Facebook advertising budgets ‘growing faster than paid search’
Marketers are increasing advertising spend with Facebook at a much faster pace than paid search advertising, according to new research.
Entertainment
Sky to launch online TV for non-subscribers
Broadcaster BSkyB is to launch an online television service to non-Sky customers to combat a sharp slowdown in growth of its customer base.
Biggest hack yet? Anonymous takes down US Govt. sites to protest Megaupload shutdown
Hacker group Anonymous struck down government and industry Web sites this week, in what they claim was their biggest operation yet.
Christmas ecommerce report: Paid search gets 50% more transactions
Over the festive period in the UK, paid search ads generated 50% more transactions than last year, resulting in a 26% rise in revenues from the medium, according to new research.
Just 38% of TiVo users now watching live TV- research
The consumption of recorded television and Internet-delivered programming is quickly surpassing live TV viewership, according to new research from TiVo.
Yahoo! shares more website content with Facebook
Yahoo! has expanded the number of its websites around the world that let visitors automatically share what stories they read with Facebook friends.
UK shopping searches up 17% this Christmas
The total number of online purchases driven by search advertising increased 17 percent on last year, while search adspend increased 7%, according to new research.
Infographic: Search-driven shopping up 22% this Christmas
US revenue and budgets associated with paid search advertising increased throughout the holiday season to date, but Thanksgiving Day activity skyrocketed, according to new research.
Mobile shopping trends: US shoppers ‘prefer to purchase in-store when within a 5-mile radius’
Shoppers would rather visit a store if it was within five miles rather than buy online via their smartphone, according to new research.
Online retail in Russia ‘hampered by poor infrastructure’
Russian online shopping growth is being hampered by infrastructure and slow delivery times, according to a new report from accountancy PWC.