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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...

Posted by James Murray at 11:52 AM | (0)
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...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 04:29 PM | (0)
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...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 04:12 PM | (0)
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...

Posted by James Murray at 10:15 AM | (0)
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...

Posted by James Murray at 09:36 AM | (0)
In Categories Search

Search infographic: a Snapshot of Search in the UK

Search continues to grow as an online channel and as the biggest source of traffic to websites in the UK we thought it would be a good idea to encapsulate some of the cool search stats that we use on... Continue reading...

Posted by James Murray at 09:31 AM | (0)
In Categories Search

iPad 3 hits new search peak ahead of Apple announcement

March 07, 2012

Apple’s much anticipated event today has set the rumour mills running into overdrive. If the wisdom of the crowds is to be believed then Apple’s announcement will unveil the new iPad 3. Demand for the iPad 3 online reached its... Continue reading...

Posted by James Murray at 08:43 AM | (0)
In Categories Appliances and Electronics

Downton Abbey Season 2 Drives Surge in Searches

February 23, 2012

Whilst this season of “Downton Abbey” brought on fevers throughout the Abbey in the form of the Spanish Flu, the US has been rocked by a severe case of “Downton” fever. Interest in the program has grown by over 1400%... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 11:28 AM | (0)
In Categories Broadcast Media | Downton Abbey | Search Strategies | Television