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YouTube Reaches 'Well Over' 1B Views Per Day

Google subsidiary takes the opportunity to gloat

Oct 9, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a move ripped right from the McDonald’s playbook, YouTube’s logo today comes with the tag “1 billion views per day!” That’s right, YouTube now gets “well over a billion views a day,” according to the site's official blog. Sure, execs are... More »

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Google • Internet • YouTube • online videos • web traffic

YouTube Could Take Down
Your Internet

Surging demand for video may cause Web 'brownouts': experts

Apr 26, 09 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Watching those Susan Boyle and laughing baby clips on YouTube may soon come with a price: slower, shaky Internet connections, the Telegraph reports. Experts warn of a “brownout,” caused by outdated web systems unable to keep pace with surging online use of video sites, that will paralyze computers,... More »

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Internet • YouTube • broadband Internet • web traffic • computers

 Stewart Ratings Soar  
 With Cramer Takedown 

Clip gets 1.5M views; week's site traffic surges

Mar 12, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Stewart’s attacks on CNBC host Jim Cramer have been ratings gold for the late-night satirist, Variety reports. An 8-minute rant has garnered 1.5 million views, Comedy Central says, and plenty of press attention. Unique usage for the Daily Show site has soared 65% this week amid a... More »

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television • CNBC • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Jim Cramer • TV ratings • web traffic

Food Network Cooks Up Winning Web Strategy

Revenue growth from Web offerings burns the competition

Mar 2, 09 9:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Food Network has found the recipe for double-digit revenue increases during one of the harshest first quarters for media companies in recent memory, Advertising Age reports. Turns out it’s guacamole. FoodNetwork.com saw a 44% spike in ad revenue in January, in large part due to viewers seeking recipes... More »

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advertising • online advertising • ad revenue • web portals • Food Network • web traffic • Wal-Mart

Plane Crash Tweets Help Twitter Overtake Digg 

Microblogging site gets the edge in market share for first time since launch

Jan 21, 09 7:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Twitter traffic has overtaken Digg for the first time since the microblogging site's launch, Hitwise reports. The newcomer edged up to #84 last week—one spot above Digg—after the US Airways crash spawned a huge number of updates. A photo of the scene taken by a Twitter user on... More »

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Internet • Digg • website • web traffic • Twitter • Hudson crash

(Newser) - Websites streaming video of the inauguration reported record activity today, while a partnership between Facebook and CNN enabled thousands of people a minute to comment on the proceedings, Crain's reports. By late afternoon, CNN reported 21.3 million live video streams, while MSNBC had 9 million live streams and 5... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • Facebook • CNN • website • web traffic • streaming video • President Obama • Inauguration Day • political coverage

 High Traffic Delays 
 Windows 7 Beta Rollout 

Company's site crumbles under demand

Jan 9, 09 5:09 PM CST
(Newser) - After promising the world Windows 7 Beta on Wednesday, Microsoft had to pull the plug on its download site due to cripplingly high traffic, CNET reports today. “We are adding some additional infrastructure support,” Microsoft said, “before we post the public beta.” Microsoft hopes to have... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • Microsoft Windows • download • website • Steve Ballmer • web traffic • Windows 7 • beta testing • postpone

Facebook Nation Now Counts 150M, and Going Strong

Growth outside US could put networking site at 200M by spring

Jan 7, 09 1:43 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain and the iPhone may be so 2008, but Facebook is going strong. The networking site now claims 150 million users, just four months after surpassing 100 million. At this rate, CEO Mark Zuckerberg will have a delightful 25th-birthday gift this spring: 200 million users. Most new members live... More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • Mark Zuckerberg • world • web traffic • popularity

Comcast to Put Brakes on Bandwidth Hogs

ISP decides to slow down users rather than P2P programs after FCC scolding

Aug 21, 08 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast plans to reduce Internet connection speeds for heavy users, Bloomberg reports. The company's "FairShare" system will slow users down for 10 to 20 minutes during peak periods. Comcast was recently scolded by the FCC for improperly blocking file-sharing programs like BitTorrent in an effort to manage Web traffic.... More »

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Comcast • FCC • P2P • Internet service providers • bandwidth usage • web traffic • Internet access • bandwidth

Even in Tight Election, Media Struggle to Retain Audience

Choosier consumers, Internet video hurt

Aug 4, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even as the 2008 election attracts more voter interest than it has in decades, media efforts to translate that into financial success have had mixed results, reports the New York Times. While cable news has enjoyed an uptick—and websites are setting record for online video—viewership for mainstream... More »

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cable TV • presidential campaign • American media • ad revenue • TV ratings • web traffic • Election 2008 • network news

