Google Overtakes ITV Revenue: You Heard It Here First
A report by The Times has suggested that Google’s surge in revenues, which we reported recently, means that the search giant has overtaken ITV’s revenues for the first time. Whilst I wouldn’t like to boast, this is exactly what we predicted back in August when we suggested that 2007 would be the year that Google’s […]
Skeletons, Nostalgia & Free Skis
Can you believe that it’s Friday already or that next week is November? No, me neither. Still rather than fret about how the year is rushing past, let’s look back at some of the interesting things we’ve seen this week, as well as looking forward to an extra hour in bed on Sunday.
This video that […]
Facebook Statistics Now Available To Everyone
Finally! It’s the moment all us data monkeys and stats junkies have been waiting for!
The Flyer Pro app on Facebook has given us access to the intricate details and secrets of the Facebook population. Interested in knowing how many 42 year olds in the United States are using Facebook? (32,240) Or how many students […]
Is Sarkozy The French Blair? Google Thinks So
The Guardian have pointed out a very interesting little anamoly; if you ask Google’s translation service to translate the word Sarkozy (the surname of the recently elected French President) into English, it comes back with the translation Blair. And if you enter the word Sarkozy three times, it returns a translation of ‘Blair defends Bush’
Now […]
The Future Of Search? It’s 4D Isn’t It?
People in our industry are often asked what they think the next developments will be in the growth of the internet, and in particular, search. Well, using the example of how frustrating a recent car journey was, I think I can probably make a pretty good guess.
Historically search has been two-dimensional; what I mean by […]
Google Revenue, Hatebook & The UK’s Love Of Viagra
It’s been an interesting week and so we’ve got a lot to cover; we’ll try to pull out some of the most interesting stories & developments in the world of digital over the last 7 days.
Google announced another massive hike in profits & revenues, with increases of 46% & 57% respectively. With the UK making […]
AOL & MSN Should Be Very Scared: The BBC Is Coming
Amongst all of the coverage of the BBC’s plans to cut thousands of jobs and sell off Television Centre, one point seems to have slipped through with almost no mention. And that is, as The Telegraph puts it, the decision to:
[Sell] Advertising for the first time on the BBC’s website.
Now I’m assuming that this news […]
DropShots: Like Flickr & YouTube, Only Private
It seems at times that you really couldn’t make this stuff up; I was just about to start preparing some slides to explain to a client how contacting sector specific bloggers can be a great way to drive links to a site, when I received an email from someone who referenced a post I wrote […]
Virgin Moves Into Peer-To-Peer Lending
It would seem that Richard Branson still has the capacity to surprise when it comes to his business deals. Whilst he looks to build his British financial portfolio with his proposed take-over of troubled (traditional) mortgage provider Northern Rock, in the US it seems that he is being a bit more forward thinking.
TechCrunch reports that […]
Come And See Us Talk: Altogether At a4u & SMX London
We’re very excited here at Altogether as James & I will soon have a chance to share our views with the world in person, rather than just via the blog.
Next week James & I will both be speaking at the a4u Expo (which is being organised in conjunction with the excellent Search Engine Strategies). On […]
