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Webby Awards People's Voice Award for Miniclip?

April 30, 2007

The winners of the prestigious Webby Awards will be announced tomorrow and in the People's Voice category, consumers may vote for their favourites. I noticed many websites promoting their nomination and encouraging fans to vote for them. If self-promotion is... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Heather Hopkins at 04:16 PM | (1) | (1)
In Categories Computers and Internet

Crocs Shoes Most Searched for Fashion Item in UK

April 23, 2007

UK searches for "crocs" have increased 8-fold in the past 3 months, and have taken the #1 spot as the most searched for fashion item. The share of UK Internet searches for "crocs" is up from a base of zero... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Heather Hopkins at 12:25 PM | (2) | (0)
In Categories Fashion | Search | Shopping and Classifieds

Search Engine Share Stats from BBC Interview

April 17, 2007

This morning (very early this morning) I was interviewed on BBC TV for the World Business Report about Yahoo!'s earnings announcement. I wanted to share the updated search stats I pulled for the interview here and share some of my... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Heather Hopkins at 07:33 AM | (9) | (2)
In Categories Search

Facebook UK Visitors Among Most Likely to Vote

April 12, 2007

After my post on MySpace UK visitors being least likely to vote, I was pinged by Sam Roake of Conservatives.com who suggested that Facebook users were probably among those most likely to vote. Given our news yesterday about Facebook taking... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Heather Hopkins at 11:02 AM | (5) | (0)
In Categories Politics

Facebook 20th Most Visited Website in UK with Visits up 20-fold

April 11, 2007

Today's redesign of the homepage for Facebook comes at a busy time for the social network as the site became the 20th most visited website based on share of UK Internet visits for the week ending 7th April 2007. Facebook's... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Heather Hopkins at 02:14 PM | (3) | (1)
In Categories Social Networking

MySpace UK Visitors Among Most Likely Not to Vote

April 10, 2007

I am a political junky and have been intrigued by all of the web 2.0 activity in the run up to the US primaries. David Cameron has WebCameron but should UK prime ministerial hopefuls embark on similar "conversations" through the... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Heather Hopkins at 05:52 PM | (4) | (0)
In Categories Politics

Demographics of Visitors to Blogs

April 05, 2007

Yesterday I spoke at the excellent Blogging for Business conference in London. In answer to a question about the demographics, I provided some statistics on the profile of visitors to blog websites. I received a number of follow up questions... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Heather Hopkins at 02:31 PM | (6) | (0)
In Categories Blogs and Personal Websites