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The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) will work to 'educate' the marketplace about the different ways of measuring web site traffic, the body revealed this week. The commitment was made as NetRatings and comScore both agreed to audit timetables at their recent closed doors meeting. More
Online measurement firm NetRatings says it will move ahead with the full Media Rating Council (MRC) Accreditation process, having completed a pre-audit. More
NetRatings has reported revenues of $22 million for the first quarter of 2007, compared with $18.3 million for the same period in 2006. More
Nielsen//NetRatings has launched a new syndicated measurement service dubbed VideoCensus, which combines panel and census methodologies to gauge audience size, demographic composition, engagement and competitive activity for video content. More
Online measurement firms comScore and Nielsen//NetRatings have agreed to a meeting on May 16th to discuss their plans with the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) and other groups, following the exchange of open letters last week with IAB CEO Randall Rothenberg. More
The Nielsen Company is to acquire the remainder of word-of-mouth media tracking agency BuzzMetrics, of which it already owns 58%. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. More
comScore and Nielsen//NetRatings have issued positive responses to the call by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) for them to submit to a third-party audit; but the Bureau has challenged them to back up their promises by setting and sticking to a scheduled timetable. More
US trade association the Interactive Advertising Bureau has sent an open letter to two of the major Internet audience measurement firms, comScore and Nielsen//NetRatings, asking them to submit to a third-party audit of their measurement processes by the MRC. More
NetRatings has released financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2006. Full year figures show a profit for the first time, with a net income of $2.8m in 2006 vs a loss of $8.4m in 2005. Revenue rose 20% from $68m in 2005 to $81.8m in 2006. More
Internet audience measurement and analysis firm, Nielsen/NetRatings, will expand its online advertising measurement service AdRelevance in Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand in the third quarter of 2007. More
The Nielsen Company is to buy the remainder of online audience specialist NetRatings, for a total purchase price of $327m cash, or $21.00 a share. It already owns 60 per cent. More
In the UK, two former employees of Jupiter MMXI and Nielsen//NetRatings have launched a PR and marketing consultancy, GutjahrGreen Communications, with a focus on services for the market research industry. More
Nielsen//NetRatings has launched its online advertising measurement service, AdRelevance, in Japan. Initial results show a market worth 19.2 bn Yen or US $160m for display ads in September, with beauty the highest spending sector and Vodafone-Softbank the top advertiser. More
Online audience specialist NetRatings has expanded its patent enforcement program with the filing of lawsuits against four companies, including WebTrends, Inc., alleging infringement of patents it owns or controls. More
Newly-private VNU is proposing to acquire the remainder of the shares in NetRatings, Inc., a company it majority owns (60.5%) with the rest publicly held. The firm is offering $16.00 per share in cash. The NetRatings board is meeting this afternoon to discuss evaluation of the proposal. More
Nielsen//NetRatings has published the first results from its newly launched AdRelevance online ad tracking service in China. Results show the country's computer, automotive and FMCG industries investing heavily in online advertising, and a dramatic growth in overall spend. More
Nielsen//NetRatings has announced upgrades for AdRelevance, its competitive online media intelligence service, giving more data on rich media advertising. More
NetRatings has announced results for the quarter ended June 30. Revenues were $19.9m, up 17% on Q2 2005. Net income for the quarter was $931,000, turning round a $2.3m net loss in Q2 2005. The company has also appointed Louise Ainsworth as MD of its European business. More
Internet giant Yahoo! Inc. has appointed a data mining expert, Dr. Raghu Ramakrishnan as Vice President and Yahoo! Research Fellow. Meanwhile in Hong Kong, Business Developer Joseph Kam has left Yahoo! to join online measurement firm NetRatings. More
Google's second-quarter results, published yesterday, have beaten analyst expectations, with ad revenue and market share continuing to rise. Meanwhile its share of searches in the US rose to around 50% in May, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. More
Unica Corporation has announced that it has settled a dispute with online measurement company NetRatings, inherited when the former acquired technology company Sane Solutions on March 22 this year. Unica will license a number of NetRatings' patents on a non-exclusive basis for a one-time fee of $1.5 million. More
Following Nielsen Media Research's TV ratings announcement yesterday, sister company NetRatings has announced the expansion of its Internet measurement capabilities to address the growth of online audio and video content as well as the convergence of Internet and television content. More
