We’re about to switch off the Shiny Red lights for the year and head home for the Christmas break. But before we do, we’re taking a chance to look at the last 12 months on the web and pick out some of our favourite stories from 2007.
The significance of Time magazine choosing ‘You’ as the person of the year for ‘06 has echoed throughout the web this year, with Facebook exploding into the mainstream and YouTube, MySpace, Bebo and Wikipedia all featuring in traffic ranking site Alexa’s top UK destinations. What’s more, the UK is leading the digital race in Europe with 34% of Brits regularly using social networking sites to connect with friends, and 8 out of 10 users streaming video online. So while looking forward to a strong 2008 with ever increasing opportunities for brands to communicate online, here’s a quick look at what caught our eye this year.
January: Joost launches in Beta
February: BitTorrent goes legal
March: Blogging “fad” questioned - celebs are stuck for words
April: Google buys online ads company Doubleclick for $3.1 billion
May: Companies lay down strict blogging policies
June: London 2012 logo sparks debate and ridicule online
July: Facebook boom with users up 89%
August: Fake Steve Jobs outed
September: Wikipedia reaches two million articles
October: Microsoft buys $15bn stake in Facebook
November: iPhone fever hits UK
December: BBC launches personalised homepage
