Posts Tagged ‘ Movies ’

Vouchers vs. sales: battle of the online discounts

Tweet Around this time last year we reported that post-Christmas sales searches had trebled; a couple of weeks ago we noted that this year the increase was just 3.2%. However, if Christmas 2007 was the year that online sales went mainstream, this year it was the turn of discount vouchers. As the chart below illustrates, [...][ READ MORE ]

Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai most searched for Bollywood stars

Tweet Last week UK Internet searches for a portfolio of 100+ Bollywood stars was 68% higher than a year ago. Here is a list of the top 20 most searched for actors and actresses from that portfolio over the 4 weeks ending 03/01/09. 1. Shahrukh Khan (8.6% of searches) 2. Aishwarya Rai (6.0%) 3. Katrina [...][ READ MORE ]

James Bond: Quantum of Solace online

Tweet Last week saw the premier of the 22nd official Bond film, Quantum of Solace. With the success of Casino Royale in November 2006, Quantum of Solace has been one of the most anticipated films of the year. The chart above illustrates both the success of Casino Royale in November 2006 and the impact of [...][ READ MORE ]

Fast moving search terms: Strictly Come Dancing, Pierrepoint, Most Haunted

Tweet The 10 fastest moving search terms in the UK last week were: 1. strictly come dancing 2. us open 3. bournemouth air show 4. www.bebo.co.uk 5. most haunted live 6. albert pierrepoint 7. most haunted 8. you tube.com 9. euromillions 10. hurricane gustav Last week the BBC announced the names of the 16 contestants [...][ READ MORE ]

Movie & TV sequels: search behaviour and the retail gap

Tweet Yesterday we highlighted the appearance of four Batman-related terms this week’s top 10 fast moving search terms chart. A couple of weeks ago we posted about the relationship between searches for the recently released film Adulthood and its predecessor, Kidulthood. The Adulthood/Kidulthood analysis showed that the release of a new movie led to searches [...][ READ MORE ]

Fast moving search terms: Batman, Now Compilations, Festivals, Runescape

Tweet The 10 fastest moving search terms in the UK last week were: 1. now 70 2. christian bale 3. global gathering 4. heath ledger 5. batman 6. dark knight 7. womad 8. shipwrecked 9. runehq 10. hamfatter Four of these terms – ‘christian bale’, ‘heath ledger’, ‘batman’. ‘dark knight’ – related to the new [...][ READ MORE ]

Adulthood and Kidulthood: sequels and the halo effect

Tweet As we highlighted a couple of weeks ago when discussing Google’s holiday logos, one of the delights of Hitwise search data is when it reveals something expected. Seeing the phrase ‘kidulthood’ appear in our list of fast moving search terms last week was one such example. I was expecting to see ‘adulthood’, the new [...][ READ MORE ]

SATC more popular in UK than USA

Tweet The decision to hold the world premiere of the new Sex and the City movie in London has led to a surge in online searches in the UK. American interest in the film is yet to take off, although this may change following the US premiere, which takes place in New York City today. [...][ READ MORE ]

Yahoo! and Microsoft: UK perspective

Tweet Following on from Bill’s and Heather’s posts, I wanted to share some UK data on the proposed Yahoo! and Microsoft deal. First up: webmail services, and as the chart below illustrates, Microsoft has a dominant market share with its Hotmail service. While Gmail (GoogleMail in the UK) has gained some traction, its market share [...][ READ MORE ]

UK Internet traffic to newspaper websites reaches a new high

Tweet UK Internet traffic to newspaper websites reached its highest level in over two years last week off the back of a number of big news stories. For the week ending 26 January 2008, 1.48% of all UK Internet visits went to websites in Hitwise’s News and Media – Print category, which includes the websites [...][ READ MORE ]