Another milestone for Google, according to Nielsen//NetRatings – the search engine passed fifty per cent of all US Internet searches for the first time in April. Yahoo! and MSN searches made up 22 and 11% of the total, respectively. More
NetRatings has announced its results for the quarter ending 31 March, showing an 11% rise in revenue to US$18.3m. Net loss for the quarter came in at US$225,000 compared with US$1.6m a year earlier. More
Global agency Lightspeed Research has named David Day as European Chief Executive Officer with effect from June 5 this year. Day was previously Managing Director for NetRatings, Europe, Middle East and Africa. More
Two of VNU's major shareholders could scupper the US$10.3 billion private equity buyout backed by the group's Board earlier this week. Fund manager Fidelity International, which owns 15% of VNU, said it was 'unlikely to support this offer', while FT reports suggest 2% holder KVAM is 'actively looking' for a Chief Executive to run VNU. More
VNU has announced 'better-than-expected results' for 2005. The Media Measurement & Information division (MMI) showed 11% organic growth, led by a strong Nielsen Media Research (NMR). Group-wide, organic growth was only 5%. VNU says favourable settlement of tax audits 'more than offset' the $55m cost of the recent IRI settlement. More
In recent weeks both British Gas and Powergen have announced plans to raise prices, and recent research from Nielsen//NetRatings reveals how the UK online population has been flocking to energy sites over the last month. More
NetRatings and Omniture have this week announced the settlement of the former's patent infringement action. Under the terms of the settlement, the parties have agreed to dismiss all pending legal claims and NetRatings has licensed its portfolio to Omniture, granting worldwide rights under all its patents. More
Web analytics provider WebSideStory, Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against NetRatings, Inc., countering the latter's own suit announced in the first week of February. More
A group of VNU shareholders is pressing the Dutch company to break itself into three divisions and sell each separately rather than agree to the proposed 7.3bn Euro buyout deal with private-equity firms, according to reports today in the Wall Street Journal. More
Less than one in five Americans is expecting a romantic Valentine's day, according to research by QuestionPro. Meanwhile, NetRatings says half of Australians are planning to buy a Valentine's gift, and Hitwise finds that Brits are opting for Tesco flowers, backed up by romantic poetry downloaded for free. More
US web analytics firm WebSideStory has responded to the patent infringement lawsuit filed earlier this week by NetRatings, stating that the claims are without merit, and saying it will defend itself vigorously against the complaint. More
US Internet audience measurement specialist NetRatings has filed a lawsuit against WebSideStory, alleging infringement of five patents owned or controlled by NetRatings. The patents in question relate to the collection, analysis and reporting of computer usage activity. More
US online radio audiences increased 177% in the last year, according to the first figures from the joint Arbitron and comScore measurement service. Meanwhile, Nielsen//NetRatings says that community web sites such as Friends Reunited and MySpace are now visited by more than half the UK Internet population every month. More
NetRatings Japan is to use its web analytics service, SiteCensus, to measure and analyse the 10m monthly users of Yahoo!'s Japanese shopping site. Yahoo! will also make use of NetRatings' customised analytics services to understand what visitors are doing on its shopping and auction sites. More
Numbers visiting Apple's web site grew by 57% in the year to November, while MSN achieved just 2% growth, according to new data from Nielsen//NetRatings. The fastest-growing sites overall are being driven by young web users, with image hosting site PhotoBucket leading the way with 1,492% growth. More
VNU expects its earnings per share and revenue growth for 2005 to fall below previous estimates, due to disappointing results in Europe, coupled with the costs of the aborted VNU/IMS Health merger. The company has also confirmed that it is currently evaluating approaches made by potential buyers. More
US online spending is 23% higher this holiday season than in 2004, according to comScore Networks' latest figures, which closely match its predictions made in mid-November. Meanwhile, Nielsen//NetRatings reports a 33% rise in online shopping compared with last year - with a staggering 238% growth in books, music and video. More
One in four European Internet users visited a job web site between July and September 2005, up from around a fifth the previous year, according to new research from Nielsen//NetRatings. The study also shows the popularity of university web sites. More
NetRatings has appointed former Bank of America eCommerce strategist Iris Cumberbatch as Senior Financial Services Analyst in the strategic analysis group. More
The number of banner advertisements run on European web sites has increased by 24%, from around 76,000 in November 2003 to just under 95,000 in November 2004, according to Internet audience measurement specialist Nielsen//NetRatings. Sweden, France and the Netherlands experienced the strongest growth. More
