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U.S. Searches on H1N1 and Swine Flu Increased 100 Percent

November 19th

New York, NY, Nov. 19, 2009 - Experian Hitwise announced today that U.S. searches on a portfolio of terms related to H1N1 and Swine Flu have increased 100 percent for the four weeks ending Oct. 31, 2009, compared with the previous four weeks. Online searches on the term “h1n1” increased 115 percent while searches on “swine flu” increased 18 percent for the same time period. Searches continued to climb heading into November as Americans search for vaccine availability and learn more about the symptoms of the virus.

Bing Searches Increase 7 Percent in October 2009

November 11th

New York, NY, Nov. 11, 2009 – Experian Hitwise announced today that Google accounted for 70.60 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Oct. 31, 2009. Yahoo! Search, Bing and Ask.com received 16.14 percent, 9.57 percent and 2.62 percent, respectively. The remaining 52 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.10 percent of U.S. searches.

In the News

November 20th

Christian Science MonitorBing: Google gets some real competitionChristian Science MonitorHitwise says it served about 10 percent of searches in October. But its new formula distinguishes itself from Google's in several interesting and useful ...and mo...

November 20th

Bebo May Beat Retreat From AustraliaWebProNews (blog)By comparison, recent Hitwise stats show that Facebook receives about one-fourth of all US page views, and one-seventh of all UK page views. ...and more »

Blog Posts

November 20th

UK Internet searches for video games increased by 28% last week following the release of the much hyped and anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. As the chart below illustrates, Video Games overtook Mobile Phones to become the most searched for cate...

November 19th

This morning’s online news reported that Bebo is about to close its Australian operations. But what does that really mean? To Australian Bebo users it means very little, there will be no change to their interaction with their social networks, but to AOL,...

Newsletters

Searching for the Perfect Recipe for Holiday Campaigns

November 2009
The holidays are almost upon us again, which means one thing - time to eat! Every year, the search term variations for 'recipe' and 'recipes' peak during the weeks of the Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays.

Google Receives 80 Percent of Canadian Searches in September 2009

October 2009
Experian Hitwise announced that that Google search properties accounted for 80.46 percent of all Canadian searches conducted in the 12 weeks ending Oct. 3, 2009.

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Sky News - AOL acquisition of Bebo

March 2008
Daniel King, General Manager of Hitwise UK, speaks to Sky News about AOL's $850 million acquisition of Bebo.

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