The Sizzle: HTC hide sales figs. The Fri-Up: Absolutely Fabio. The Sauce: Cat Sandwich.
The Sizzle
- Facebook and Google remove ‘offensive’ India content
- Regional cybercrime hubs launched across England
- Dad posts extreme video after hurtful Facebook post
- Blushing HTC too coy to admit sales figures
- Don’t let the facts get in the way of getting a story on to Twitter
The Fri-Up
Absolutely Fabio
We have a jam packed Friday# this week and although we’re dying to show you our incredible infographic on the Super Bowl which shows which brands got the most buzz for their buck – home matters are also pressing.
Unless you’ve been on the Moon this week, you will know that in a dramatic twist of fate (or a gentlemans agreement), Fabio Capello has ditched England’s football team as manager while Tottenham fan jurors have cleared Harry Redknapp of tax fraud – cue social media chaos!
A quick check of the top blogs posting about this in the last two days tells us that this is not only a matter of national urgency or one for UEFA, but that our friends on the other side of the pond are also concerned:
Top blogs for England Manager February 5th – February 10th 2012
- www.nytimes.com
- www.bbc.co.uk
- www.guardian.co.uk
- www.washingtonpost.com
- www.huffingtonpost.com
- www.npr.org
The commentary, however has been left mainly to the English (and Al Jazeera)-
Top Tweeters for England Manager February 5th – February 10th 2012
- BBCBreaking
- piersmorgan
- BBCWorld
- Arsenal
- themichaelowen
- AJEnglish
- FIFAcom Profile
- LFC Profile
- Queen_UK
- RealMattLucas
Of the 17k who expressed a positive or negative opinion surrounding Capello’s departure and the ensuing Harry Redknapp/Stuart Pearce scrum we’re pretty evenly split about how we feel:
Fig 1. Sentiment for England Manager – February 5th – February 10th 2012
While Pearce takes the temporary reins there’s no need to place your bets on who the permanent job will be handed to – looks like this guy has it covered. Building Buzz
Brandwatch has created a new data visualisation to track tweets on Social Media Week across the world. Check back next week as the action kicks off in from Tokyo to Toronto. Super Bowl ad-spend vs buzz
Take a look at our infographic which charts was the Super Bowl advertisers spent vs the return for their money in buzz.
The Sauce
Something for the weekend:
Hope you enjoyed the Friday#, have a great weekend.
