In the Guardian
I was quoted in the Guardian this weekend. See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/aug/09/workandcareers
Month: August 2008
More people use online search than ever – but Google isn’t winning
More people than ever before are spending part of their day searching online. The latest research from the Pew Internet group has revealed that apart from email, it’s the most common thing we do online. Almost half of all people who go online each day engage in search. At first …
BBC Tees and parents who snoop on their children
Just done an interview on BBC Tees about parents who snoop on their kids online activities. Pointed out that it’s the parents who need more advice than the children…!
Web 2.0 flurry appears to be slowing down
Researchers at McKinsey, the business analysts, have discovered that the initial enthusiasm there was for “Web 2.0” is now waning. In fact, far fewer businesses have taken up things like blogging and social networking than was predicted. As you can see from McKinsey’s own graph (above) on average only around …
Check your email – quick – another one might be in….!
How often do you check your email? When you install email software, such as Microsoft Outlook, it is set up to automatically check for new messages every 10 minutes. Few people change the default settings, so most people get used to emails popping into their inbox regularly throughout the day. …
Don’t forget – the Internet exists “within” the real world – it’s not a separate place…!
Sometimes data comes along and you just have to go – “oh my goodness, how daft is that?”. Well, new research from search engine marketing specialists, iProspect, shows that the vast majority of online marketers appear to have forgotten there is a real world out there. That’s because this study …
Online video isn’t long enough
A couple of years back, there was much talk about the increased use of online video, thanks to the launch of YouTube. Then along came video on the iPod and the BBC launched its iPlayer. The online video revolution, we were told, was upon us; soon, we were “reliably” informed …
Local radio interview
Just been interviewed for local radio in East Anglia.
Is the Internet your best friend?
Before the Internet came along there were two main ways of finding suitable suppliers for things we wanted to buy. If we knew we wanted something but didn’t know who to get it from, the first thing we used to do was ask a friend or colleague. And if they …