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Average age of UK Internet users rises to 37.9

Published on 4 January 2008, by howardlake
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The average age UK Internet users has risen from 35.7 to 37.9 years in the year from October 2006-2007, according to Nielsen Online.

At the same time, the share of the UK Internet population made up by under 25 year-olds has decreased from 29% to 25%, while the share of 55+ year-olds increased from 16% to 19%.

Hits are a miss at the Charity Commission's website

Published on 13 September 2007, by howardlake
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The Charity Commission's website is the focus of this week's site visit in Third Sector magazine.

Andy Ricketts analyses the site, which cost "about £30,000" and was designed by Harlequin Solutions together with some in-house work.

4% of large charities' income raised online

Published on 26 August 2007, by sarahhughes
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Back in June 2006 I posted a blog about a piece of research I was helping CAF with into charities' new media results:

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    Published on 26 November 2006, by howardlake
    in

    Research by Akamai shows that customers are likely to wait no more than four seconds for a website to load before losing patience and leaving for another website.

    Centre of Excellence?

    Published on 12 October 2006, by howardlake
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    The Office of the Third Sector is to create a new academic centre which will conduct research into charitable giving.

    NCT estimates cost savings of emailing members' voting papers

    Published on 19 September 2006, by howardlake
    in

    The National Childbirth Trust has estimated that it can save around £10,000 in 2007 if its members switch to receiving voting papers via email.

    60 million prospects now, and counting

    Published on 12 September 2006, by howardlake
    in

    The UK population has now reached 60 million for the first time, according to the Office for National Statistics.

    First Christmas charity catalogue?

    Published on 23 August 2006, by howardlake
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    The first charity Christmas catalogue to hit our doormat arrived this morning, courtesy of WWF.

    Ten years of earning income by selling books online via Amazon Associates

    Published on 21 July 2006, by howardlake
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    Ten years ago this month Amazon.com established its Amazon Associates programme, allowing anyone with a website, including charities, to earn a commission for linking to and delivering paying customer

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