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BigToyTalk launches

Our new sister site, BigToyTalk has now launched, covering the world of toys and collectibles for an older age group.

It’s always exciting to launch a new site and we hope that BigToyTalk will follow the same path as ToyTalk, which has now established itself as the UK’s leading consumer toy news website, with around 15,000 unique visitors per month.

BigToyTalk will give us the scope to cover more complicated toys and high-end collectibles, and we’re looking forward to working with some new names in the toy industry.

New launch imminent!

It hardly seems possible that ToyTalk is entering its third year, but it’s true. We’ve been delighted with the growth the site has experienced and we think it’s time to take the next step.

Within the next month we plan to announce a new website in the Huckleberry Media portfolio, one that will build on the success of ToyTalk and bring in a whole new audience. It’s an exciting time and we’ll tell you more shortly…

Christmas cheer

As Christmas rolls around again we’re getting a big boost to our visitor numbers. October saw more than 13,000 unique visitors come to the site – our best month ever!

ToyTalk takes off

ToyTalk attracted 10,272 unique visitors in July, making it our second-best month ever, beating November of last year. It also represents a 673% year-on-year increase compared with last July – and that can’t be bad.

With traffic increasing every month, we expect this figure to climb steadily, and last year we received a huge boost in the busy Christmas months of November and December, so we’re looking for another spike this time around.

We think it’s fair to say that ToyTalk has established itself as the UK’s leading consumer toy news website, and we’ll continue to work hard to make it better.

New look for ToyTalk

We've incorporated a few new style items into the latest ToyTalk redesign. Navigational links are now easier to find, being aligned directly underneath the banner. We think the site looks better and is easy to get around.

Visitor traffic continues to grow, with more than 7,500 unique visitors in May. We anticipate another big spike in our visitors around November - last year we had more than 10,000 unique visitors that month and we’re hoping for considerably more this time around.

Christmas is a-coming...

... and our visitor stats are going mad! ToyTalk received more than 10,000 unique visitors in November and is currently on course to top that in December. The Christmas period is obviously having an effect, but we also attribute this to better listings at Google.

ToyTalk is now establishing itself as a really useful resource for toy buyers in the UK and around the world and we're looking forward to getting stuck into 2007.

ToyTalk continues to grow

ToyTalk continues to attract more visitors, with 2,364 unique visitors coming to the site in September, according to Extreme Tracking, our traffic-monitoring software. October is already close to this number and we are hopeful of hitting 3,000 for the first time.

Redesign for ToyTalk

On Monday September 4 we unveiled a new look for ToyTalk. The new design is intended to make it easier for visitors to the site to find information on their favourite toys.

The main addition to the site is a new ‘Categories’ section which lists various types of toy. All of our previous news stories have been recategorised to fit in with the new structure, so if you are interested in LEGO, one click of the mouse will take you to all LEGO stories on the site.

We think the site looks better and we’re looking forward to watching ToyTalk continue to grow in popularity.

ToyTalk chalks up a grand

July was a great month for ToyTalk. After patiently waiting for nearly six months we were finally properly listed on Google, resulting in a big increase in site traffic. ToyTalk received a total of 1,527 visits over the course of the month, the first time we've cracked the 1,000 mark. Though still a small site it is clear that ToyTalk is growing and we hope to steadily build on these figures as the run-up to Christmas begins (already?)

Welcome to Huckleberry Media

Set up in December 2005, Huckleberry Media is run by experienced journalist David Smith. The Huckleberry Media portfolio currently stretches to two websites, but there are plans for several more website launches over the coming months.

Watch this space for information about Huckleberry Media's new projects...