GMG, which owns the MediaGuardian.co.uk website, asked 120 influential digital practitioners to predict the brands, sites and people to watch this year.

The results are as follows:

• James Murdoch, Google, and Google Android were the ones to watch out for this year.
• Out of which sites are used most from the list given, the results were- Facebook, Gmail, business social net LinkedIn
• Respondents were also asked for big predictions for 2008, with 64% saying iTunes would start to offer rights-free music formats, 52% saying LinkedIn would be bought and 50% predicting that a Chinese web firm would break into the western market.
• All the social networking sites are expected to grow