With the weather bringing a chill and holiday gift buying well under way, US Internet searches for "uggs" rose 64% last week. MORE

Comparison shopping websites saw an increase in the online market share of visits last week compared to the same week in 2006. Online traffic to a custom category of leading comparison shopping websites increased 56 percent for the week ending November 3, 2007 compared to November 4, 2006. MORE

Scripted Shows Claim Six of the Top 10 Visited Websites

Hitwise announced that the NBC's Deal or No Deal website was the most visited broadcast network television show website among a custom category of selected shows for the week ending September 29, 2007. MORE

Hitwise announced that Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson's website, www.fred08.com was the most visited website among all presidential candidates for the week ending September 8, 2007. MORE

Hitwise announced that during the peak month for Internet traffic to travel websites, US Internet users were searching for theme parks close to home. MORE

As my wife ran some errands downtown on Sunday, I found myself pacing in front of the local Apple store. This is ridiculous. My current "smart" phone is only six months old, capable of sending and receiving email, keeping my calendar, even playing a live television feed through my Slingbox. The last thing I need is a new phone. Yet I found myself drawn to the iPhone. I, like the rest of world, was hopelessly transfixed by the promise of being part of the future of telephony. MORE

The days of kissing babies and door-to-door campaigning are so Politics 1.0. If candidates for the 2008 election have any hopes of landing the commander-in-chief job, they better start refining their online search strategy and pimping their MySpace profiles. MORE

Hitwise announced that the website www.americanidol.com was the most visited broadcast network television show website among a category of selected shows from the six leading broadcast networks for the week ending April 28, 2007. MORE

Hitwise announced the share of searches for the term "spring break" increased 78 percent year-over-year, for the week ending March 17, 2007 versus the week ending March 18, 2006. MORE

Hitwise announced the market share of Internet visits to the top 20 social networking websites grew by 11.5 percent from January to February 2007, to account for 6.5 percent of all Internet visits in February 2007. MORE

Hitwise announced the findings of the Hitwise US Holiday Retail Recap Research Report, which summarizes a number of online retail activities during the 2006 holiday season. MORE

As New Year's Eve revelers shifted their attention to getting healthy on New Year's Day, they turned to the Internet to help with the popular New Year's resolution of losing weight. MORE