Internet measurement specialist Nielsen//NetRatings has launched three new categories for its audited census-based Internet measurement product, Market Intelligence, within Australia. Results for the three - entertainment, IT, and telecommunications & mobile markets - are available for November. More
The number of people actively surfing the web from home each month in the UK has grown by 15% to 22.8 million in the past 12 months, according to the latest from Internet audience measurement specialist Nielsen//NetRatings. More
Thanksgiving looms in the US and pre-Christmas activity of course started in about August in other parts of the world - but the holiday shopping season is just moving into high gear. Two initial releases from Hitwise and one from Nielsen//NetRatings this week show that the online segment is breaking records once again. More
The median price paid for a new vehicle in the US in 2004 is $26,000 — up from $25,500 in 2003, according to J.D. Power & Associates - with Jaguar and Lexus in joint first place for sales satisfaction. Meanwhile Nielsen//NetRatings has released its first Automotive Sector Spotlight report, looking at UK automotive web site traffic. More
The BBC has appointed Nielsen//NetRatings, in partnership with SageMetrics, to provide traffic analysis for its bbc.co.uk web site. The three-year contract was offered as an open tender process through EU procurement regulations and almost 40 companies initially expressed an interest. More
Not far from MrWeb's US office, you can currently see Mt St Helen's erupting. For those without the option of watching live, the US Geological Survey and Dept. of Agriculture web sites offer an easy way to keep watch on the volcano, and traffic to both has soared according to Nielsen//NetRatings. More
RedSheriff UK Ltd has completed its rebranding as Nielsen//NetRatings SiteCensus, following its acquisition in February and the integration of the two companies' UK commercial teams in one office in Clerkenwell, London. More
NetRatings has acquired a majority interest in Internet audience measurement specialists RedSheriff. The transaction will help Nielsen//NetRatings to satisfy industry demand for integrated panel-centric and site-centric measurement solutions. More
Viewing figures for Australian Internet users reflect a combination of international interest, domestic concerns and Australian takes on overseas phenomena, according to tables for August released by Web monitoring specialists RedSheriff. More
Internet research agency RedSheriff has been named as one of the fastest growing technology companies in Australia as cited by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in its 2003 Technology Fast 50 programme. More
RedSheriff has this week unveiled its new market intelligence capabilities and the results of a demographic survey of more than 60,000 New Zealand Internet users. In Auckland, RedSheriff's Chief Executive Officer, Richard Webb, commented on the progress the New Zealand Internet industry had achieved since the company's unique web measurement methodology was established as the standard by the Online Publisher's Group six months ago. More
A study by RedSheriff across 50 websites and 2 million visitors has found that this Christmas websites saw a steeper drop-off of visitors than at Christmas 2001 across four business vertical sectors. More
Internet research agency RedSheriff is running its syndicated Christmas survey for the third consecutive year this December. Over the past 3 years, more than 250,000 respondents have completed RedSheriff surveys from 30 countries. More
A recent study by RedSheriff shows that UK users are not falling behind their European counterparts when it comes to Broadband Internet access. More
An industry group representing New Zealand's Internet publishers, advertisers and agencies have announced the selection of Red Sheriff and Phoenix for their new Internet ratings and audience measurement figures. More
Recent research conducted by interactive research specialist RedSheriff has highlighted the uptake of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 across Europe. More
Luxury car manufacturers are failing their consumers by over-using technology on their websites. This is according to new 'usability' research from interactive specialist RedSheriff. More
A recent usability index conducted by interactive research specialist RedSheriff found that four of the leading banks in the UK are failing their customers by not providing sites that are easy to navigate. More
RedSheriff, has just launched a set of four 'off-the-shelf surveys' for website owners. These are in the form of their new general, customer satisfaction, e-commerce and demographic products. More
Net auditor RedSheriff is offering UK website owners a two month, reduced rate fee for the measurement and filtering of their ABC traffic data. ABC ELECTRONIC already offers website owners a half price registration fee to all those that use RedSheriff. More
RedSheriff, the Australian interactive measurement and research specialist, has recently released the results of its first Online Advertising Market Report - The Banner and Beyond. More
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