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Impact of the T-mobile G1 (google phone) launch
September 30, 2008
With Robin on holiday at the moment, he has asked me, Richard Seymour, the Client Intelligence Analyst for Hitwise to take the unenviable task of filling the Hitwise UK analyst blog void for the week! Luckily with the launch of... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 11:19 AM
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In Categories Gadgets | Mobile phones | Shopping and Classifieds
Top Ski Resorts
September 24, 2008
UK Internet searches for ski holidays started to take off at the start of September and, if historical activity is anything to go by, they will continue increasing until Christmas, before gradually declining into virtual hibernation by April. One of... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 10:21 AM
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In Categories Search | Sport | Travel
Credit crunch dominates fast moving search terms
September 22, 2008
Last week’s fastest moving search terms were: 1. ryder cup 2. hbos 3. northern rock 4. hbos share price 5. moto gp 6. share prices 7. aig 8. ftse 9. ftse 100 10. bloomberg As you would expect, the list... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 09:30 AM
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In Categories Economy | Fast moving search terms | Financial Services | Search
Google Docs benefits from growth in job searches
September 19, 2008
Like Heather Dougherty in the US, we have also been looking at the impact of the credit crunch on employment sites. As the chart below illustrates, UK Internet traffic to Business and Finance – Employment and Training websites has shot... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 01:00 PM
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In Categories Economy | Employment | Google | Search
Has the credit crunch killed ethical consumerism?
September 17, 2008
While the troubles facing the finance industry have picked up the headlines this week, the impact of the credit crunch continues to be felt elsewhere in the economy. One assumption people have made is that consumers will be less inclined... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 05:00 PM
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In Categories Charities | Economy | Food | Government | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds
Fast moving search terms: LHC, big bang, Andy Murray and XL
September 15, 2008
The 10 fastest moving search terms in the UK last week were: 1. large hardron collider 2. hurricane ike 3. lhc 4. xl 5. big bang 6. tour of britain 7. itv f1 8. andy murray 9. black hole 10.... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 11:00 AM
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In Categories Email | Fast moving search terms | Google | Science | Search | Social networks | Sport | Travel
DIY and furniture retailers overtake estate agents online
September 11, 2008
UK Internet visits to house and garden retail websites have increased by 20.5% over the last 12 months, despite the credit crunch and falling house prices. At the same time, UK Internet visits to estate agents and property websites have... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 12:00 PM
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In Categories Economy | Property | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds
Large Hadron Collider fever online!
September 10, 2008
I’m writing this at 10:30am, so it seems like Earth probably hasn’t been sucked into a black hole (at least not yet). The ‘big bang’ experiment, which aims to recreate in miniature the creation of the Universe, has successfully started... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 11:30 AM
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In Categories Demographics | Education | Mosaic lifestyle | Science
Paid search rates by industry
September 09, 2008
We launched our New Search Intelligence tool in the UK today and, amongst other enhancements, it includes additional paid / organic search data. One great new feature allows you to measure paid search rates by industry, so I thought I’d... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 03:00 PM
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In Categories Automotive | Financial Services | Government | News and Media | Property | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Toys | Travel
Fast moving search terms: Google Chrome, cautious investors, football and flooding
September 08, 2008
The 10 fastest moving search terms in the UK last week were: 1. google chrome 2. man city 3. bestival 4. environment agency 5. chrome 6. manchester city 7. burghley horse trials 8. nsandi 9. ns&i 10. setanta sports The... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 01:00 PM
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In Categories Demographics | Economy | Environment | Fast moving search terms | Financial Services | Football | Google | Government | Sport | TV | Weather
Top bands / artists: Katy Perry and Kate Nash
September 05, 2008
Here are the top band / artist searches sending traffic to social networks and music blogs during August. Starting with the social networks, Katy Perry, who topped the British and American charts over the summer with her hit “I Kissed... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 02:00 PM
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In Categories Blogs | Music | Search | Social networks
Google Chrome – initial stats
September 03, 2008
We’ve had a number of requests for Google Chrome stats, so here they are… Yesterday (September 2nd) the homepage of the Google’s new browser was the 130th most visited in the UK, accounting for 0.06% of all UK Internet visits.... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 12:00 PM
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In Categories Google | Search
Fast moving search terms: Strictly Come Dancing, Pierrepoint, Most Haunted
September 01, 2008
The 10 fastest moving search terms in the UK last week were: 1. strictly come dancing 2. us open 3. bournemouth air show 4. www.bebo.co.uk 5. most haunted live 6. albert pierrepoint 7. most haunted 8. you tube.com 9. euromillions... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 12:20 PM
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In Categories BBC | Education | Fast moving search terms | Movies | Search | Social networks | Sport | TV | Weather
