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10 things you need to know about Facebook

May 17, 2012

With the Facebook IPO imminent, interest has surged in the world’s most popular social network. Here are the top 10 things you need to know about Facebook: 1. There are over 1.3 billion visits to Facebook a month from the... Continue reading...

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10 things you need to know about Facebook

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10 things you need to know about Facebook

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Instagram snaps into top 10 social networks

April 12, 2012

This week Facebook announced the $1 billion acquisition of photo sharing app Instagram. This is a landmark deal for the acquisition of an app but Instagram became the 10th most visited social network in the UK in March 2012, showing... Continue reading...

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In Categories Social Networks

Facebook acquires photo-sharing network Instagram

April 10, 2012

Yesterday, Facebook announced the acquisition of Instagram, a popular photo sharing network with over 30 million users, for $1 billion. Visits to the Instagram website have steadily increased over the past 24 weeks and reached 3.8 million last week, up... Continue reading...

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In Categories Facebook | Photo sharing | Social Media

Kentucky and Louisville Fans have “March Madness” Fever

March 30, 2012

With March Madness well underway and the Final Four squaring off on Saturday for a spot in the National Championship game, searches around ‘March Madness’ reached a record high the week ending March 17th, up 16% over the same week... Continue reading...

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In Categories March Madness | NCAA | Sports

Mother’s Day – top 10 online facts

March 16, 2012

This weekend is Mother’s Day and as the nation prepares to say a collective thank you to our Mums I thought this would be a good time to share our top 10 Mother’s Day facts for 2012: 1. 10% of... Continue reading...

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In Categories Search

2.2 billion visits to Search Engines in February

March 15, 2012

UK Internet users made an astonishing 2.2 billion visits to search engines in February according to our latest monthly data. Last month we showed how search was increasing as an online channel with 100 million additional UK Internet visits going... Continue reading...

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In Categories Search