Hitwise announced that visits to the Hitwise Retail 100 Index, a collection of the top 100 online shopping websites in the U.S. increased 6.2 percent for the week ending November 11, 2006 compared to the same time period in 2005 (week ending November 12, 2005). MORE

Hitwise data show that the Health and Medical industry received the largest amount of traffic from search engines, 43.51 percent, for the week ending October 14, 2006. MORE

Hitwise, the world's leading online competitive intelligence service, today announced that Google was the top U.S. search engine responsible for 14.93 percent of U.S. upstream visits to the Shopping and Classifieds category for the week ending August 26, 2006. MORE

The Hitwise US Travel Report contains key insights and information about the online travel industry - one of the largest and highly competitive e-commerce categories. MORE

The Yahoo! FIFA World Cup website (fifaworldcup.yahoo.com) was the fifth most visited website in the Sports category for the week ending June 24, 2006, accounting for 4.1 percent of US category visits. MORE

The articles and insights included in this newsletter can get you started with a breakthrough new research method. They review why Search, because of the nature of the dialog consumers have with search engines, is a rich source of insight into what your customers are thinking and doing with respect to your - or your competitors' - brands. MORE

Millions of dollars are spent each year on brand advertising and brand tracking, the shift to the Internet coupled with the growth in search has introduced a host of new challenges and opportunities. MORE

With the University of Florida's victory on April 3, the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament finally comes to a close. While the tournament produced more than its share of upsets on the court there were two significant winners off the court as both ESPN.com Men's College Basketball website and George Mason's website saw significant increases in their market share of visits online. MORE

While the Winter Olympics took place several time zones away in Torino, Italy, daily results were announced long before United States primetime television hours. MORE

Valentine's Day has long been one of the most lucrative days of the year for merchants of greeting cards, chocolates and flowers, as lovers and friends express their affection by showering each other with gifts. While it's not surprising that online retailers of flowers and gifts experience increased sales in the weeks leading up to February 14, what is surprising is that searches for "love poems" surpass searches for flowers and other Valentine's Day gift staples. MORE

Howard Stern's departure from broadcast radio has raised the questions of how many loyal Stern fans will follow him to Sirius Satellite Radio, and how this move will impact the satellite radio market overall. MORE