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Google - Update on Executed Searches (U.S.)

December 20, 2006

I came across an excellent analysis from Rich Skrenta here regarding Google's search engine share. Rich approached the question about search engine share from a site owner's perspective and revealed that based on his analysis using Hitwise stats, that Google... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 05:51 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Google

Barbie v. Bratz - Differences in Lifestyle

December 17, 2006

Reading the Sunday paper (San Francisco Chronicle) this morning, I came across a great article by Reyhan Harmanci about the increased interest in Bratz dolls v. the traditional Barbie (see LeeAnn Prescott's post here comparing searches in the top dolls... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 06:03 PM | (3) | (0)
In Categories Shopping and Classifieds

Google Finance - After the Redesign

December 15, 2006

I've had several requests to provide some numbers on finance.google.com in light of their redesign this week. Here are some quick daily stats from this week: On Wednesday 12/13/06, Google Finance ranked 16th in our Business & Finance - Business... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 06:25 PM | (2) | (0)
In Categories Google

Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii - More Data

December 14, 2006

Following Heather's post in the UK, on the surging popularity of game consoles (she omitted Playstation 3 as its not commercially available in the UK), I decided to post some U.S. data comaring queries for the two popular console "playstation... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 04:38 PM | (3) | (0)
In Categories Shopping and Classifieds

UGG Boots are Back!

December 13, 2006

This morning I taped a segment for CNBC about our press release yesterday on the hottest products this holiday season. One of the things that struck me about our search data this holiday is the resurgence of those foot warming... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 03:29 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Shopping and Classifieds

Heelys: Hot Trend or IPO Interest

December 11, 2006

Tomorrow we'll be releasing our hot searched-for-products of this holiday season. As a little taste of whats coming, over the last several weeks, we've noticed a steady increase in searches for Heelys (the tennis shoes with wheels responsible for many... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 05:37 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Shopping and Classifieds

Pearl Harbor and 9/11 - Search Term Insight

December 09, 2006

I received an email this week from Stephen Dubner over at Freakonomics regarding a post he was writing. Stephen posed a very interesting question... could our data shed any light on whether interest in 9/11 has diminished the remembrance of... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 02:04 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Education | News and Media