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Category Archives: Weather
Searches for climate change and energy efficiency (Blog Action Day)
October 15, 2009
Today is Blog Action Day and, as with last year, Alan Long has beaten me to it with an excellent post on this year’s topic, climate change. I’m taking a similar approach, looking at climate changes related searches in the... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 09:40 AM
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In Categories Economy | Environment | Government | News and Media | Paid search | Science | Search | Utilities | Weather
Initial Bing stats
June 08, 2009
Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine, was announced by Steve Balmer on May 28 and officially launched on June 3. I’ve held off putting up our initial UK statistics until now for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I couldn’t think of... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 09:50 AM
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In Categories Branding | Email | Music | News and Media | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Social networks | Weather
Celeb and entertainment searches dominate Google News
March 26, 2009
Last week we revealed that Twitter had overtaken Google News in the UK. However, although everyone’s favourite micro-blogging service receives more UK Internet visits, Google News remains the greater source of traffic for News and Media websites. As the chart... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 10:00 AM
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In Categories Celebrities | Football | Gadgets | Google | Movies | Music | News and Media | Politics | Search | Sport | TV | Twitter | Weather
Fair weather searches
March 25, 2009
Whenever the sun comes out, us Brits flock to parks, beaches and al fresco restaurants to make the most of that most precious of commodities (in the UK at least): sunshine. As you might expect, our online behaviour also changes... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 03:00 PM
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In Categories Fast moving search terms | Gadgets | Search | Weather
Top 10 websites of 2008
March 03, 2009
We published the results of the Hitwise UK Online Performance Awards today. These list the 10 most visited websites in the UK during 2008 for over 60 industry categories. You can see the full list on the awards microsite, but... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 02:50 PM
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In Categories Economy | Employment | Fashion | Food | Government | Shopping and Classifieds | Top UK websites | Weather
Snow and football transfers
February 03, 2009
Yesterday was the busiest ever day for weather websites in the UK. As the chart below illustrates, websites in our Weather category picked up 1.6% of all UK Internet visits, equivalent to 1 in every 63. And once people discovered... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 03:30 PM
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In Categories Football | Sport | Travel | Weather
DIY and gardening content online
October 23, 2008
Last month we showed how traffic to House and Garden retail websites has been increasing, despite – or, perhaps more accurately, because of - the credit crunch. Both DIY and furniture retailers are benefitting from this boom, but what about... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 01:00 PM
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In Categories News and Media | Property | Weather
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...
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In Categories Demographics | Economy | Environment | Fast moving search terms | Financial Services | Football | Google | Government | Sport | TV | Weather
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
All inclusive holidays popular in a weak economy
May 13, 2008
The combination of a weakening economy, falling house prices and a rising cost of living thanks to inflation mean that many British consumers are looking for ways to cut their expenditure. Add in the impact of a strong Euro (although... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 10:30 AM
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In Categories Economy | Search | Travel | Weather
Lawnmowers and BBQs: UK searchers celebrate the sunshine!
May 12, 2008
What a difference the weather can make, particularly after last year’s miserable summer! A week of sunshine has lifted the spirits of everyone in the UK, and also had an impact on their internet searching and shopping habits. As the... Continue reading...
Posted by Robin Goad at 10:25 AM
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In Categories Retail | Shopping and Classifieds | Weather
