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Hitwise UK Online Media Round-ups for 2008

The Christmas Crunch Edition

December 2008

The economic situation has worsened significantly since June and this is having a
negative impact on job security. Consequently UK Internet searches for ‘redundancy’
have increased by 83% since August, reaching their highest peak over the past year
in October.

Get voting: elections and reality TV

November 2008

The annual pre-Christmas battle for Saturday night tea time TV supremacy is well
under way. In the red corner: ITV’s The X Factor, in the blue corner: the BBC’s
Strictly Come Dancing. Strictly Come Dancing started off ahead in the ratings, but
has now been overtaken by the X Factor.

Who is benefitting from the credit crunch?

October 2008

UK Internet visits to house and garden retail websites have increased by 20.5% over
the last 12 months, despite the credit crunch and falling house prices.

Sport websites’ success not quite a bolt from the blue

September 2009

UK Internet traffic to sites within our Sports category shot up to an all time high, and during the week ending 23rd August accounted for one in every 29 visits.

Twittering away in the credit crunch

August 2008

UK Internet visits to www.twitter.com increased by 631% in the 12 months to 12 July 2008, with 485% of that growth coming this year.

TV - That’s what I’m blogging about!

July 2008

UK Internet visits to weblogs reached an all time high during the week ending 7 June
2008. Blogs and Personal Websites accounted for 1.19% of all UK traffic, equivalent to one in every 84 internet visits.