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Video game trade in and rentals on the increase
November 28, 2008
As I mentioned on my post a couple of weeks ago, Richard Seymour, Hitwise Client Intelligence Analyst will be posting further analysis on consumer electronics in the run up to Christmas. Here Richard discusses an interesting aspect in the video... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 04:45 PM
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In Categories Games
Pre-budget report: tax cuts and petrol prices
November 26, 2008
Given the economic conditions and the various rumours last week, the government’s pre-budget report has received a lot of attention online .Looking at the search data up to last week, you can see from the chart below that searches for... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 10:00 AM
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In Categories Automotive | Blogs | Economy | Email | Government | Politics | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds
Marks & Spencer and Debenhams sales
November 24, 2008
As many had predicted, the pre-Christmas sales and discount offers started in earnest last week, with Marks & Spencer and Debenhams amongst the high profile names offering reductions both on the high street and online. As you would expect, both... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 09:30 AM
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In Categories Christmas | Economy | Fashion | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds
Wii Music to be the next Wii Fit?
November 21, 2008
Wii Music, the recently launched music making game for the Nintendo Wii, has already raced into a battle with our list of top 10 games from October. This is extremely impressive as the game was only released in the UK... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 06:38 PM
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In Categories Gadgets | Games
John Sergeant and Strictly Come Dancing online
November 21, 2008
A couple of weeks ago, when we predicted that Diana Vickers will win X-Factor, I opened my blog post thus: ‘Now that we’ve got the American election and the Glenrothes by-election out of the way, we can finally direct our... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 09:20 AM
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In Categories BBC | Celebrities | Demographics | Men | Search | TV | Women
Apple iPhone the most searched for mobile phone in the UK…just
November 18, 2008
Last week we reported that the Nintendo Wii Fit video game is currently the most searched for product in the UK. In that post we also identified the Apple iPhone as the third most searched for product, followed by the... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 12:30 PM
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In Categories Branding | Gadgets | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds
Unemployment, redundancy and Christmas jobs
November 17, 2008
The economic situation has worsened since our post on ‘redundancy’ searches in June, and unfortunately this is having a negative impact on job security. Consequently UK Internet searches for ‘redundancy’ have increased by 83% since August, reaching their highest peak... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 09:30 AM
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In Categories Christmas | Demographics | Economy | Employment | Government | Mosaic lifestyle | Search
Eating out: afternoon tea, listing sites and the MoneySavingExpert
November 14, 2008
Last month we published a blog about recipe searches and promised to follow up with another post about eating out and restaurant websites. Well, here’s the post and there’s a lot to cover, from afternoon tea at the Ritz to... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 11:30 AM
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In Categories Economy | Food | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Travel
Nintendo Wii Fit most searched for product this Christmas
November 13, 2008
Wii Fit, Nintendo’s popular video game, is currently the most searched-for product by UK Internet shoppers in the run-up to Christmas. During October there were more UK Internet searches for Wii Fit than the Nintendo Wii, the most popular product... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 11:30 AM
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In Categories Christmas | Gadgets | Games | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds
Exchange rates, currency sites and the strong Dollar
November 12, 2008
Following our post on the interest rate cut earlier in the week, we’ve been looking at the impact of exchange rates on UK Internet behaviour. For the last few years, people travelling to the US from the UK (and the... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 09:00 AM
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In Categories Economy | Financial Services | Travel
Interest rate cut: impact on search behaviour
November 10, 2008
Following last week’s shock 1.5% rate cut by the Bank of England, UK Internet searches for ‘interest rates’ reached a three year high. As the chart below illustrates, this also led to a spike in searches for ‘tracker mortgages’ and... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 11:31 AM
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In Categories Demographics | Economy | Financial Services | Mosaic lifestyle | Property | Search
Diana Vickers leading the X Factor pack online
November 07, 2008
Now that we’ve got the American election and the Glenrothes by-election out of the way, we can finally direct our attention to more important voting matters. Last week we showed how ITV’s The X Factor was picking up more online... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 04:00 PM
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In Categories Demographics | Music | Search | TV
TV and US media websites big election winners in the UK
November 06, 2008
The US presidential election was a global media event, and Barack Obama’s historic victory caused a spike in traffic to news websites in the UK. Here is a list of the 10 most visited in the News and Media websites... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 07:30 PM
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In Categories BBC | News and Media | Politics | TV
James Bond: Quantum of Solace online
November 05, 2008
Last week saw the premier of the 22nd official Bond film, Quantum of Solace. With the success of Casino Royale in November 2006, Quantum of Solace has been one of the most anticipated films of the year. The chart above... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 01:10 PM
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In Categories Branding | Movies | Music | Search
UK Internet searches for the US Election
November 04, 2008
After months of campaigning, Americans are today finally voting for the 44th president of their country. The US research team have been doing a great job monitoring search behaviour across the pond, so I thought I’d have a look at... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 07:30 AM
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In Categories News and Media | Politics | Search | Social networks
Online retail declines as Westfield opens
November 03, 2008
The economic downturn is beginning to have an impact on Internet retail in the UK. Monthly traffic to online retailers fell by 0.5% between October 2007 and 2008, while actual visits to the high street and shopping centers, as reported... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 08:00 AM
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In Categories Demographics | Economy | Fast moving search terms | Mosaic lifestyle | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds | Women
