The word ‘value’ means different things to different people and you could argue that every one of your readers is priceless, but for the purposes of this article ‘value’ will refer to a monetary amount. For a blogger placing a value on their readers is difficult but for the purposes of setting targets and goals …
The world is a changing place, and thanks to world wide networks information and news can flow freely and rapidly. The world was in shock when Libyan national Eman al-Obeidy burst into a hotel full of journalists to share her horrible and frightening experiences at the hands of the Gaddafi security forces, only for her …
Unlike traditional Laptops and Desktops computers, the iPad has a size and form factor which makes it ideal for Magazine style content, the touch driven interface is ideal for flicking between articles and pages. Flipboard is a fantastic application for the iPad which in addition to providing a number of quality news streams, can turn …
It’s been an Interesting week in the life of Charlie Sheen, the Movie and TV actor who has recently been most famous for starring in Two and a Half men has formally been sacked by his bosses at Warner Bros following Sheen’s high profile criticism of the shows writer. Sheen’s behaviour has apparently started to …
Stuart Baggs has achieved a level of infamy since the current series of the BBC TV show The Apprentice hit our TV screens. At only 21 years old the young entrepreneur he has already proved himself to be successful businessman running the successful Bluewave telecommunications company on the Isle of Man. Often referring to himself …
In this post I looked at how the search traffic for Gillian McKeith had increased since her entry and exit from the TV Game Show ‘I’m a Celebrity – Get Me out of Here’, even though during her time on the show she didn’t cover herself in glory. During the same weekend a contestant on …
As previously discussed Current Events can have a real impact on the amount of Google Search carried out for a person or topic, as a case in point the recent story of the TV nutritionist Gillian McKeith. Gillian McKeith was perhaps a minor celebrity, having a couple of TV shows and ongoing Magazine column, she …
Yesterday I wrote this article on how Theo Paphitis used Twitter to promote his new business Boux Avenue. Theo was good enough to re-tweet the link to his followers and the effect was incredible. Within 5 mins the traffic to my blog had spiked to such an extent that my blog was using more then …
Over the last few weeks I’ve been looking at Trends in Google Traffic in relation to the Current Series of the X-Factor The Graph below show the amount of Google Searches for 4 contestants on this years X-Factor, John Adeleye, Paije Richardson, Matt Cardle & Storm Lee. What the graph shows is that for the contestants …
In this post I describe how I was trying to use iTunes to try and predict who would get eliminated from Week3 of The X-Factor. This week the iTunes method successfully predicted that John Adeleye & Treyc Cohen would be the bottom 2 artists , and as the millions of live viewers saw they were. …
Following on from this article last week, I’m again trying to predict who gets eliminated from tonight’s Live X-Factor using the number of ratings that each each artists track receives on iTunes. The table below shows how many ratings each track gets, the average score of each track and a score based on the number …
Or…How being eliminated from The X-Factor was great publicity for Storm Lee. Last Sunday night saw the Elimination of Storm Lee from The X-Factor, but if it’s any consolation for him, the Online interest in him went through the roof. The graph below was created using Google Insights for Search shows on the day of …
Following on from this article where I experimented using Google Insights for Search to predict the results of the second week of The X-Factor, here’s this weeks results. Google Insights for Search can be used to generate reports showing how many searches have taken place for specific keywords, so if you generate a report based on …
In these previous posts I described how Google & iTunes might be used to predict the results of The X-Factor, but how did the predictions do. The Actual results were: Storm Lee received the lowest amount of public votes, and eliminated from the competition. Belle Amie and Diva Fever got the next set of lowest …
**Updated at 19.55 with updated iTunes figures to use for accuracy** In this Article I discussed using Google Insights for Search to follow popularity in search trends to assist in predicting who would get eliminated in tonight’s X-Factor Show. I’ve discovered another way of measuring the popularity of each of the acts using iTunes. Following …
In this previous article I discussed how Google Insights for Search could be used to follow trends of popularity across the Internet. The tool goes into significant detail but what if you just want to perform a very quick exercise to judge the popularity of 2 keywords. A tool called Google fight can help. Simply …
Love it or hate it The X-Factor has become a part of our culture, drawing millions to watch it each week and controlling the music charts. However there is a common belief that the contest has very little to do with Talent and in the main is nothing more then a Popularity Contest, if that’s …