The latest online statistics on more than 8M Internet users in the UK, 25M worldwide, across 1M websites and over 160 industries.
Recent research from Hitwise UK reveals that searches for ‘wood burning stoves’ reached their highest ever level this October. Searches have almost tripled since October 2007. With the economic downturn, rising fuel costs and growing concern for the environment, wood burning stoves are being recognized as a cheap alternative way to heat homes. The top 10 searches for wood burning stoves included searches for ‘discount wood burning stoves’, ‘cheap wood burning stoves’, and ‘second hand wood burning stoves’.

Posted at 10:11 AM
In Categories Business & Finance | Environment
Recent research from Hitwise UK shows initial interest in Wednesday's earthquake was mostly driven to U.S. based geological websites. Daily data for the 27th February shows the top four websites visited within the Environment category were sections of a U.S Geological Survey website www.usgs.gov, capturing 40% of visits to the category on Wednesday.
Posted at 10:48 AM
In Categories Environment