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OpenSocial - Can it Compete with Facebook?

October 31, 2007

The New York Times reported yesterday that Google, working with an alliance of companies including; Linkedin, Plaxo, Friendster and Hi5 to write standards for social networking applications including Google's Orkut. The big question, can a collection of social networks tied... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Bill Tancer at 03:00 PM | (2) | (0)

Spice v. Cheetah: Dancing with the Stars Analysis

October 29, 2007

It's that time of year again, Dancing with the Stars (Season 5) is in full swing, which means it's time to take a look at the latest search term data to gauge contestant popularity and viewer mindset. The first chart... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Bill Tancer at 01:31 PM | (2) | (0)
In Categories Television

Just Thought I'd Ask(.com)

October 25, 2007

While watching television the other night I caught the new Ask.com television ad campaign. I've noticed over the last week that this commercial which demonstrates Ask.com's integrated results page compared to other plain vanilla SERPs, has been getting a lot... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Bill Tancer at 11:58 AM | (3) | (0)
In Categories Search

Retail 100 Index - Fall Increases over Last Year

October 23, 2007

Today we issued a release on the new 2007 Retail 100 Index, a collection of the top 100 retailers in our Shopping and Classifieds category (the category contains over 20,000 sites). Our analysis shows positive growth in visits to the... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Bill Tancer at 06:33 PM | (1) | (0)
In Categories Shopping and Classifieds

The Grinch that Stole -- Mrs. Fields' Cookies?

October 23, 2007

Occassionly strange data crosses my desk (o.k. maybe not occassionly, regularly really). Luke McGuinness our VP of Sales on the West Coast popped his head in my office to ask if I knew why Mrs. Fields, suddenly, was getting almost... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Bill Tancer at 02:51 PM | (0)
In Categories Shopping and Classifieds

Black Friday Comes Earlier

October 22, 2007

Earlier this month I conducted a Hitwise client webinar with Anita Gandhi, our Client Intelligence Director. The topic of discussion was the growing popularity of Black Friday searches on the net. Anita pointed out during the presentation that the popularity... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Bill Tancer at 02:34 PM | (0)
In Categories Shopping and Classifieds

Global Warming: A Search Term Analysis

October 19, 2007

This week's science of search column on TIME.com is up. In light of the Nobel Peace Prize award to Gore, we provided some data on Internet search patterns around global warming issues in the U.S.. Below is a table that... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Bill Tancer at 08:15 AM | (1) | (0)

Facebook: Confusing Slowdown with Seasonality

October 18, 2007

I've seen several posts circulating in the blogosphere postulating on the demise of Facebook given a drop in the sites traffic over August and September of this year. My immediate reaction was to turn to Hitwise data and provide a... Continue reading...

Tweet Posted by Bill Tancer at 08:10 AM | (3) | (1)
In Categories Social Networking