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Category Archives: Business and Finance

iPad demand creates new market in insurance

January 12, 2012

One of the continuing trends witnessed this Christmas was the demand for Apple products. iPods, iPads and iPhones were sold in their millions in the UK and because the items themselves are highly sought after and quite valuable, a new... Continue reading...

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In Categories Appliances and Electronics | Business and Finance

2011 Online: the year in review

December 30, 2011

Another year has flown by and in time-honoured Hitwise tradition it falls to me to review the highlights of 2011. This year we have seen an astonishing 228 billion UK Internet visits to websites and 28 billion hours spent online.... Continue reading...

Social Media and email big opportunities for Utilities

November 07, 2011

Utilities is an unusual industry online, in that unlike other categories it follows no discernable seasonal patterns. Most of the categories that we monitor here at Experian Hitwise demonstrate some form of seasonality. Travel for example has two peaks every... Continue reading...

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In Categories Business and Finance | Social Networks

Motor Insurance searches up 9% YoY

November 01, 2011

Today we released the twelfth issue of the Experian Hitwise Financial Services Quarterly report, which looks at the top online trends in the finance and insurance markets. It’s amazing to think that the report is three years old, and to... Continue reading...

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In Categories Business and Finance

Home insurance searches up 14% after London riots

August 17, 2011

In the aftermath of last week’s rioting across England, one of the knock-on effects of the looting and vandalism caused was a noticeable increase in searches for home insurance. UK Internet searches for all variations of home insurance increased by... Continue reading...

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In Categories Business and Finance

FTSE 100 Stock crash sends investors online

August 10, 2011

The political compromise forged by Barack Obama last week may have prevented the US from defaulting on its debt repayments, but the combination of Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade US sovereign debt rating from AAA to AA+ and continuing... Continue reading...

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In Categories Business and Finance

James Murray

Marketing and Research Analyst, Experian Hitwise UK.