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Category Archives: Search Engines
Initial Bing Stats for US and Canada
June 10, 2009
Last week, Microsoft launched the new version of its search engine, Bing and initial interest has been high due to a major advertising campaign to drive awareness, extensive media coverage, and of course, curiosity. In the US, Bing ranked 17th... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 04:34 PM
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In Categories Bing | Search Engines | Search Strategies
Last Minute Mother’s Day Planning
April 30, 2009
The countdown is on for retailers looking to capture Mother’s Day spending with 10 shopping days left (11 if you are the same-day delivery type, if so – buy online, pick-up in-store is for you). According to the National Retail... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 03:06 PM
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In Categories Email | Mother's Day | Retail | Search Engines | Search Strategies | Shopping and Classifieds
Online news aggregators – friend or foe?
April 08, 2009
This week kicked off with the Associated Press voicing concerns about how websites obtain permission to distribute content and share revenues. A debate has sparked about the ‘fair use’ doctrine (publishing a headline and/or sentence from story) and tracking the... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 03:41 PM
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In Categories News and Media | Search Engines
Top Searches on Twitter Search
April 07, 2009
What do people search for on Twitter? We collected search terms that we took place within Twitter’s search engine to identify the topics that are being searched most often on Twitter for the week ending March 21, 2009. Searches for... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 04:03 PM
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In Categories Search Engines | Twitter
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
MSN Cashback successfully attracting visitors
October 03, 2008
This week MSN announced the launch of SearchPerks!, a new promotion that rewards visitors that use Live Search with tickets redeemable for various prizes. The latest endeavor is separate from the Live Search Cashback rebate program launched a few months... Continue reading...
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In Categories Search Engines | Shopping and Classifieds
Online shopping traffic remains strong
August 18, 2008
One sector that we continually monitor here at Hitwise for insight into consumer behavior is traffic to the Shopping & Classifieds category. Given the current economic climate, price sensitivity is driving more visits to the websites of online retailers, coupons,... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 09:28 AM
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In Categories Search Engines | Shopping and Classifieds
Google’s share of US searches hits 70%
August 11, 2008
Each month at Hitwise we release the share of searches by each of the major search engines to measure the impact upon the search landscape. The report tends to tell a similar story each month in terms of the ranking... Continue reading...
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In Categories Search Engines
