tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:13:11 +0000http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/blog.htmlDaveBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-7958230137862071564Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:15:00 +00002006-11-23T12:16:40.835ZA few months back I wrote a blog post on my personal blog, about Social Networks and in it I speculated that it wouldn't be long before somebody came up with some sort of aggregator, (cf Trillian for messenger) which allowed you to combine all your different bits on one site. I received an email this week and blog comment, about the first site to do this, Spokeo.com, started by a couple of http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/11/social-networking.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-115935009076716412Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:40:00 +00002006-09-27T10:50:39.440+01:00New research shows that British and French internet users are the most susceptible to online advertising and marketing, according to NetObserver Europe. The findings, from the 13th edition of the report, found that in the last six months 55.6% of French internet users had taken part in an online competition organised by a brand or an e-commerce site, compared with 35.1% of British internet usershttp://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/09/british-and-french-most-susceptible-to.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-115693511268181172Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:53:00 +00002006-08-30T11:51:52.706+01:00The online music world has changed again this week with the planned launch of a new music download service called SpiralFrog. This new service will offer totally legal music downloads for free and will monetise the service through advertising. It will be fascinating to watch the reaction of other major labels and services like iTunes. Not forgetting how this will impact in other areas such as http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/08/universal-music-backs-ad-funded.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-115330125396070020Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:19:00 +00002006-07-19T10:27:33.970+01:00Having worked for several large US global businesses (Amazon and Yahoo), I have found it fascinating to see how different markets in Europe develop. At both it was always frustrating to the local team in Germany that the UK market, despite having a smaller population, consistently performed stronger. I am sure the benefit of English language websites has an important part to play, but even now http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/07/uk-europes-top-online-shopper.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-115019025742456895Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:15:00 +00002006-06-13T10:17:37.436+01:00This could be a worrying trend. If users are regularly lying in onlne surveys then this calls into question the reliability of selected Direct marketing databases which rely on this type of data collection. Read more herehttp://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/06/consumers-lie-in-online-surveys.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-114836908091320458Tue, 23 May 2006 07:21:00 +00002006-05-23T08:24:40.913+01:00Latest data suggest that online sales in the US will rise 20% this year, to $211 billion. What is interesting is that the fastest growing sectors are pet supplies and cosmetics! $73 billion of this total is allocated to Travel online. This growth compares with a forecast 4.7% for offline retail in 2006.http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/05/online-sales-to-rise-20-percent-in.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-114836887898800439Tue, 23 May 2006 07:16:00 +00002006-05-23T08:21:19.000+01:00We should have expected it, Google was never going to rely just in text ads if it could come up with a way to use display and rich media adverts. This article describes how Google will soon launch a pay per click video ad service. Google will host the video and the ads will be static until the user choose to lay it (at which point the advertiser presumably incurs the click cost). Google will http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/05/google-reinvents-tv-ads-with-pay-per.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-114710225599356632Mon, 08 May 2006 15:19:00 +00002006-05-08T16:30:56.270+01:00Last week saw the WE Media Global Forum in London Hosted by Reuters and the BBC. The forum put the spotlight on trust in the media and citizen journalism, in an era of 24-hour news. When anyone with a mobile phone can take a photograph that makes it on to our screens and newspapers, the lines between those who report the news and those who read it are becoming blurred. This report from the http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/05/have-blogs-reached-tipping-point.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-114346901189660455Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:50:00 +00002006-03-27T15:16:54.953+01:00If there is any one word that is en vogue over the last few months, if not years, it is blogging. You can tell when a new technology is really starting to become mainstream when it start winning serious awards and also when your non techie friends start asking questions about it. I spotted this story today on BBC News about a Blogger from Iraq that has reached the long list for BBC Four's http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/03/blogging-coming-of-age.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-114302741831012643Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:34:00 +00002006-03-23T14:07:41.496ZThere is lots of talk in the news about Web 2.0 and I just found this really useful list of Web 2.0 applications, thanks to a website Sacred Cow Dung. Even more interesting is that one of the sites I am involved in, BlogCode.com is in the list :)http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/03/web-20.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-114183003521618081Wed, 08 Mar 2006 14:49:00 +00002006-03-08T15:00:35.260ZThere is a fascinating article on the BBC website "Evangelising the Internet" with an extensive interview with Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist of Google. The article covers a lot of interesting areas, such as the Telcos charging major net companies for access to the internet, something Google strongly opposes. Read more here...http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/03/evangelising-internet.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-114098481251690455Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:11:00 +00002006-02-26T20:13:32.526ZIn addition to this, work-related blog, I have just started a personal blog at http://muttonsworld.blogspot.com. That may have the occasional work related post, but will mostly include random musings and interesting articles.http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/02/personal-blog.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-114060324440992349Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:07:00 +00002006-02-22T10:14:04.420ZThe ubiquitous use of the internet is set to increase as more and more users turn to Broadband for access. According to this article from BBC News, broadband now accounts for 64% of all net connections. As people adapt to this "always on" and faster connection, their usage of the internet will increase. As an early adopter of internet and having worked in internet companies for many years, http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/02/broadband-growth-accelerates.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-114044701449905166Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:45:00 +00002006-02-20T14:50:32.556ZLots of news stories recently about what a strong year 2005 was for online retailing. The best summary is on the BBC news site - click here. There is also a new Verdict research report regarding the growth drivers for 2006. The report costs £1,650, click here for more information.http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/02/strong-year-for-online-retailing.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-114044559783865294Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:22:00 +00002006-02-20T14:26:38.380ZInteresting article regarding the rumour that Amazon.com is set to launch a Digital Music business to rival iTunes. Click here for the full story.http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/02/amazon-set-to-launch-digital-music.htmlDavetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599966.post-114042741188727642Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:15:00 +00002006-02-20T09:23:31.886ZI've been involved in a new Blog website, BlogCode and it has increased my interest in Blogging, hence this first post to my own Blog. Watch this space for more.http://www.thirdaspect.co.uk/blog/2006/02/blogging-is-interesting.htmlDave