Posts Tagged ‘ News and Media ’

Competition 2.0 – Who Are Print Media Websites Competing With Online? News & Media Post 2 of 3

Tweet Saddam Hussein’s execution – aired around the world through blogs and on YouTube – made YouTube a primary news source for millions of consumers. Newspapers were once the domain for breaking news, but often the medium and time constraints prevent printed press from reacting quickly enough to break news. This second of three in [...][ READ MORE ]

Fastest Growing News & Media Websites: Digg.com & Print – News & Media Post 1 of 3

Tweet In a series of three three posts, I will present some of the key findings from our forthcoming Hitwise UK Online News and Media report (request copy of report here). This first post will discuss the growth in visits to the category and list the fastest growing websites. The next two posts will be [...][ READ MORE ]

Polonium 210 and Thallium Searches Soar Following Tragic Death of Alexander Litvinenko

Tweet Over the weekend, our conversations with friends were dominated by talk of the tragic death last week of Alexander Litvinenko. The story keeps getting murkier and seems to be straight from a Bond film. The former Russian spy, who was reportedly poisoned by the radioactive substance polonium, died in London last week. Of all [...][ READ MORE ]

Google News versus Digg

Tweet I am a regular listener of the Daily SearchCast and yesterday’s episode was particularly good. Danny Sullivan and Dave Naylor make a killer combination for good laughs, excellent rants and, of course, search industry news. Yesterday, Danny talked through a case study of Google News versus Digg (you can find more on this on [...][ READ MORE ]

What are 18 to 34 Year Olds Doing Online? Managing Content to Your Target Market

Tweet This week saw the launch of yet another afternoon freesheet in London and battle calls are being waged online by London Lite and the paper’s online presence at This is London and NewsCorp’s thelondonpaper. These papers are thought largely to target young commuters with little loyalty to the broadsheets, which leads me to ask: [...][ READ MORE ]