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.
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.
New York, NY, Oct. 29, 2009 - The search terms “michael jackson costume” and “balloon boy costume” were the most popular among all U.S. Internet searches that contained the phrase “costume” for the four weeks ending Oct. 24, 2009, according to Experian Hitwise.
New York, NY, Oct. 19, 2009 - Experian Hitwise announced today that Google search properties accounted for 80.46 percent of all Canadian searches conducted in the 12 weeks ending Oct. 3, 2009. Yahoo! search properties, Bing search properties and Ask search properties received 7.99 percent, 7.65 percent and 3.09 percent, respectively. The remaining 46 search engines in the Experian Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1 percent of Canadian searches.
New York, N.Y., Oct. 9, 2009 - Experian Hitwise announced today that Facebook accounted for 58.59 percent of all U.S. visits among a custom category of 155 social networking Web sites in September 2009. The 58 percent was the highest among all social networking sites sites, as U.S. visits to Facebook increased 194 percent in September 2009 compared with September 2008. MySpace received the second-highest market share of U.S. visits for the month, with 30 percent.
New York, N.Y., Oct. 6, 2009 - Experian Hitwise announced today that Google accounted for 71.08 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Oct. 3, 2009. Yahoo! Search, Bing and Ask.com received 16.38 percent, 8.96 percent and 2.56 percent, respectively. The remaining 52 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.04 percent of U.S. searches.
New York, N.Y., Sept. 23, 2009 — Experian® Hitwise® announced today that Google accounted for 70.24 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Aug. 29, 2009. Yahoo! Search, Bing and Ask.com received 16.96 percent, 9.48 percent and 2.37 percent, respectively. The remaining 56 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 0.95 percent of U.S. searches.
New York, NY and Sao Paulo, Brazil - September 2, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company,launched its internet measurement service for Brazil yesterday at an event in Sao Paolo, keynoted by Hitwise Director of Global Research, Bill Tancer.
New York, NY, August 18, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company, announced today that only 70 percent of Canadian searches are successful. Nearly one-third (30 percent) of Canadian Internet searches are not successful, forcing Canadians to re-search to find relevant results, according to the Hitwise Canada Search Report released today.
New York, NY - July 9, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company, announced today that Google accounted for 74.04 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending June 27, 2009. Yahoo! Search, Bing and Ask.com received 16.19 percent, 5.25 percent and 3.15 percent, respectively. The remaining 48 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.36 percent of U.S. searches.
New York, NY - May 27, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company, announced today that Google search properties accounted for 80.17 percent of all Canadian searches conducted in the 12 weeks ending April 25, 2009. MSN search properties, Yahoo! search properties and Ask search properties received 8.84 percent, 7.34 percent and 2.75 percent, respectively. The remaining 41 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1 percent of Canadian searches.
New York, NY - May 21, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company, today announced plans to launch an advertising and marketing agency charter program. The charter program will provide a select and limited group of Canadian advertising and marketing agencies with the opportunity to evaluate and directly influence the forthcoming Hitwise agency product release.
New York, NY - May 7, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company, announced today that Google accounted for 72.39 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending April 25, 2009. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com received 16.27 percent, 5.68 percent and 3.95 percent, respectively. The remaining 49 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.36 percent of U.S. searches.
New York, NY - April 27, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company, today announced plans to measure Internet usage in Canada. Hitwise will report on 85,000 Web sites across more than 160 industry categories based on the Internet activity of 100,000 Canadian Internet users from all provinces and territories. The Hitwise Canadian data sample comes from partnerships with Internet service providers and opt-in panels.
New York, NY - April 8, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company, announced today that Google accounted for 72.39 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Mar. 28, 2009. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com received 16.36 percent, 5.50 percent and 4.07 percent, respectively. The remaining 43 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.68 percent of U.S. searches.
New York, NY - April 1, 2009 -U.S. online traffic to Classifieds Web sites increased 84 percent in February 2009 compared with last year, according to a new report from Hitwise®, an Experian company. The industry has experienced positive month-to-month growth in share of U.S. visits in all but one month in the past three years. As the state of the U.S. economy has worsened, visits to Classifieds Web sites have continued to climb, up 28 percent from December 2008 to February 2009.
New York, NY - March 13, 2009 -U.S. visits to social networking Web sites increased 4 percent in February 2009 versus February 2008 among a custom category of 55 of the leading sites, according to Hitwise®, an Experian company. Visits decreased 1 percent compared with January 2009 among those sites. MySpace accounted for 52.21 percent of those visits, the highest in the category, despite a decrease in visits of 28 percent compared with February 2008.
New York, NY - March 10, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company,announced today that Google accounted for 72.11 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Feb. 28, 2009. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com received 17.04 percent, 5.56 percent and 3.74 percent, respectively. The remaining 46 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.56 percent of U.S. searches.
New York, NY - March 4, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company, announced today that U.S.visits to the Stocks and Shares category increased 19 percent in February 2009 compared with February 2008. The category accounted for 1.11 percent of all U.S. Internet visits in February 2009 — ranking as the third-highest month in the past year, behind October and September 2008. The average time spent within the category was 11 minutes and 24 seconds, an increase of 14 percent over February 2008.
New York, NY - February 24, 2009 - Hitwise, an Experian company,announced today that Google accounted for 72.09 percent of all U.S. searches conducted in the four weeks ending Jan 31., 2008. Yahoo! Search, MSN Search and Ask.com received 17.81 percent, 5.44 percent and 3.31 percent, respectively. The remaining 44 search engines in the Hitwise Search Engine Analysis Tool accounted for 1.35 percent of U.S. searches.