Study Shows 68% Of UK Internet Users Active On Facebook, 28% On Twitter
Facebook is the most widely used social media network in the UK, with 68% of British surfers being members of the site, according to a new study by InSites Consulting. Around 80% of British Internet...
View ArticleFacebook Monthly Users Reach One Billion
Social networking site Facebook hit a major milestone in early October 2012, winning over one billion users per month, or double the numbers it reached in July 2010. The site, which had 100 million...
View ArticleOver Third Of Online Sales Start With Web Searches
Over a third (38%) of online retail sales to new customers begin with clicks from organic or paid search results, according to a report by Forrester Research published in late September. Despite the...
View ArticleMore Than Half Of Britons Log On To Social Media While Eating Out
What could distract people from a romantic dinner they share with their loved ones? The answer is social media, or at least this is what a new survey from PC World and Currys suggests. According to the...
View ArticleUK Ahead Of US In Social Media Use At Work
A total of 75% of British people use social-networking sites at work, against 67% in the USA, according to a recent survey among 300 employees and managers in both countries by cloud services firm...
View ArticleBritons Most Active in Sharing Events On Social Media
Britons make most clicks when sharing events through social media, according to a new study by online ticketing firm Eventbrite. Every time a user in Britain shares an Eventbrite event on Facebook, 22...
View ArticleOnline Purchases To Make Third Of UK Retail Sales By 2022 – EIU
Online purchases will account for one third or more of retail sales in the UK in 10 years, compared to 10% at present, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Retail 2022 report released...
View Article55% of UK Businesses Embrace Social Media
More than half (55%) of British organisations have integrated social media into their business processes and structure, new research from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and marketing and...
View ArticleBritain Tops Global Ranking With Social Media Use
Britain is the global leader in terms of its use of social-networking sites with 52% of adults in the UK using Facebook and similar sites, according to a survey from Pew Research Center released on 12...
View ArticleFacebook Rules Social Media Scene In 127 Nations
In terms of social media use Facebook is unsurprisingly the king and is becoming more popular, according to data compiled by social media analyst Vincenzo Cosenza, using Alexa analytics. Every six...
View ArticleLinkedIn Registered Users Surpasses 200 Million Mark
LinkedIn, the social-networking site linking professional peers, said last week that it had hit a major milestone, counting more than 200 million registered users on a global scale. The site serves its...
View ArticleFacebook Unveils New Search Tool
On Tuesday Facebook unveiled its new search feature – Graph Search – which is designed to give its more than one billion users increased flexibility when finding and sharing content on the site. With...
View ArticleTwitter Ranked Fastest-Growing Social Network
Twitter has become the fastest-growing social platform in the world, outpacing social-networking giant Facebook, according to the latest data by GlobalWebIndex. The number of active Twitter users rose...
View ArticleTwitter Update Searches To Show Older Tweets
Micro-blogging and social-networking service Twitter has recently enhanced its search capabilities to show tweets with a date older than a week ago. Search results were previously limited to tweets...
View ArticleTotal Of 67% Of UK Mobile Users Follow Brands On Twitter
About two-thirds (67%) of mobile users in the UK follow brands on Twitter, with 25% of them following more than 10 brands, according to a new study examining how and where UK users interact with the...
View ArticleIDC Study Shows Healthy Social Media Adoption Rates In Western Europe
Social media is gaining momentum in businesses, with the adoption of social media tools set to progress rapidly over the next two years, as business leaders are getting increasingly supportive, showed...
View ArticleFacebook Suggests Ways To Make Better Use Of Its Search Feature
Roughly six weeks after rolling out its new search feature, Graph Search, social-networking site Facebook has shared information on how ‘hundreds of thousands’ of people are using the new tool. In an...
View ArticleFacebook Unveils Richer, Simpler News Feed
Facebook has announced a complete redesign of its News Feed, giving its core service a fresh look and feel which is more consistent with the new ways that people are sharing information. The revamped...
View ArticleTwitter Enhances Archiving Tool To Engage With Global Users
Micro-blogging and social-networking platform Twitter has just announced that it had opened its tweet archive to those who use its service in 12 non-English languages. The move is yet another way for...
View ArticleTips On Boosting Views On YouTube
One of the top pieces of social media news last week was YouTube’s announcement that it had crossed the one-billion mark in terms of unique monthly viewers. Well done to them, but what’s in it for...
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