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Category Archives: Celebrities
Record week for Google News
September 21, 2009
A while ago we highlighted how Google News UK picks up more traffic from searches for celebrities than any other type of news. Last week was a bumper week for celebrity news stories (unfortunately for sad reasons in many cases),... Continue reading...
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In Categories Celebrities | Fast moving search terms | Google | Movies | News and Media | Search | TV
Bee keeping and the Beehaus
August 10, 2009
Monday mornings are never the most cheerful time of the week, but mine are often brightened up by perusing our list of the previous week’s fast moving search terms. This morning the term that brought a smile to my face... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 11:00 AM
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In Categories Books | Celebrities | Demographics | Environment | Experian | Fast moving search terms | Mosaic lifestyle | Retail | Science | Shopping and Classifieds
Michael Jackson, Twitter and TMZ
June 26, 2009
Following the tragic death of Michael Jackson last night, UK Internet visits to his homepage increased 17 fold. Yesterday www.michaeljackson.com was the 9th most visited Music website in the UK, and the highest ranked artist homepage. TMZ, the website that... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 10:20 AM
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In Categories Blogs | Celebrities | Music | News and Media
Top 100 student websites in the UK
June 02, 2009
Yesterday I received a call from Sridhar Venkatapuram of the London Business School asking me about the online behaviour of students in the UK. I mentioned on Twitter that I was pulling a list of the 100 most popular websites... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 02:30 PM
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In Categories BBC | Blogs | Branding | Celebrities | Demographics | Education | Email | Experian | Fashion | Google | Mosaic lifestyle | News and Media | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds | Social networks | TV | Top UK websites
ITV.com traffic reaches record high thanks to Britain’s Got Talent
June 01, 2009
The Britain’s Got Talent final attracted 19.2 million viewers on Saturday night, making it the most watched non-sporting television programme since 2003. The ITV show, which was won by dance troupe Diversity rather than favourite Susan Boyle, picked up almost... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 12:50 PM
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In Categories BBC | Celebrities | Fast moving search terms | Music | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Sport | TV
Daniel Hannan: has social media finally gone political in the UK?
March 31, 2009
It is generally accepted that his campaign team’s use of social media contributed to Barack Obama’s victory in last year’s American presidential election. But over on this side of the pond, politicians have been much slower to grasp the nettle... Continue reading...
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In Categories Blogs | Celebrities | News and Media | Politics | Search | Social networks | Video
Celeb and entertainment searches dominate Google News
March 26, 2009
Last week we revealed that Twitter had overtaken Google News in the UK. However, although everyone’s favourite micro-blogging service receives more UK Internet visits, Google News remains the greater source of traffic for News and Media websites. As the chart... Continue reading...
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In Categories Celebrities | Football | Gadgets | Google | Movies | Music | News and Media | Politics | Search | Sport | TV | Twitter | Weather
Apprenticeships and The Apprentice
March 13, 2009
UK Internet visits to the homepage of The Apprentice, the BBC TV show starring Sir Alan Sugar, have shot up over the last week. Some of this traffic is a result of anticipation for the forthcoming fifth series, but most... Continue reading...
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In Categories BBC | Celebrities | Charities | Demographics | Education | Employment | Experian | Government | Mosaic lifestyle | Search | TV
“Money Saving Expert” Martin Lewis the most searched-for personality in the UK
February 18, 2009
Martin Lewis, creator of the “consumer revenge” website Money Saving Expert was the most searched-for personality by UK Internet users during the 12 weeks ending January 3 2009. There were 11% more searches for Martin Lewis than US President Barack... Continue reading...
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In Categories Celebrities | Economy | Financial Services | Government | Movies | Music | News and Media | Politics | Search | Social networks | TV
Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai most searched for Bollywood stars
January 07, 2009
Last week UK Internet searches for a portfolio of 100+ Bollywood stars was 68% higher than a year ago. Here is a list of the top 20 most searched for actors and actresses from that portfolio over the 4 weeks... Continue reading...
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In Categories Celebrities | Demographics | Experian | Mosaic lifestyle | Movies | Music | Search | TV | Video
John Sergeant and Strictly Come Dancing online
November 21, 2008
A couple of weeks ago, when we predicted that Diana Vickers will win X-Factor, I opened my blog post thus: ‘Now that we’ve got the American election and the Glenrothes by-election out of the way, we can finally direct our... Continue reading...
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In Categories BBC | Celebrities | Demographics | Men | Search | TV | Women
X Factor vs. Strictly Come Dancing 2008
October 30, 2008
The annual pre-Christmas battle for Saturday night tea time TV supremacy is well under way. In the red corner: ITV’s The X Factor, with Cheryl Cole replacing Sharon Osbourne on the judging panel. In the blue corner: the BBC’s Strictly... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 10:00 AM
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In Categories BBC | Celebrities | Demographics | News and Media | Search | TV | Video | Women
Kerry Katona and YouTube
October 27, 2008
Following her much talked about appearance on ITV’s This Morning show last week, searches for ‘kerry katona’ have gone through the roof. One website that received a lot of traffic from searches for the former Atomic Kitten singer was YouTube.... Continue reading...
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In Categories Celebrities | Fast moving search terms | Music | Search | Video
