Data published by Hitwise has shown that Facebook accounts for a staggering 1 in 6 online pages viewed in the UK. As a percentage this is 16.73% which makes Facebook the most visited site in terms of total page views in the UK. Of all the social networking sites Facebook also accounts for over half of all visits with all the other social sites left to pick up the 46.52% scraps. (more…)

42.6% of UK consumers buy online at least once a week and spend on average £71 a month according to a post on Econsultancy. Findings taken from a survey of 2,000 people conducted by eCommera found that online spending has increased by more than a third in the past year. (more…)

Research conducted by comScore has shown that women spend 30 percent more time on social networking sites than men. (more…)

Online video viewing in the UK is rapidly increasing according to new figures. New research by comScore has shown that 5.5 billion videos were viewed online in February 2010 which is a rise of 37 percent on the previous year. (more…)

Interesting findings from a study conducted by UK Online Measurement Company have found that the 50 and over age demographic make up the largest group of new internet users in the UK. (more…)

The accountancy firm, Deloitte have today announced that the UK online retail market will hit £25bn in 2010, a massive increase of £16bn in just 5 years (2005 UK online retail market £9bn).

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iCrossing yesterday released the US search engine market share figures for September.

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18 hours ago Robin Sloan, an ex Current Media executive posted the 5 billionth tweet on the micro blogging giant Twitter.

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