December 2009
There are a number of Hitwise tools and data sets that could be used to track this year’s X Factor contestants’ popularity online - and name Experian Hitwise UK’s prediction of this year’s winner.
November 2009
UK Internet visits to property websites increased by 4.8% between October 2008 and October 2009. This is the first annual increase in UK Internet traffic to the sector for over two years.
October 2009
Over the last couple of Christmases, Nintendo (both the Wii and DS) consoles have ruled the roost, but it looks as if this Christmas things will be quite different.
September 2009
UK Internet visits to News and Media websites grew by 8% last year, but British news sites are not just being successful at home.
August 2009
UK Internet searches for discount vouchers have increased by 47.5% over the last 12 months.
July 2009
The use of online vouchers has been one of the most recent online success stories. Voucher searches shot up massively in the run up to Christmas 2008 as savvy shoppers looked to find a bargain during the recession.
June 2009
Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine, was announced by Steve Balmer on May 28 and officially launched on June 3 2009
May 2009
UK Internet searches for a portfolio of terms related to the MPs’ expenses scandal increased by 575% the week after the Telegraph broke the story.
April 2009
During the week ending 21/03/09 Hitwise revealed that Twitter had overtaken Google News in the UK. However, although everyone’s favourite micro-blogging service receives more UK Internet visits, Google News remains the greater source of traffic for News and Media websites.
March 2009
Britain’s favourite social network and the second most visited website in the UK after Google, Facebook is also the most searched-for brand by UK Internet users. During the 12 weeks ending 3 January 2009, 1 in every 42 Internet searches in the UK included the term ‘facebook’.
February 2009
UK Internet traffic to Twitter.com has increased 10-fold over the 12 months to
January.
January 2009
Since Aleksandr the Meerkat and founder of comparethemeerkat.com televised that
his site was not the ‘cheap car insurance’ website comparethemarket.com, visits to
both sites have increased significantly.