Top Michael Jackson Song Searches
July 01, 2009
Immediately after Michael Jackson's death, sales surged as fans purchased music and DVDs from the King of Pop in both physical and digital formats. Jackson's music quickly topped the sales charts on retailers like iTunes and Amazon. Last week, the... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 09:56 PM
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Gambling - Opening the Search Engine Spigot
June 30, 2009
It looks as though Congress may soon be voting on the Payments System Protection Act, which partially decriminalizes online gaming. The Act could have massive implications for online gaming and revenues for search engines, as it would allow search engines... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Hopkins at 08:09 AM
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Michael Jackson, Twitter and Misspellings
June 29, 2009
It has been widely reported that Michael Jackson's untimely death caused a flurry of online activity last week, downing Twitter, Wikipedia and TMZ and even causing problems for Google News. Searches for "michael jackson" ranked 7th among all search terms... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Hopkins at 06:05 PM
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Michael Jackson Draws Record Traffic to TMZ
TMZ was the first to break the news about Michael Jackson’s death last Thursday and scooped all of the major news outlets. As a result, traffic to TMZ reached a 3 year high, with visits increasing 5x in volume from... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 12:04 PM
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Gas Pump Prices and Cost Sensitivity
June 25, 2009
According to a survey fielded by AAA, 37.1 million Americans will be traveling over the July 4th holiday weekend. According to AAA if this prediction proves true, it will represent a 1.9% decrease from the same week in 2008. As... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 04:36 PM
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Twittering the Iran Election
June 23, 2009
Following the elections that took place in Iran on June 12, Twitter has become one of the most popular mediums for distributing information about the protests. Daily visits to Twitter.com (excludes mobile & desktop applications) increased 13% on June 12th... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 02:52 PM
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Back to School Season Starts Soon
June 18, 2009
School is barely out for the summer, but the Back to School season is right around the corner again. Search queries that include the phrase ‘back to school’ begin to ramp up during the month of July, peak in early... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 12:05 PM
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Movie Tickets - Reconciling Web Visits with Box Office Dollars
June 16, 2009
As we discovered in yesterday's post, the demographics of web visitors by site and industry are constantly changing. I ran into this same phenomenon this morning when analyzing visits to the top movie ticket sites (e.g. Fandango and Moviefone). According... Continue reading...
Posted by Bill Tancer at 01:34 PM
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