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Category Archives: Games
Angry Birds get beaks into top 10 online retailers
April 04, 2011
Looking back at 2010 there were a number of games which left a profound mark on the industry. According to my esteemed colleague and resident Hitwise games guru James Murray: “Blizzard’s superb RTS sequel StarCraft 2, renegade space RPG Mass... Continue reading...
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In Categories Games | Mobile phones | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds | Top UK websites
Tron searches dominated by Daft Punk soundtrack and light cycle game
December 17, 2010
This winter’s big budget film is Tron Legacy, and as with any major Hollywood release, in the build up to the film’s opening weekend, searches online have reached new peaks. In the last week searches for ‘tron’ have more than... Continue reading...
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In Categories Games | Movies | Music | Shopping and Classifieds | Video
Call of Duty Black Ops fans rejoice at Zombie return
November 09, 2010
At midnight last night thousands of video games fans queued to get their hands on the latest must-have game – Call of Duty: Black Ops. Obviously there were plenty of people who couldn’t buy a copy last night and instead... Continue reading...
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In Categories Games | Paid search | Search | Shopping and Classifieds
Canterbury top digital city in the UK
October 01, 2010
The Internet has become an integral part of a lot of people’s lives in the UK. Certain cities are particularly digitally integrated however, and surprisingly, London is not the online hub of the UK. In our analysis of Internet usage... Continue reading...
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In Categories Demographics | Games | Postal Areas data | Social networks
Harry Potter fever: Wizarding World theme park, Deathly Hallows, Lego game
July 09, 2010
With the unveiling in June of the Universal theme park, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the movie trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and the release of Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4, it's fair to say that... Continue reading...
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In Categories Gadgets | Games | Movies | Paid search | Search | Toys | Travel
World Cup 2010 searches and Panini football stickers
June 01, 2010
The World Cup is nearly upon us and, as you would imagine, the Internet is starting to go mad for it. Last week (w/e 29/05/10) UK Internet users searched for nearly 25,000 terms; a few were related to other events,... Continue reading...
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In Categories Demographics | Experian | Football | Gambling | Games | Men | Mosaic lifestyle | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Sport | World Cup 2010
Moshi Monsters
March 25, 2010
A couple of days ago we provided some data for this Evening Standard article about the success of Moshi Monsters, the fast growing children’s / games website. Traffic to the site has increased more than five-fold over the last 12... Continue reading...
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In Categories Animals | Demographics | Experian | Games | Mosaic lifestyle | Social networks
2009 online: the year in review
December 21, 2009
The end of the year presents and excellent opportunity for reflection, and also for lists. Combining the two, I’ve decided to reflect on the last year of online activity in the UK by providing a list of our most popular... Continue reading...
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In Categories Blogs | Celebrities | Christmas | Demographics | Economy | Fast moving search terms | Gadgets | Games | Google | Guest posts | Music | News and Media | Politics | Property | Retail | Richard Seymour | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Social networks | TV | Travel | Twitter
Apple iPhone and iPod Touch the most searched for products this Christmas
December 15, 2009
Visits to consumer electronics websites increased by 16.5% between October 2009 and November 2009 as the gift buying season started in earnest. This was the largest month-on-month increase in UK Internet traffic to consumer electronics websites this year. Searches for... Continue reading...
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In Categories Christmas | Gadgets | Games | Retail | Richard Seymour | Shopping and Classifieds | Toys
Video Games searches overtake Mobile Phones following release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
November 20, 2009
UK Internet searches for video games increased by 28% last week following the release of the much hyped and anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. As the chart below illustrates, Video Games overtook Mobile Phones to become the most... Continue reading...
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In Categories Fast moving search terms | Gadgets | Games | Paid search | Retail | Richard Seymour | Search | Shopping and Classifieds
Microsoft Xbox 360 takes console top spot despite Sony PS3 Slim surge
October 02, 2009
Over the last couple of Christmases, Nintendo (both the Wii and DS) consoles have ruled the roost, but it looks as if this Christmas things will be quite different. The chart below illustrates searches for our portfolios of console-specific search... Continue reading...
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In Categories Christmas | Gadgets | Games | Retail | Richard Seymour | Search | Shopping and Classifieds
Sims 3, top transactional websites and the latest Experian Insight Report.
June 04, 2009
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...
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In Categories Economy | Experian | Gadgets | Games | Richard Seymour | Search
TV and Games are UK's most searched for subjects
March 09, 2009
For our second guest posting on the UK blog, I’d like to hand over to Richard Seymour, Hitwise UK Client Intelligence Analyst, to take us through some of the research he has carried out recently on UK Search Engines. For... Continue reading...
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In Categories Football | Games | Google | Guest posts | News and Media | Richard Seymour | Search | Social networks | Sport | TV | Travel
Vouchers vs. sales: battle of the online discounts
January 13, 2009
Around this time last year we reported that post-Christmas sales searches had trebled; a couple of weeks ago we noted that this year the increase was just 3.2%. However, if Christmas 2007 was the year that online sales went mainstream,... Continue reading...
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In Categories Charities | Economy | Fashion | Gadgets | Games | Movies | Music | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds
Nintendo Wii and DS account for two-thirds of console searches
December 18, 2008
Nintendo’s Wii Console, which accounted for more than one in three games console searches in November, overtook Nintendo’s Wii Fit to become the UK’s most searched-for product in November. The company’s DS Lite was also the fastest growing console online,... Continue reading...
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In Categories Christmas | Gadgets | Games | Retail | Search | Social networks | Toys
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...
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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...
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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...
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Fast moving search terms: Batman, Now Compilations, Festivals, Runescape
July 28, 2008
The 10 fastest moving search terms in the UK last week were: 1. now 70 2. christian bale 3. global gathering 4. heath ledger 5. batman 6. dark knight 7. womad 8. shipwrecked 9. runehq 10. hamfatter Four of these... Continue reading...
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In Categories Fast moving search terms | Games | Movies | Music | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | TV
Game cheats: GTA4, Mario Kart Wii and Halo 3
May 20, 2008
Following the recent launches of two popular video games, Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA4) and Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii, we noticed an interesting search pattern. As you can see from the chart below, searches for the game itself peak during... Continue reading...
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