Posts Tagged ‘ Search ’

YouTube hits 20% of all UK social networking visits

Tweet Last month I mentioned that we regularly get requests for data on the top search engines and social networks in the UK. Last time the focus of my blog was Microsoft’s search engine Bing, but this month the spotlight is definitely on YouTube. YouTube was the fastest growing social network in April for the [...][ READ MORE ]

Bing fastest moving search engine in the UK

Tweet People are always asking us: What are the most popular search engines and social networks in the UK? Search and social are the two biggest sources of traffic delivering visits to websites in the UK, so it’s understandable that these two massive drivers of traffic peak people’s interest. As this is a popular request [...][ READ MORE ]

The changing facets of social shopping online

Tweet We had quite a few comments on my post last month about Groupon UK and the rise of social shopping. Given the interest surrounding this topic, I thought I’d follow up with a post which concentrates on the key differences between the four key types of retail affiliate: Price Comparison sites, Cashback sites, Voucher [...][ READ MORE ]

Wikipedia second biggest breast cancer authority in the UK

Tweet According to an article in the BBC, Cancer Research UK is asking its specialists to write new content for Wikipedia in order to increase the accuracy and clarity of the entries supplied on the online encyclopaedia. Wikipedia is the 12th most popular website in the UK and accounts for just under 1% of all [...][ READ MORE ]

Charity traffic leaps 30% in Comic Relief week

Tweet It’s red nose time and once again the UK turns its thoughts to sponsored runs, baking extravaganzas and taking baths in baked beans – all in the name of raising money for charity. As you might expect, searches for all terms relating to Comic Relief and Red Nose Day have all increased significantly in [...][ READ MORE ]

Social media more popular than Entertainment online

Tweet Social networks continue to grow in dominance and for the first time ever, social media has become the single biggest activity online in the UK, overtaking the Entertainment category. During January 2011 social networks accounted for 12.4% of all UK Internet visits. Across the 9,000 social networks that we monitor, there were over 2.4 [...][ READ MORE ]

Will social shopping spell the end of discount voucher sites?

Tweet Have online discount vouchers had their day? A couple of years ago a lot of industries relied on discount vouchers in order to get them through the recession. The “credit crunch lunch” kept consumers walking through the doors of high street restaurant chains with the promises of Buy One Get One Free meals, but [...][ READ MORE ]

Which retailers are leveraging the marketing power of Facebook?

Tweet You don’t have to look far online to find praise for Facebook. The UK’s most popular social network has been heralded as an indispensible tool for online advertising and social engagement for some time now. But which brands are making the most of Facebook’s enormous marketing potential? Using Hitwise data we have a number [...][ READ MORE ]

Smoking search terms: Stopping is better than Quitting

Tweet As January draws to a close many of us will be facing the reality that we simply weren’t made to stick to resolutions. What started as a zealous passion to get fit, drink less or simply leave the office on time inevitably dwindles to half-hearted promises to “do better next year”. With this in [...][ READ MORE ]

Comedians have last laugh of ticketing search terms

Tweet Every week the research team here at Hitwise do some analysis of the ticketing industry to see which music artists are being searched for the most and which are the most popular gigs/festivals that people want to attend. Whilst this always throws up a few surprises (how can Michael Bolton still be so popular?), [...][ READ MORE ]