Hitwise Intelligence - UK

July 01, 2009

Are online discount vouchers on the decline?

As we’ve reported a number of times, online vouchers have been one of the recent online success stories. Voucher searches shot up massively in the run up to Christmas as savvy shoppers looked to find a bargain during the recession....
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June 24, 2009

Twitter sending traffic to online media sites, but not online retailers

Thanks to everyone that listened to today’s Twitter webinar - we managed to reach capacity with 200 people logged in!. If you missed it, we’ll be posting the recording soon and will email / blog / tweet the link. In...
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June 18, 2009

Apple iPhone 3G S vs Nokia N97

The launches on June 19th of two 3G touchscreen phones from the most searched for mobile phone brands in the UK, Apple and Nokia, have created a buzz in the Hitwise office this week. Hitwise UK’s resident gadget expert, Client...
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June 08, 2009

Initial Bing stats

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...
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June 02, 2009

Top 100 student websites in the UK

Yesterday I received a call from Sridhar Venkatapuram of the London Business School asking me about the online behaviour of students in the UK. I mentioned on Twitter that I was pulling a list of the 100 most popular websites...
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June 01, 2009

ITV.com traffic reaches record high thanks to Britain’s Got Talent

The Britain’s Got Talent final attracted 19.2 million viewers on Saturday night, making it the most watched non-sporting television programme since 2003. The ITV show, which was won by dance troupe Diversity rather than favourite Susan Boyle, picked up almost...
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May 22, 2009

Mobile phone recycling searches treble

Internet searches related to the recycling of mobile phones have almost trebled over the last 12 months. UK Internet searches for a portfolio of mobile phone recycling search terms – such as ‘recycle mobile phones’, ‘mobile phone recycling’ and ‘phone...
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May 21, 2009

Marks and Spencer traffic up 94% following 1p sale

UK Internet visits to Marks and Spencer’s website increased yesterday following the launch of its three day 125th anniversary ‘Penny Bazaar’ sale. While the traffic spike in the chart below doesn’t look huge, it’s important to remember that - as...
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