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Weekly internet update

With Search Engine Optimisation consultant Pascal Fintoni

In the news: According to Hitwise MySpace.com accounted for nearly 75% of all US visits in 2007, followed by Facebook.com with 12.57% and Bebo.com with 1.24%.

The US electorate is turning to the Internet for information about presidential campaigns according to emarketer.com with 41% of 18 to 29-year-olds saying they regularly learned about the campaign from the web.

Still unsure about how to use social media to boost your online visibility? Try this article from Tino Triste from Just Search; it might help you along.

BT Total Broadband have announced the nation’s favourite websites, winners include amazon.com, bbc.co.uk, holymoly.co.uk and many more across 17 categories.

In a recent survey, 59.1% of respondents said the primary factor in opening and reading an email is whether they know and trust the sender. Find out more in this report from marketingcharts.com.

Plug of the week: Were you a ‘Foot Soldier’ or a ‘Digital Devotee’ at Christmas? Find out more with the results of the Christmas shopping poll conducted by the North East Regional Portal.

Story of the week: A “visual dictionary” showing all 53,463 nouns in English has been created by academics in the US. The incredibly detailed map actually shows words represented by coloured squares as they have been entered on search engines.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .