Category Archives: Search

Layaway - Lexicon Changes with the Economy

December 04, 2008

The term "layaway" seems so 1970's. Yet if you look at search terms sending traffic to the Hitwise Shopping and Classifieds category, you'll see this retro term resurfacing as consumers struggle to find ways of navigating purchases this holiday season.... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 12:49 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Economy | Search | Shopping and Classifieds

Guest Post - Sizing Up the Long Tail of Search

November 06, 2008

At Hitwise our clients are always discovering new trends from the vast amount of data we offer. From those findings we frequently get asked by clients to let them post their findings to our research blog. So I am happy... Continue reading...

Posted by Hitwise Research at 04:54 PM | (13) | (0)
In Categories Search

How Cuil is This?

August 07, 2008

We received numerous requests to update the daily chart from our last post on Cuil. As expected, as the initial media hype subsided, traffic to the upstart search engine has declined precipitously. As of this Tuesday, August 5th, Cuil.com ranked... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 11:29 AM | (7) | (0)
In Categories Search

Cuil Stats - The Early Numbers

July 31, 2008

I've received several requests for the latest stats on Cuil, the search engine that launched this week with impressive media hype. While I don't have data on the size of Cuil's index, which is the basis of their claim to... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 05:37 PM | (4) | (0)
In Categories Search

Paid v. Organic Search Tool Launches

December 06, 2007

This week, we're launching our Paid v. Organic Search and Fast Moving Search Terms. On top of an already massive set of search data on a site and industry level, we're able to provide paid v. organic search breakdown for... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 02:23 AM | (3) | (0)
In Categories Search

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...

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

Google Universal Search - Video and Maps Benefit

June 07, 2007

Our column in TIME this week is about Google's dominance of the search market which, as of this week, measures at 64.8% of all U.S. Internet searches, more than double the nearest competitor Yahoo! Search. I've had many requests for... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 05:50 PM | (4) | (5)
In Categories Search

SES Search Landscape Panel

April 12, 2007

For those of you attending Search Engine Strategies in New York today, I will be presenting some interesting stats on the Search Landscape session @ 2:00pm. If you attend the panel please stop by afterwards and say hello. Also, I'll... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 09:10 AM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Search

Google Properties and the Google/Yahoo!/MSN Comparison

January 31, 2007

Below is the latest U.S. search volume breakdown for the top search engines. Google continues to grow its search volume to north of 63 percent for all executed searches in the U.S, but down very slightly in comparison to the... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 03:38 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Search

Special K - Another TV Search Call to Action

January 19, 2007

While watching morning television this am, I noticed a commercial for Special K. At the end of the spot the voice over urged users to go to Yahoo! Search and search on "Special K." The spot included a screen shot... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 02:53 PM | (4) | (0)
In Categories Search

Latest Search Numbers: Google Climbs Back Above 60%

September 14, 2006

Last month we released the latest numbers on executed searches by search engine. A lot of attention was paid to Google's slide in August below its high north of 60%. As we stated in our post last month, August's dip... Continue reading...

Posted by Bill Tancer at 12:57 PM | (2) | (0)
In Categories Search

 

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