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Some Irish digital firms want self regulation on behavioural ads
The three great pillars of the web as it stands in 2011 are Search; Social; and Behavioural Targeting. Google, Bing and Yahoo! dominate the Search world. Facebook and Twitter dominate the Social sphere and all major online publishers utilize Behavioural Targeting. However, Behavioural Targeting brings with it all kinds of concerns relating to invasion of...
YouTube’s tutorial for copyright ‘villians’
As the saying goes, ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’, but when it comes to Google and its video site YouTube, the message is becoming increasingly clear – ‘shoot the messenger to protect the copyright holder’. YouTube is facing tougher and tougher criticism from US and global lawmakers for not ‘doing enough’ in the fight against online...
Click refreshes online and gets TV show
Click Media, the publisher of Click Magazine, has launched a new site Clickonline.com as well as a new TV show – ‘Click TV’. The new site and TV show will feature movie, gaming and gadget news & reviews. The Click TV show is produced in partnership with City Channel. This 30 minute show will be...
.ie registrations exceed 10,000 in Q1
.ie registrations exceeded 10,000 in a three month period for the first time. Registrations for Quarter 1 2011 were 10,183 which represents a 5.5% increase on the corresponding quarter last year and an 18.5% increase on registrations in the last quarter of 2010. The total number of .ie domains now stands at 160,000. The IEDR’s...
Populis enjoys record earnings
Populis, the content on demand firm headquartered in Dublin enjoyed record revenues in 2010 of €58 million. Populis is what’s known as a ‘content farm’ in digital terms. It has now produced over one million articles and videos since its launch in 2004. It produces 35,000 articles and videos per month and is the largest...
Microsoft now second for online video views
The latest comScore video metrics are interesting. Microsoft can now claim to be the second biggest online video platform, after YouTube. Led by Bing Video, Microsoft moved from seventh place to second in February of this year, jumping ahead of Yahoo! and Facebook. Google (owner of YouTube) enjoyed 141.1 million unique video viewers in February...
Live & Loud from Muzu
Muzu.tv has launched a new feature dedicated to live music performances. ‘Live & Loud’ features exclusive live video performances by artists and is updated every week. The first to feature are Jessie J with a performance of her No. 1 hit ‘Price Tag’ from BBC Two’s Later … with Jools Holland, and Ellie Goulding singing...
Opel’s new app and another Done Deal
Opel has launched a new iPhone App for drivers. The Opel FlexApp offers tools to help with everything from parking and shopping to finding the right play-list to suit the driver’s mood. Available to download for free from the App Store, it can help users find parking spaces, keep track of the time left on...
Continued growth in Irish websites
The managed registry for Ireland’s official web address .ie (the IEDR), has reported that the total number of .ie domains grew by 12.9% net in 2010 to 153,419 at 31st December. New registrations for the final quarter of 2010 were marginally up by 0.7% on the same period in the previous year to 8,593 bringing...
Scott Seaborn announced for IAB conference
IAB Ireland’s inaugural conference, IAB Connect, is taking place on Thursday February 17th at Chartered Accountant’s House Pearse Street, Dublin. Scott Seaborn (left), head of mobile at the Ogilvy Group is the latest confirmed speaker. Seaborn created Ogilvy’s mobile division and leads its operation across the 12 Ogilvy Group agencies. His work has won 17...
How the world searched – the Google Zeitgeist, 2010
How was 2010 for you? If you’ve forgotten the year that was let Google remind you of all the key events. “Based on the aggregation of billions of search queries people typed into Google this year, Zeitgeist captures the spirit of 2010,” says the search giant. Indeed it does. Here’s hoping 2011 is devoid of...
