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Facebook most searched for brand of 2011

March 28th

London, XX March 2012 – Facebook was the most searched for brand of 2011 in the UK according to new figures from online data experts Experian Hitwise. Looking at the most popular search terms typed into search engines last year, ‘facebook’ was not only the number one branded term but also the most searched for term overall in the UK. Facebook was responsible for three of the top 10 most searched for terms in the UK last year including ‘facebook’, ‘facebook login’ and ‘fb’.

Visits to search engines up 174 million year-on-year

March 15th

UK Internet users made 2.2 billion visits to search engines in February 2012, up by 174 million visits compared to February 2011. The increase in search activity represents an 8.7 per cent year-on-year increase. Google further increased its dominance within the UK search market in February as rival search engines bing and Yahoo! both lost market share.

In the News

May 22nd

Edina Realty pulls plug on Realtor.com; Prudential KC dumps Trulia, ZillowAGBeatAccording to comScore Media Metrix Real Estate Category Ranking by Unique Visitors, in March 2012, Unique Visitors to real estate sites in Minneapolis-St. Paul DMA is led by Z...

May 22nd

Dental Marketing with FacebookThe Wealthy Dentist (blog)With the Facebook IPO launch last Friday, Experian Hitwise, the company that measures traffic and activity by people on the Internet, released their updated US data showing the impact Facebook has on...

Blog Posts

May 17th

With the Facebook IPO imminent, 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 population – making ...

May 17th

With the Facebook IPO imminent, 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 population – making ...

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Social networks increase traffic sent to online retailers by 13%

October 2010

Social networks are rapidly becoming the nation's favourite online pastime. As more time is being spent on social networking sites, Hitwise data shows retail brands tapping into the power of social media to drive online traffic and sales.

Top 50 most popular flight destinations revealed

September 2010

Our recently released Quarterly Travel Review reveals that between May and July 2010, New York was the most popular destination, accounting for 3.89% of all flight searches by UK Internet users.

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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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