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Category Archives: Search
Bing, Yahoo! Search and Ad Sales Efficiencies
July 17, 2009
We've been following the Microsoft, Yahoo! Search dance for some time now. Yesterday, Kara Swisher posted that we might finally be close to an advertising deal between the #2 (Yahoo!) and #3 (Bing) players in search. While given previous false... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 02:08 PM
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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
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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