August 04, 2008

Montauk Monster Tops Fast Moving Searches

According to Hitwise US, the Montauk Monster was one of the fastest moving search terms among all categories for the week ending 08/02/08 versus the previous week. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 01:46 PM
Posted to Search Trends

July 24, 2008

FDIC Fastest Moving Search Term

According to Hitwise US, ‘fdic’ was the fastest moving search term among all categories for the week ending 07/19/08 versus the previous week. Recently, the FDIC placed rules to identify depositors at failed banks. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 01:42 PM
Posted to Search Trends

July 18, 2008

Miss Universe Website Traffic Spikes

According to Hitwise US, traffic to the Miss Universe website increased 546% on 07/12/08 versus the previous day. On Sunday, July 12th Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 11:38 AM
Posted to Beauty | Lifestyle

July 17, 2008

iPhone Release Increases Website Traffic

According to Hitwise US, traffic to the iPhone website increased 143% for the week ending 07/12/08 versus the previous week. The iphone was released last Friday, July 11th. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 04:41 PM
Posted to Computers & Internet

July 16, 2008

The New Yorker Website Rank Soars

According to Hitwise US, The New Yorker ranking jumped to #13 in the Hitwise News and Media – Print category on 07/14/08, moving up 94 spots from the previous day at #107. The latest New Yorker cover features a cartoon cover of Obama. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 02:17 PM
Posted to News and Media

July 09, 2008

New Visitors Looking to Rent Designer Goods

According to Hitwise US, traffic to Bag Borrow or Steal increased 104% for the week ending 07/05/08 versus the previous week. Of the website’s total upstream traffic, 88% consisted of new visitors. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 11:13 AM
Posted to Retail

July 03, 2008

George Carlin Tops Fast Moving Searches

According to Hitwise US, the fastest moving search term among all categories was ‘george carlin’ for the week ending 06/28/08 versus the previous week after the famous comedian recently passed away. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 08:55 AM
Posted to Entertainment | Search Trends

July 02, 2008

Google Images 12th Most Visited US Website

According to Hitwise US, Google Images ranked as the 12th most visited website last month based on share of US Internet visits, with most of the site's traffic coming from Google Search. Downstream from Google Images: 13% of US visits went to a Social Network, 18% to an Entertainment website and 8% to a Shopping & Classifieds website. Google recently announced that they will begin matching Google Image search results with display ads. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 10:17 AM
Posted to Computers & Internet