Big news: social is bigger than search Facebook is now the top source of traffic for major news and entertainment portals such as Yahoo and MSN, according to traffic analysis firm Compete, and is ?among the leaders? for other sites as well.Although far from conclusive, this is just another sign of how the ?social web? is becoming an increasingly dominant force in terms of driving traffic flows on the Internet ? and that in turn makes ... [more]
Tiger replaced by elephant Has anyone else seen the Accenture ads in Heathrow lately?As you may remember they used to star Mr Tiger Woods. Well now - sticking with the animal theme - Tiger has been replaced by an Elephant on a surf board!oh the irony...... ... [more]
Lebedev on verge of getting Indie Ive just returned from South Africa where I got it on very good, very senior authority that the Indie deal is done and the buyer is Lebedev.So disregard all the rumors of other buyers and of interest from 'prominent UK family' and watch the Indie story unfold under new ownership.On strength of todays NRS news that Standard's readership has increased 113% since it went free its probably a fair ... [more]