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Shopping.com tops retail ranking
News The Shopping.com network - which includes the Dealtime.co.uk, DoorOne.co.uk and Shopping.com sites - topped rankings from both Hitwise and Nielsen/NetRatings. Nielsen Netratings data for July 2007 (unique audience ) [18 Sep 2007]
Women vs men: Who's more web-savvy?
News Top 20 UK websites by time spent online, April 2007 (million hours)* ebay.co.uk (19.3) bebo.com (9.1) bbc.co.uk (8.2) google.co.uk (8.2) myspace.com (8.1) msn.com (7.0) yahoo.co.uk (5.3) youtube.com (4.5) facebook.com (4.3) runescape.com (3.9... [23 Aug 2007]
Microsoft loses ground in search stakes
News posted gains, according to statistics released by Nielsen/NetRatings. After gaining ground for a couple months, Microsoft's search business lost market share in April, while Google and Yahoo! Microsoft saw its share of the market slip to nine per... [22 May 2007]
Google "ecstatic" about Q1 results
News Nielsen/NetRatings gives Google a 40 per cent share of the US search market, compared with Yahoo! Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said in a conference call with analysts: "We are ecstatic about our financial results this past quarter. [20 Apr 2007]
Orange rings up Bebo deal
News Bebo is the second most popular social networking site in the UK after MySpace and was the eighth biggest growing internet brand last year, according to Nielsen/NetRatings, seeing its audience grow by 85 per cent. [28 Mar 2007]
Google rakes in 67 per cent more revenue
News Web traffic to Google grew 24 per cent in the fourth quarter from the same period a year earlier and Google accounts for more than half of all web searches, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. Google's fourth-quarter revenue rose 67 per cent and... [01 Feb 2007]
Yahoo! Q4 profits fatter than expected
News s engine has risen more than 30 per cent in the past year, giving the company nearly 24 per cent market share, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. posted fourth-quarter profits yesterday that were down more than 60 per cent from a year ago, on higher... [24 Jan 2007]
Poker, IM most addictive web apps
News Online poker has most effectively harnessed the 'always-on' nature of broadband, according to Alex Burmaster, European internet analyst at Nielsen/NetRatings, which carried out the research. The findings come from the first 'Applications Index... [16 Jan 2007]
Internet beats high street for Christmas shopping
News Brits will spend 55 per cent of their Christmas shopping budget on presents bought online, a new survey by Nielsen/Netratings has found. Alex Burmaster, European internet analyst for Nielsen/Netratings, told silicon.com that Christmas is... [29 Nov 2006]
Online music and video sales soaring
News Men shell out around 40 per cent more than women per month, according to stats from Nielsen/NetRatings. Alex Burmaster, European internet analyst for Nielsen/NetRatings said these figures represent an encouraging shift in the willingness of... [08 Nov 2006]
Google grabs YouTube for $1.65bn
News It cited numbers from Nielsen/NetRatings, claiming 20 million unique visitors per month. Google has agreed to purchase online video phenomenon YouTube for $1.65bn in stock, the companies announced on Monday. [10 Oct 2006]
YouTube 'a good fit for Google'
News YouTube's audience growth during 2006 has hit 606 per cent, according to figures from Nielsen/NetRatings. YouTube would make a good acquisition target for Google according to analysts, as rumours of a $1.6bn bid by the search giant for the video... [09 Oct 2006]
Tech confusion rules online Brits
News Even the ubiquitous iPod retains an air of mystery to one in seven online Brits - who have heard of it but don't know what it is, according to Nielsen/NetRatings, which conducted the research. Alex Burmaster, European internet analyst at Nielsen... [04 Oct 2006]
Podcasts appeal to geeks shocker
News Macworld is the most-visited content site by people who download audio podcasts, according to media research group Nielsen/NetRatings, while StarTrek.com is the most visited content site among video podcast downloaders. [13 Jul 2006]
Google and Microsoft cuddling up to MySpace
News Social networking sites are now reaching 45 per cent of the active web population, according to data from Nielsen/Netratings. Social networking giant MySpace - beloved of teens and bands peddling their tunes - is cosying up to the old school of... [23 May 2006]
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