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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 91 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Google
Google Chrome was the 130th most visited website in the UK on its launch day. It ranked fifth in Hitwise's Computers and Internet - Software category, behind both Microsoft and Mozilla. Average visit time was 2 minutes, implying a good download rate read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 111 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: SEM
According to Hitwise, 88% of searches for the top 2,000 search terms in the UK are now branded or navigational in nature, up from 81% in 2007 and 66% in 2005. Five of the top 10 branded search terms are for social media brands. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 119 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Social Media
Facebook is now the third most visited website in the UK, having overtaken eBay in July. Google UK remains number one, with Hotmail / Live Mail at number two. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 134 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Social Media
Facebook's share of the UK social networking market reached 45% in June 2008. YouTube is now the second most popular Web 2.0 site in the UK, having overtaken Bebo in June. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 140 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Blogging
Hitwise data shows that UK Internet visits to www.twitter.com have increased by 631% over the last 12 months, with 485% of that growth coming this year. Twitter is more popular with Brits than Americans: last week the site’s share of UK Internet vis read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 141 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Affiliate Marketing
UK Internet visits to price comparison sites have increased by 37% year on year as consumers look for bargains in the face of rising prices and worsening economic conditions. The biggest recipients of price comparison traffic are department stores, read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 146 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Other Searching
Last month Hitwise data shows that there were almost 170,000 distinct search terms in the UK containing the phrase 'how to', and this number continues to grow. Amongst these, there has been a marked increase in 'frugal' searches such as 'how to save read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 167 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Google AdWords
Hitwise data shows that the top 100 brands in the UK are now paying for 22% more traffic from their key brand terms since the Google trademark changes took affect. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 176 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Blogging
Hitwise data reveals that blogs are currently experiencing their highest ever share of UK Internet traffic. They are also the second largest source of image search traffic after social networks. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 183 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: SEO
Hitwise data shows that search terms related to postcodes, destinations, directions and locations present a significant opportunity for SEO and / or paid search. Many of the most frequently searched for terms in this area currently have low success read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 194 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Networking
Following the recent Ofcom report which found that broadband was more popular in rural than urban areas in the UK, I had a look at the Hitwise regional data and found that the same is also true of social networking and online retail. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 204 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Search Marketing
Searches for all inclusive holidays are on the rise in the UK as the economy weakens. However, the weak economy, strong Euro and good weather have not yet led to an increase in searches for British holidays. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 231 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Google SEO
You may remember that we highlighted the fate of GoCompare when it was 'blacklisted' from Google earlier in the year. A couple of months later we've analysed the insurance site's recovery, which is turning out to be slow, but steady.

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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 232 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Other Searching
Hitwise data showing the top 10 search terms in the UK. eBay is still number 1, but but half of the top 10 terms in 2007 were social media related read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 244 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Google SEO
Hitwise analysis showing that 1 in 7 people searching with Google UK in March choose the 'pages from the UK' options. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 246 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Hitwise analysis of who is visiting the controversial Miss Bimbo site. Turns out, visitors DO skew in favour of younger women, so maybe the concerns are justified. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: rgoad 383 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://weblogs.hitwise.com)
Category: Social Media
Some interesting data we (Hitwise) produced showing that social networks now receive more UK Internet visits than webmail services. read more »
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