Posts Tagged ‘ Search ’

ASOS capitalise on Facebook traffic with social store

Tweet Online fashion retailer ASOS announced yesterday that it would be opening a Facebook store at the end of January, allowing users to buy items directly from the social network rather than having to click through to the ASOS homepage. ASOS gets a lot of its traffic from social media sites. In December our Social [...][ READ MORE ]

Predictions for 2011 – Oscars and NFL

Tweet At this time of year we often reflect on the past 12 months and look ahead to the forthcoming year. I’ve already reviewed 2010 in a previous blog post and now it’s time to look ahead and see what people are looking forward to in 2011. Looking at the top search terms for ‘prediction [...][ READ MORE ]

2010 Online: the year in review

Tweet I can scarcely believe that a whole year has passed since I was sitting here writing the 2009 review, but 12 months to the day here we are, and it’s been another fascinating year in the digital world. Once again I have cherry picked the best blog posts from the year which have either [...][ READ MORE ]

Hitwise reveals Middle Britain online

Tweet Earlier this week Experian revealed the real Middle Britain to bring sharp classification to what has previously been an overused and woolly term. Using Experian’s consumer segmentation tool Mosaic, some 13.1 million people were identified as Middle Britain in the UK. At Hitwise we frequently use Mosaic classifications to show what type of websites [...][ READ MORE ]

Alcohol Vendor traffic up 50% as Party season gets started

Tweet As December approaches with alarming rapidity the start of the party season will be swinging into action quicker than you can say “Secret Santa”. With office Christmas parties and large family gatherings on the way online searches will inevitably turn to alcohol and finding the best drink deals for the festive season. The chart [...][ READ MORE ]

Apple iTunes Beatles success driven by Facebook not search

Tweet Last week The Beatles finally came to iTunes after years of fans demanding legal downloads of songs like Hey Jude, Come Together and Let It Be. As a result, traffic to the Apple website spiked dramatically, with visits from UK Internet users increasing by 382% between last Sunday and Tuesday, when the albums were [...][ READ MORE ]

Call of Duty Black Ops fans rejoice at Zombie return

Tweet At midnight last night thousands of video games fans queued to get their hands on the latest must-have game – Call of Duty: Black Ops. Obviously there were plenty of people who couldn’t buy a copy last night and instead decided to buy the game online. There was a surge of online activity last [...][ READ MORE ]

Clever Clocks Go Back campaign boosts View London traffic by 31%

Tweet This week the clocks went back which no doubt surprised more than a few people on Monday morning when they turned up for work an hour early. The surprising thing is that even a seemingly innocuous event like the clocks going back can be a real opportunity for companies to benefit from online traffic. [...][ READ MORE ]

Cheryl Cole most searched for celebrity online

Tweet Celebrities – from the A-list Hollywood star to the Z-list Big Brother housemate, we’re obsessed with them, and no-one seems to attract more public attention currently than the nation’s favourite Geordie, Cheryl Cole. We monitor over 50 million search terms a month in the UK, and given the astonishing variety of terms people type [...][ READ MORE ]

Searches for Halloween costumes scarily high this October

Tweet Halloween is becoming a bigger and bigger calendar event every year in the UK as the British and American cultures become more intertwined and universal. Two years ago, online searches for Halloween and all related terms, from ‘halloween costumes’ to ‘halloween recipes’ accounted for 1 in every 303 searches in the last week of [...][ READ MORE ]