Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen held his tongue when an Apple-sponsored study correlating high productivity with larger computer screens was released. But when Computer World published an article about it (seven months after we did), Nielsen felt he needed to put a stop to it.
Nielsen: Republicans Outnumber Dems Online
NetRatings, a Nielsen property, published a report today comparing Internet usage along political party lines. The findings also catalog top websites among both Democrats and Republicans, indicating a wide disparity in online interests between the partisan groups.
Google Poised For Nielsen Raidings
Google is a media company – a dangerous one for conventional players. Mountain View’s next potential rival: Nielsen Media Research, the audience measurement company that has held a virtual monopoly in the sector for decades. And it shouldn’t be surpirsing. Google’s MO is information collection and research.
Nielsen to Track Online TV Watching
I can’t remember which technology columnist predicted on-demand television in 2-3 years, but I do remember thinking it was a seriously optimistic projection.
Nielsen Snags Blogosphere Data Monopoly
By acquiring a majority stake in Intelliseek (which publishes BlogPulse), plugging that data into Buzzmetrics, and dubbing it Nielsen Buzzmetrics, Nielsen parent VNU effectively cornered the market on blog data.
Buzzmetrics, Intelliseek Merge with Nielsen
Buzzmetrics today announced they have purchased Intelliseek and sold a majority stake in the new company to Nielsen, which is owned by VNU.
Nielsen Teams Up With Intelliseek
The blogosphere just got a lot of credit in the media business. The company best known for measurement of television ratings, Nielsen has paired up with consumer-generated-media analytics firm Intelliseek to form Nielsen BuzzMetrics.
Nielsen/NetRating Identifies Top Brands And Parents In Portals
How does this relate to the search marketer? Ah well that’s the story for our readers isn’t it. Well, we’ve got that too. They also ranked the top 10 web site by parent company and top 10 web sites by brand as well as the time spent per person combined in both home and work. This is where the tale really is told.
Nielsen/NetRatings Counting Things Differently
The Nielsen/NetRatings organization, long known and prized for its ratings systems announced a new way to track ratings and figuring in the folks who toss their cookies. They’ve been testing the method in the U.S. and using it in Australia and Italy.
Reveal Those Links, Nielsen Says
How many blogs do you see that spell out the URLs of each link contained in a post? Links are one of the defining elements of blogs.