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UK Internet visits to skiing and snowboarding websites up 18.5% year on year

January 20th

London, 20 January 2010 — Experian Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today reveals that the recent heavy snow and cold weather has led to an increase in traffic to skiing and snowboarding websites.

IMRG-Hitwise Hot Shops List - February 2010

March 2nd

Experian Hitwise today (2nd March) publishes the sixteenth quarterly edition of the IMRG-HITWISE HOT SHOPS LIST, which ranks by popularity, as indicated by visits, the top 50 UK e-retailers* selling goods and services within the IMRG Index Classification**.

In the News

March 18th

Siliconrepublic.comFacebook overtakes GoogleSiliconrepublic.comFacebook has overtaken Google in the US to be the most visited website, according to analysis from Hitwise. In related news, Twitter is exploding in terms ...Where are Twitter users going?Los ...

March 18th

Insideireland.ieFacebook tops Google as most-visited site in USNEWS.com.auThe social network accounted for 7.07 per cent of all US web traffic last week, compared to Google's 7.03 per cent, according to web analysts Hitwise. ...Hitwise's Matt Tath...

Blog Posts

March 16th

A couple of years ago we highlighted the extraordinary case of Woodlands Junior School, the best optimised school website in the UK. It appears high up on the Google SERP for popular seasonal terms such as ‘mothers day’, ‘pancake day’, ‘easter’ and ‘lent’...

March 12th

Another guest blog by Jonny Steel, Insights Manager, mySupermarket-Insights.co.uk Fairtrade Fortnight is an annual event which aims to raise the profile of fair and ethical trading values. The supermarkets have been keen to get on board for the past few ...

Latest Newsletters

Post-Christmas retail round up: Online and offline traffic spikes on Boxing Day

January 2010

The post-Christmas period has become increasingly important for online retailers - and 2009 proved no exception. Boxing Day (26/12/09) was again the busiest day for online retailers during 2009.

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.

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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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