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Apple iPhone and iPod Touch the most searched for products this Christmas

December 15th

London, 15 December 2009 – Experian Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that UK Internet visits to consumer electronics websites increased by 16.5% between October 2009 and November 2009 as the gift buying season started in earnest.

Cyber Monday and Sunday Dec 6th the joint busiest days for online retailers

December 8th

London, 8 December 2009 – Experian Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that ‘Cyber Monday’ December 7th and Sunday December 6th were the joint busiest days for online retailers so far this year.

In the News

February 10th

The Seattle Times2.3 billion visits to search engines in January 2012browser mediaAccording to 'global online competitive intelligence service' Experian Hitwise, UK Internet users made 2.3 billion visits to search engines in January 2012, 100 mill...

February 9th

Pinterest Challenging Google and Twitter for Small Business BucksYahoo! Contributors NetworkCOMMENTARY | It might be a relative social network fledgling, but the social media site Pinterest has experienced a digital real estate boom and now enjoys million...

Blog Posts

February 8th

UK Internet users made 2.3 billion visits to search engines in January 2012, up from 2.2 billion in January 2011. Visits to search engines are up by 4.5 per cent year-on-year with nearly 100 million more visits in January this year than last year. Google ...

February 2nd

With the Facebook IPO announced yesterday interest has surged in the world’s most popular social network. Here are the top 10 things you need to know about Facebook: 1. There are over 1.3 billion visits to Facebook a month from the UK Internet populati...

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The top 50 UK retail and travel websites

December 2009

The IMRG-HITWISE HOT SHOPS LIST provides a unique insight into the top 50 UK e-retailers. The fifteenth edition, based on October rankings, has seen a number of websites grow in the lead up to Christmas.

Property websites experience first increase in UK traffic for over two years

November 2009

UK Internet visits to property websites increased by 4.8% between October 2008 and October 2009. This is the first annual increase in UK Internet traffic to the sector for over two years.

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The impact of the recession on the web

May 2009

Robin Goad, Director of Research for Hitwise UK, speaks to Sky News about how the top 100 retail and travel websites in the UK are being affected by the recession.

 

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