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Arctic Monkeys & Viral Marketing - Update
January 31, 2006
The Arctic Monkeys' new album became the fastest selling debut album of all time last week and so to follow up on my original Arctic Monkeys post, I took a look at Hitwise data to see if the band continues... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Hopkins at 08:18 AM
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Pete Burns Celebrity Big Brother Most Searched for Contestant
January 27, 2006
With the final Celebrity Big Brother taking place tonight, my colleague Jannie and I took a look at Hitwise Search Intelligence data to see which contestants UK internet users were searching for most. We found that while Chantelle Houghton -... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Hopkins at 10:33 AM
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Loans & Lessons for Search Marketers
January 25, 2006
At Christmas, UK consumers shopped online in record numbers and Hitwise reported record growth in visits to retail websites. I thought we might see a lift in visits to other online businesses now that consumers are more comfortable, and more... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Hopkins at 01:50 AM
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In Categories Banks and Financial Institutions
Google Earth Growth - What's Behind it?
January 24, 2006
A few weeks ago, I noticed that searches for 'google earth' had spiked up and that the term was amongst the highest volume search terms in the UK. Today, I noticed that the term had continued to climb, with 'google... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Hopkins at 04:33 AM
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Million Dollar Homepage - Attack of the Zombies
January 19, 2006
Alex Tew's website, www.milliondollarhomepage.com, that became famous for earning $1M (£566,000) for plots of pixels sold to advertisers, has had a turbulent start to 2006. Last week, Tew sold the final 1,000 pixels on Ebay for $38,100, reaching the goal... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Hopkins at 08:57 PM
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BBC Favoured News Source But Wikipedia and Flickr Growing in Importance in the UK
January 05, 2006
It will come as no great surprise that UK visits to News and Media sites are event driven, with the most significant spikes in visits to News and Media sites in 2005 occurring alongside major news events. The news events... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Hopkins at 07:13 AM
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Sales Lead to Demand for LCD TV, DVD Recorders, and Sofas
January 03, 2006
In the lead up to Christmas, we were publishing a weekly update of the top 20 product related search terms sending visits to retail websites. This morning, in an attempt to put off sifting through my inbox, I thought it... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Hopkins at 06:59 AM
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