Growth in television viewing will increase more than time spent watching online video through 2012 and attracting a large audience for Internet video could take even longer according Bain & Co.
Widget Growth Driven By Social Networks
Users of widgets are more likely to receive them from friends than from companies that created them, according to a new report from JupiterResearch, "Widgets: Delivering Applications Users Want." User between the ages of 18-24 are six times more likely to receive widgets from friends than from a company.
TV, Internet Video Continue Growth
Television viewing during the 2006-2007-television year stayed at the record levels set in the previous year, while the number of homes with Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) more than doubled according to the Nielsen Company.
IAC: Ask.com Growth Offset By Lending Tree
Search & Media performed well for IAC, but the continued troubles in the housing market reduced the impact of Ask’s gains.
Vertical Search Market Ripe For Growth
The vertical search market could see significant growth by adding new features, improving content and forming partnerships with existing Web sites according to a new report from JupiterResearch, "Vertical Search: Learning Lessons from Shopping."
Google Korea Sees (Sort Of) Impressive Growth
A recent wave of articles documented Google’s lack of market share in South Korea – this corresponds to an apparent lack of success. And, while I can’t argue with that conclusion, there are signs that Google could still turn things around.
Google’s Market Share Growth Slows
Hitwise reports that Google’s market share for May is 65.13%. While fielding nearly two thirds of all US searches is definitely not a bad thing, Google’s market share didn’t grow over April 2007. In fact, it actually declined 0.13 percentage points. While the amount is minuscule (representing 0.2% of their market share), for the first time in recent months, some of the other major search engines actually gained market share.
The Growth Of Online Video
Daily usage of online video increased by 56 percent over the past year according to an online Magid Media Futures survey.
Explosive Mobile Web Growth
Bango this week published statistics that confirm that the United States is at the forefront of a mobile web growth with a three-fold increase in usage over the last year. This rapid rise, taking the US to second position behind the UK, is being fuelled by the increasing popularity of mobile search as a way of finding new content and services.
Safety Drives Teen Mobile Growth
The growth of tween (children ages eight to 12) and teen cell phone subscribers will outpace that of the overall U.S. population according to a new report from Jupiter Research, "Mobile Subscriber Acquisition: Marketing to Parents, Teens, and Tweens."