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Web User - news archive

This is an archive of news about Web User. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

89 per cent of web users favour guidelines for personal info published online, claims PCC research
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted June 4 2008, 11.00pm
Press Complaints Commission survey highlights public attitudes to social networking (more)

BBC: Web users ‘getting more ruthless’
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted May 24 2008, 11.04am
Web users are getting more impatient, selfish and ruthless when going online, according to research conducted by Nielsen. Dr Jakob Nielsen told BBC News that instead of lingering on websites many users are "hot potato" driven, just wanting to surf to a particular site, complete a task and leave. (more)

ABCe: Mirror Group debuts with 4m web users in March
From Press Gazette. Posted April 24 2008, 12.00am
Several national newspaper websites posted record traffic in March as the Mirror Group's debut ABCe figures showed that its site reached 4.4 milion unique users. (more)

Gannett results reveal 4.8m Newsquest web users
From Press Gazette. Posted February 4 2008, 12.00am
The UK’s second biggest regional newspaper publisher, Newsquest, attracted 4.8 million monthly unique users to its network of more than 180 websites in 2007, according to parent company Gannett. (more)

FT 2006: BBC hints at charges for international web users
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 6 2006, 1.45pm
The demand for on-demand means the time is right, says exec (more)

First impressions count for web users
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 19 2006, 3.15pm
Strong opinions are formed in the first 20th of a second, study finds (more)