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I recently blogged about changing Internet usage habits in the UK, and specifically about the shift from transactional to content based websites. Within that mix, it is typically the growth of newer areas - such as social networks and video... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 01:20 PM
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In Categories BBC | Demographics | Email | Experian | Mosaic lifestyle | News and Media
You may notice a new identity to Hitwise today that reflects the integration of our brand with that of our parent, Experian. While the look and feel of our brand may change – the values, commitment and quality that have... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 08:15 AM
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In Categories Branding | Experian
Amongst all of the excitement about Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine, one element of the new service that hasn’t received a huge amount of coverage is its news search function. Bing News Search offers a similar service to Google News,... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 12:10 PM
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In Categories BBC | Demographics | Experian | Mosaic lifestyle | News and Media | Search
The government’s car scrappage scheme has been live for a few months now, and the consensus from the industry seems to be that it is starting to have an impact on new car sales. Looking at our search data, the... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 02:30 PM
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In Categories Automotive | Demographics | Economy | Experian | Mosaic lifestyle | Search
Following today’s announcement that Facebook has purchased Friendfeed, I thought a few UK stats on the latter might be of interest. As the chart below illustrates, Friendfeed is a fast growing site, and its traffic has increased by 180% over... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 01:50 PM
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In Categories Demographics | Experian | Mosaic lifestyle | Social networks | Twitter
Monday mornings are never the most cheerful time of the week, but mine are often brightened up by perusing our list of the previous week’s fast moving search terms. This morning the term that brought a smile to my face... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 11:00 AM
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In Categories Books | Celebrities | Demographics | Environment | Experian | Fast moving search terms | Mosaic lifestyle | Retail | Science | Shopping and Classifieds
Thanks to everyone that listened to today’s Twitter webinar - we managed to reach capacity with 200 people logged in!. If you missed it, we’ll be posting the recording soon and will email / blog / tweet the link. In... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 01:20 PM
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In Categories Experian | News and Media | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Social networks | Twitter
Not a full blog entry for once, but a list of links to some other great content from elsewhere within Hitwise and Experian. Firstly, a great new blog from Hitwise Client Intelligence Analyst Richard Seymour on the rollercoaster ride of... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 05:40 PM
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In Categories Economy | Experian | Gadgets | Games | Search
Yesterday I received a call from Sridhar Venkatapuram of the London Business School asking me about the online behaviour of students in the UK. I mentioned on Twitter that I was pulling a list of the 100 most popular websites... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 02:30 PM
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In Categories BBC | Blogs | Branding | Celebrities | Demographics | Education | Email | Experian | Fashion | Google | Mosaic lifestyle | News and Media | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds | Social networks | TV | Top UK websites
As you would expect, UK Internet traffic to the official London Marathon website spiked last week and was up 25% on the previous year. Searches for the race also increased, but I was surprised to see both ‘london marathon 2009’... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 02:30 PM
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In Categories Charities | Demographics | Experian | Fast moving search terms | Mosaic lifestyle | Search | Sport
UK Internet visits to the homepage of The Apprentice, the BBC TV show starring Sir Alan Sugar, have shot up over the last week. Some of this traffic is a result of anticipation for the forthcoming fifth series, but most... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 09:00 AM
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In Categories BBC | Celebrities | Charities | Demographics | Education | Employment | Experian | Government | Mosaic lifestyle | Search | TV
Last week UK Internet searches for a portfolio of 100+ Bollywood stars was 68% higher than a year ago. Here is a list of the top 20 most searched for actors and actresses from that portfolio over the 4 weeks... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 12:30 PM
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In Categories Celebrities | Demographics | Experian | Mosaic lifestyle | Movies | Music | Search | TV | Video
Given the economic conditions, people are watching Christmas retail numbers like hawks. Below are the key numbers for online shopping in the UK over the last few days. Sales searches up 3.2% Combined, UK Internet searches for the terms ‘sales’... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 12:20 PM
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In Categories Christmas | Economy | Experian | Fashion | Gadgets | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Toys
There was a last minute surge in UK Internet traffic to online retailers at the end of last week. Looking at UK Internet traffic to Shopping and Classifieds websites, here are the annual increases in visits vs. the comparable day... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 10:00 AM
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In Categories Christmas | Experian | Gadgets | Mobile phones | Music | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds
In September we revealed that online House and Garden retailers had overtaken Property websites in terms of UK Internet visits. As you would expect, in the three months since that blog post, the situation has only got worse for online... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 09:00 AM
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In Categories Demographics | Economy | Experian | Mosaic lifestyle | Property | Search
High street retailers received 22% more UK Internet visits than online only retailers in November, and the gap is likely to widen during December. The chart below illustrates UK Internet visits to our two custom categories of high street and... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 04:50 PM
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In Categories Christmas | Demographics | Experian | Fashion | Mosaic lifestyle | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds