook, building on their existing display ad deal with the social networking site.The deals comes as part of the internet companys’ planned $2.5 billion (£1.26 billion) annual spend to compete with Google, following its failure to secure a deal with Yahoo (see Microsoft Drops Yahoo! Bid).Mircosoft currently… Continue reading Microsoft Closes New Ad Deal With Facebook

Mobile internet devices will grow to 1.2 billion by 2012 according to new research carried out by chip maker Intel. Speaking as the company announced a new series of chips for mobile internet products, Gadi Singer, head of Intel’s mobility group, said: “The demand is there and the need is there and our technology can… Continue reading 1.2bn Mobile Internet Devices By 2012

More than 253 million people in Chine are now online, according to new figures from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). Data from Nielsen Online shows that the US has 223 million people online in June, making China the world’s largest internet using country. Internet penetration in China now stands at 19% compared with… Continue reading More Than 253m People Online In China

New research has found that the majority (84%) of 25-34 year olds have left a favourite website because of intrusive or irrelevant advertising. The research, published by HowTo.tv, found that 73% of web users have left a favourite website because of intrusive or annoying ads, rising to 84% for 25-34 year olds, an increase of… Continue reading New Research Looks At Intrusive Online Ads

Telmar has launched a new web-based search tool for its subscribers, which will enable media companies to search their research data more efficiently, according to the company.The search and analysis tool has been named ReSearch Guru by the US-owned media software supplier.The tool has been designed to export search results in seconds into Excel and… Continue reading Telmar Launches New Research Guru

Sky is set to launch a new online music service later this year with Universal Music.The service will be available to both Sky subscribers and non-subscribers for a single monthly subscription, offering both streamed tracks and downloads to keep.It will be operated by a new joint venture company, in which Sky will be the majority… Continue reading Sky To Launch Online Music Service