Graph Search Officially Released
Graph Search is finally rolling out to Facebook users who have their language set as English.US. You may have already been greeted by an advanced privacy warning notifying you of its impending release, with Facebook keen to stay well away from its privacy plagued past. The…
Last Minute Google Reader Alternatives
It’s a sad day for Google Reader users like myself, as the popular RSS aggregator will finally shutdown for good tomorrow, 2nd of July. With only hours left, many have questioned Google’s decision but the real concern now is identifying alternatives. If you haven’t had…
Facebook succumb to #hashtag pressure
Facebook have begun to introduce hashtags for the first time on its social network – a forced adoption due to popularity, demand and competitor success (don’t let them tell you otherwise!) If you’re an avid user of the social network (who isn’t?) then you may…
Search Trend Thursday: Ryanair vs Easyjet
It’s been a while since I’ve had the time to bring you another dosage of trendy insights but I’m back! I’ve decided to take a look at two brands this week: Easyjet & Ryanair. With the holiday season rapidly approaching it made sense to check…
Join our breakfast session on ‘Display and Real Time Bidding’
Display advertising has evolved! Learn how to finally reach a targeted, responsive audience with your campaigns by attending Tug’s breakfast seminar on “Display and Real Time Bidding” hosted by Ollie Vaughan, Media Director, and Nick Beck, CEO. Thursday 6th June 2013 – 8.30am – 10am….
Way Back Wednesday: Skype.com
Skype’s 630 million registered users and popularity was reason enough for us to check out its website’s humble beginnings in 2003. And let’s be honest – Skype should need no introduction. It’s extremely likely that you’re either an active user or have used it at…
Way Back Wednesday: BBC.co.uk
It’s Wednesday – so let’s go way back to 1997. Why? Well, if you aren’t already familiar, we travel back in time every Wednesday to unearth archived websites of old – and compare them to their existing versions (while looking out for remarkable changes, if…
Way Back Wednesday: Reddit.com
Welcome back to another week of Way Back Wednesday! This week we’re checking out the popular social news site Reddit.com. The site has seen incredible growth since its launch in 2005, evident through its Alexa ranking (122) the number of subreddits, and active communities. What is interesting from the…
Way Back Wednesday: IMDb.com
It’s Way Back Wednesday – and we’re setting our time machine’s clock to the year 2000 as we venture off to discover the developments of IMDB.com You might well be the keen movie addict regularly scouring the site for the unheard of title no one will…
Search Trend Thursday: Coca-Cola vs Pepsi
Welcome back to another edition of Search Trend Thursday. This week we’ve kept our rivalry goggles on but have moved verticals to take a look at how the age old rivalry between Coca-Cola and Pepsi fairs in the realm of search. This was actually an…
