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Category Archives: Government
Searches for 'ufo' take off as The National Archives release UFO files
May 20, 2008
According to Hitwise UK internet searches for ‘ufo’ have increased by 267% since The National Archives released “a wide range of UFO-related documents covering the years 1978–2002” on 14th May. The Sun newspaper captured the largest share in traffic (12.28%) for ‘ufo’ searches for the week ending 17th May, while The National Archives site, ufos.nationalarchives.gov.uk, ranked 8th with 2.71%. Other sites to receive traffic from the search term ‘ufo’ included YouTube, Wikipedia, Google News UK, and the rock band UFO’s homepage www.ufo-music.info
Posted at 09:41 AM
In Categories Government | News and Media
'10p tax' searches spike
April 23, 2008
According to Hitwise UK, searches for '10p tax' spiked last week as the debate rages about the tax rate changes, which came into effect this month. Just over half of all searches for the term over the last four weeks resulted in a visit to BBC News, while the second most visited website over the same period was the Conservative Party homepage.
Posted at 11:30 AM
In Categories Government
Visits to Identity & Passport Service site up by 177%
November 13, 2007
Recent research from Hitwise UK reveals that UK Internet visits to the Identity and Passport Service website increased by 177% over the two weeks from the 27th October to 10th November, as the government announced a significant increase to the estimated cost of rolling out the Biometric ID cards. The top downstream website from IPS last week was the Post Office. Now You Know.
Posted at 12:14 PM
In Categories Government