Blogosphere doubling in size every six months
The blogosphere is 100 times larger than it was just three years ago, according to new figures from weblog tracking site Technorati.
The site's latest 'State of the Blogosphere' report shows blogging activity is doubling in size every 200 days, or about once every six and a half months. About 175,000 new weblogs were created every day in the last three years - the equivalent of two every second.
Britons spend 50 days a year online
The average British broadband user now spends around 50 days a year on the web, according to a new survey by YouGov.
General surfing was the most popular internet-based activity at an average seven hours and 54 minutes per week.
Viacom fancies coy Bebo, and with good reason
This week’s Bebo acquisition rumour comes in the shape of Viacom, the also-rans in the MySpace courtship battle. With Bebo in no rush to sell, we don’t anticipate this latest industry gossip will become a reality anytime soon.
It is plainly obvious that Big Media Companies are now scrambling all of their M&A jets in search of social networking sites to buy. This was previously something that seemed a little bit like bandwagon jumping a few months ago, but now there is a real reason for it.
AOL admits ‘screw up’ over user privacy
AOL has apologised after “mistakenly” releasing the search histories of around 650,000 users onto the web.
The internet giant has come under fire in the past week after its research division made public around 20 million keyword searches performed by its subscribers. Although the information didn’t include users’ names, the move has attracted widespread criticism that the company had breached their privacy and left them open to ID theft.
Is Google News on holiday?
What's happened to Google News today? Is Newsbot on vacation? We noticed that stories stopped being indexed at about midday GMT, and other publishers are reporting similar issues.
Highly unusual...
Web launch delays blamed on lack of content
A survey of digital agencies reveals that website launches are delayed by as much as three months because content isn’t ready or suitable.
Priorities cited for website projects were design (75%), development (55%) and search engine optimisation (65%), with only 10% of agencies questioned saying website content was top of their agenda.
Kids to get online ID card
Manufacturers have launched a virtual ID card aimed at protecting children on the web.
Its makers hope the NetIDme system, which will cost £9.99-a-year, will reduce opportunities for paedophiles to hide their age when online.
Search engines to form anti-click fraud alliance
Search engines including Google, Yahoo and MSN have teamed up with The US’ Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) to develop ways of better measuring click fraud, according to the Associated Press .Set to be announced later today, the initiative will attempt to develop guidelines that would introduce more accountability into PPC advertising.
Technorati boss gives blogging tips
Technorati founder David L. Sifry has provided some tips for bloggers aiming to crack the search engine’s Top 100 list.
The Wired article also includes pointers from MySpace Hacks’ Matthew Price on how to increase your traffic on the community site.
YouTube overtakes Myspace
YouTube has overtaken Myspace and risen to the top of the community website league, according to new research.The study, compiled by internet analysts Alexa and covered in The Guardian, shows that the video-sharing portal has taken a 3.9% share of global internet visits a day, compared with 3.35% for News Corp’s social networking site.
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