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Category Archives: Google
Google’s rumored Music service launch today
October 28, 2009
Google is expected to launch their music service this afternoon, so we decided to look at some of Google’s history with the Music category. Of course we all know that the majority of people start with Google for search -... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 03:54 PM
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In Categories Google | Music
Visits to Gmail surpass YouTube
March 10, 2009
For the past two weeks, the market share of US Internet visits to Gmail has been higher than visits to YouTube. Previously, YouTube consistently ranked 10th among all websites by market share of visits until the week ending Jan. 10,... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 02:16 PM
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In Categories Email | Facebook | Google
Holiday Search Referral Growth
January 16, 2009
Search engines accounted for the largest share of upstream traffic to the Retail 500 ahead of cross-shopping on other retail websites and email during the holiday months of November and December. An integral part of every retailer’s marketing strategy; the... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 04:56 PM
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In Categories Google | Holiday | Retail | Search Engines | Shopping and Classifieds
Retailers still keen on search
December 23, 2008
Search remains king for retailers during this holiday season, with referrals from search engines responsible for driving the largest share of visits to the Retail 500. Last week, 30% of the upstream traffic to the Retail 500 was from search... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 05:44 PM
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In Categories Google | Holiday | Retail | Search Engines
Will searches on new BlackBerry models predict success
October 28, 2008
The recent release of the G1 (aka Google phone) through T-Mobile and soon to be released Blackberry Bold & Storm prompted me to compare search activity among the new handheld devices. We often compare the search volume on new products... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 06:05 PM
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Google Chrome Stats
September 04, 2008
On Tuesday the news of the launch of Google’s browser Chrome flooded the major news outlets, both online & off, adding a new competitor to the browser wars between Firefox & IE. In one day, Google Chrome reached the #12... Continue reading...
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