Web Demands Could Cause Gridlock by 2011

High-grade apps could slow Internet to crawl, watchers say

Mar 13, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet's growing data richness could lead to major web traffic jams within a few years. Some research predicts that user demands—with the high-bandwidth needs of video clips, social networks, and online games—could top network capacity in short order. YouTube alone used more bandwidth in 2007 than the... More »

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social networking • Internet • video conferencing • web traffic • bandwidth • dark fiber

EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

Measure takes aim at the 'Great Firewall
of China'; would inject web into trade talks

Feb 28, 08 2:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The EU is out to hack down the Great Firewall of China, Ars Technica reports. A new proposal would classify the web censorship China and other oppressive regimes employ as a trade barrier, an approach its creator calls “unusual, but effective.” The measure already sailed through the European... More »

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China • European Union • censorship • trade • web traffic • Internet censorship • web censorship • Great Firewall of China • European Parliament

Species Site Overwhelmed by Traffic on Opening Day

Encyclopedia of Life will eventually describe all 1.8M species on Earth

Feb 27, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A much-anticipated web encyclopedia of all Earth’s life forms crashed hours after its launch yesterday, inundated by traffic. The Encyclopedia of Life had 11.5 million hits in its first 5½ hours—including 2 hours down—leading the site’s founders to ask their opposites at Wikipedia for bandwidth... More »

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Internet • Wikipedia • species • web traffic • Encyclopedia of Life • mushrooms

Google Not Clicking with Investors

Share price continues slide as advertising views flatline in January

Feb 27, 08 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Google, flying high in November when its stock hit a record $747.24, is falling back to Earth as investors worry that the slowing economy is discouraging web surfers from clicking on the search giant’s ads, reports the Wall Street Journal. A comScore report yesterday said Google’s... More »

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Google • online advertising • comScore • Internet advertising • click throughs • web traffic • ad clicks

Mideast Web Woes Persist as 3rd Cable Is Cut

Repairs could take days or even weeks

Feb 1, 08 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - A third cable carrying Internet traffic to the Mideast was cut today off the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, and web and phone service remained disrupted in large areas of the Mideast and India because of breaks in two cables in the Mediterranean Wednesday. The cables severed earlier carried as... More »

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Middle East • India • Dubai • United Arab Emirates • Internet service providers • web traffic

eBay Slashes Listing Fee in Half

Company hopes to drive growth with new policies

Jan 29, 08 1:33 PM CST
(Newser) - eBay is chopping its listing fee in half and will take a bigger chunk out of the price of sold items, a change that should lower risk for sellers and encourage more listing, the AP reports. The online auction giant is also changing the way its search results work, the... More »

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eBay • online auction • Meg Whitman • John Donahoe • web traffic • listing fees • e commerce sites • e-commerce • Amazon.com

Uneasy Lies the Yahoo That Wears Crown

Portal eyes overhaul
to preserve slipping top-dog status

Jan 14, 08 2:52 PM CST
(Newser) - With Google, Facebook, and MySpace gnawing at its top-dog status, Yahoo is reinventing some foundation applications to make them appeal to a new generation of users, reports the New York Times. First step? Turbocharging Yahoo Mail to make it more a communications hub and less a post office, a prototype... More »

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Yahoo • Google • MySpace • Facebook • Jerry Yang • Consumer Electronics Show • Yahoo Mail • web portal • web traffic

Top 10 Startups to Watch In 2008

From a DNA decoder to mini-Googles

Dec 25, 07 6:46 AM CST
(Newser) - A web startup that checks your DNA for predisposition to a spectrum of disease - and finds you a date (23andMe); a GPS system that can thread its way around traffic (Dash);  A P2P download service that may revolutionize online video (BitTorrent); social networking designed for the workplace (LinkedIn);... More »

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BitTorrent • LinkedIn • Basecamp • Ruby on Rails • AdMob • Dash • Fon • Powerset • Slide • Spock • web traffic

TV Run for Web-Dud 'Quarterlife'

NBC hopes made-for-web show can defy so-so traffic numbers

Dec 24, 07 9:47 AM CST
(Newser) - YouTube buzz is tough to manufacture, and so far NBC’s “Quarterlife,” the network's experiment in TV-quality production for the web, hasn’t managed. The last dozen episodes have each drawn around 100,000 views between MySpace and YouTube combined, which isn’t many eyeballs in the TV... More »

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television • Internet • YouTube • NBC • Disney • Quarterlife • web traffic

Canadian ISP Messes With Web Pages

Net neutrality's biggest boogeyman gets a test drive

Dec 11, 07 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Imagine for a second that your Internet provider could alter any webpage you viewed – injecting advertisements, or even censoring information. That scary scenario is possible, Ars Technica says, and the technology is already being test-driven by Rogers, a Canadian cable giant. Right now, the messages are just service... More »

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Comcast • Canada • net neutrality • ISP • Lauren Weinstein • packet filtering • web traffic

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