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Experian launches Hitwise Lifestyle in New Zealand

October 21st

Auckland, New Zealand - 21 October, 2009 - Experian Hitwise, the leading global online competitive intelligence service, today announced the launch of New Zealand’s first online traffic segmentation tool, Hitwise Lifestyle.

Hitwise Launches Internet Measurement Service for Brazil

September 2nd

New York, NY and Sao Paulo, Brazil - September 2, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company,launched its internet measurement service for Brazil yesterday at an event in Sao Paolo, keynoted by Hitwise Director of Global Research, Bill Tancer.

Bing Growing at 25 Percent Rate in June 2009

July 9th

New York, NY - July 9, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company, announced today that Google accounted for 74.04 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending June 27, 2009. Yahoo! Search, Bing and Ask.com received 16.19 percent, 5.25 percent and 3.15 percent, respectively.

Experian Hitwise Selected as Quamnet's Preferred Online Competitive Intelligence Partner

July 7th

Hong Kong - 7 July 2009; Experian, a global information services company, today announced that Quamnet, a leading online financial services portal, has chosen Experian Hitwise to provide it with online intelligence services in Hong Kong.

Twitter traffic has increased 22-fold over the last 12 months

June 24th

London, 24 June 2009 - Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service and an Experian company, today reveals that UK Internet traffic to Twitter, the "micro-blogging" service and social network, has increased 22-fold over the last 12 months.

Hitwise Launches Internet Measurement Service for Canada

April 27th

New York, NY - April 27, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company, today announced plans to measure Internet usage in Canada. Hitwise will report on 85,000 Web sites across more than 160 industry categories based on the Internet activity of 100,000 Canadian Internet users from all provinces and territories. The Hitwise Canadian data sample comes from partnerships with Internet service providers and opt-in panels.

Facebook Visits Increase 149 Percent in February

March 13th

New York, NY - Mar. 13, 2009 - U.S. visits to social networking Web sites increased 4 percent in February 2009 versus February 2008 among a custom category of 55 of the leading sites, according to Hitwise®, an Experian company.

Google Stays at 72 Percent of U.S. Searches in February 2009

March 10th

New York, NY - Mar. 10, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company,announced today that Google accounted for 72.11 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Feb. 28, 2009.

Facebook is the most searched-for brand in the UK

March 5th

London, 5 March 2009 - Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service and an Experian company, today reveals that Facebook, Britain's favourite social network and the second most visited website in the UK after Google, is also the most searched-for brand by UK Internet users.

Google Received 72 Percent of U.S. Searches in January 2009

February 24th

New York, NY - Feb. 24, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company,announced today that Google accounted for 72.09 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Jan 31., 2008. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com received 17.81 percent, 5.44 percent and 3.31 percent, respectively. The remaining 44 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.35 percent of U.S. searches.

Hitwise UK Online Search Update

February 18th

London, 18 February 2009 - Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service and an Experian company, today reveals that Martin Lewis, creator of the "consumer revenge" website Money Saving Expert (www.moneysavingexpert.com), was the most searched-for personality by UK Internet users during the 12 weeks ending January 3 2009.

Google Steady with 72 Percent of U.S. Searches in December 2008

January 12th

New York, NY - Jan. 12, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company,announced today that Google accounted for 72.07 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Dec. 27, 2008. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com received 17.79 percent, 5.56 percent and 3.15 percent, respectively. The remaining 44 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.42 percent of U.S. searches.

Searches for flights down 42% on last year

January 8th

London, 8 January 2009 - Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service and an Experian company, today reveals that UK Internet searches for flights have fallen by 42% over the last 12 months. January is a key month for the travel industry, as UK consumers' thoughts turn from Christmas shopping to booking their summer holidays, but the economic downturn means that consumers are being more cautious when booking flights abroad this year.