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Category Archives: Search

Mother’s Day – top 10 online facts

March 16, 2012

This weekend is Mother’s Day and as the nation prepares to say a collective thank you to our Mums I thought this would be a good time to share our top 10 Mother’s Day facts for 2012: 1. 10% of... Continue reading...

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Search infographic: a Snapshot of Search in the UK

March 15, 2012

Search continues to grow as an online channel and as the biggest source of traffic to websites in the UK we thought it would be a good idea to encapsulate some of the cool search stats that we use on... Continue reading...

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UK search up by 100 million year-on-year

February 08, 2012

UK Internet users made 2.3 billion visits to search engines in January 2012, up from 2.2 billion in January 2011. Visits to search engines are up by 4.5 per cent year-on-year with nearly 100 million more visits in January this... Continue reading...

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YouTube accounts for 1 in 4 visits to social networks

January 11, 2012

YouTube had its biggest ever month of traffic as 606 million UK Internet visits went to the website in December 2011. YouTube now accounts for 1 in every 4 visits to a social network in the UK and 1 in... Continue reading...

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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...

8 Internet Predictions for 2012

December 21, 2011

With New Year fast approaching it’s time to look ahead to 2012. What does online hold in store for the year ahead? We’ve put together our top predictions for 2012. 1. Entertainment will be the most visited online category of... Continue reading...

Microsoft edges closer to 4% of UK search market

November 14, 2011

Search engines are the biggest source of traffic to websites in the UK, typically accounting for 35% to 50% of a website’s traffic. This week we released the latest search and social monthly stats which showed that Microsoft Sites have... Continue reading...

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Mobile usage boosts YouTube to highest ever traffic figures

August 08, 2011

YouTube had its biggest ever month of traffic in July, accounting for 1 in every 35 UK Internet visits during the month. The video site recorded its best ever performance in the Hitwise Social Networking and Forums category in July,... Continue reading...

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Google accounts for 92% of UK searches

July 13, 2011

Each month here at Hitwise we look at the top players in the search and social markets and benchmark the top websites against each other. Google has been dominant in the UK search market for many years now but in... Continue reading...

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James Murray

Marketing and Research Analyst, Experian Hitwise UK.