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	<title>Hitwise Blog &#187; Canadian Insights</title>
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		<title>iPhone 4 Launch in Canada</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/08/11/iphone-4-launch-in-canada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday July 30, the iPhone 4 was launched in Canada and Hitwise data reveals that Canadians turned to social networks, blogs and retailers after searching for the highly coveted phone. In the week after the launch (week to 7 August 2010) &#8220;iphone 4&#8243; was the top Canadian search term that included the word &#8220;iphone&#8221;, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Canadians Reach Retail Websites</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/07/28/how-canadians-reach-retail-websites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/07/28/how-canadians-reach-retail-websites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audience Segmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadians are heavy users of search engines and as we see in most markets, Search Engines are the top source of upstream visits to retail websites. In the month of June 2010, one third (33.21%) of upstream visits to Shopping and Classifieds websites came directly from a Search Engine. But, that is down year over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heat Wave Sends Canadians to Weather Websites and in Search of Air Conditioners</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/07/14/heat-wave-sends-canadians-to-weather-websites-and-in-search-of-air-conditioners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/07/14/heat-wave-sends-canadians-to-weather-websites-and-in-search-of-air-conditioners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News and Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We Canadians are notorious for our weather talk. Last week&#8217;s heat wave in Ontario and Eastern Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal in particular, drove our obsession to new heights. Weather websites accounted for more than 1 in every 100 Canadian internet visits. Canadians were twice as likely to vistis Weather websites last week than were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HST Rebate Searches in Canada</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/06/28/hst-rebate-searches-in-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/06/28/hst-rebate-searches-in-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business & Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Ontario government surprised many of us a couple of weeks back with a cheque. Before many had seen news coverage of the HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) rebate, the funds had already made their way into bank accounts across the province. Hitwise data reveals that searches including the word &#8220;HST&#8221; peaked in the week ending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Improvement Spring Boost</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/06/17/home-improvement-spring-boost/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/06/17/home-improvement-spring-boost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to elaborate on a point raised in my blog post last week about Shopping and Classifieds trends in Canada. I mentioned in the post that House and Garden websites enjoyed 26% growth in share of Canadian internet visits year over year to April 2010 to become the fifth largest retail industry in Canada [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Retailers Falling Behind</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/06/07/canadian-retailers-falling-behind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/06/07/canadian-retailers-falling-behind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping & Classifieds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Statistics Canada (StatsCan) report found that more Canadians are window shopping and making purchases online. This week we published a report on the online retail industry in Canada, Online Retail Trends and Opportunities, which similarly showed an 8% year over year increase in visits to Shopping and Classifieds websites in April. The most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Searches for Loans and Credit Cards See Gains</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/06/02/canadian-searches-for-loans-and-credit-cards-see-gains/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/06/02/canadian-searches-for-loans-and-credit-cards-see-gains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business & Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian internet searches for loans and credit cards showed gains year over year in the first quarter of 2010, reflecting the financial strain felt by consumers. Year over year, searches for loans increased 19.2% to the first quarter of 2010. Searches for loans showed a quarterly increase (comparing Q4 2009 and Q1 2010) of 42.5% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Searches for Properties for Rent up 150% for the Year</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/05/18/canadian-searches-for-properties-for-rent-up-150-for-the-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/05/18/canadian-searches-for-properties-for-rent-up-150-for-the-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 08:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian internet searches for properties for rent searches (e.g. variations of &#8216;apartments for rent&#8217;, &#8216;houses for rent&#8217;, &#8216;maison a louer&#8217;) experienced a sharp increase over the past year, with a 158.2% increase in the first quarter of the year and 150.2% year over year (comparing Q1 2010 with Q4 2009 and Q1 2009). The increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Home Improvement Searches</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/05/05/canadian-home-improvement-searches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/05/05/canadian-home-improvement-searches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 08:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping & Classifieds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian internet visits to House and Garden websites were up 16% year over year last week (week to 1st May 2010). House and Garden is one of the largest retail categories based on share of internet visits in Canada, ranking as the 5th largest category last week (behind Classifieds, Rewards and Directories, Auctions and Department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Insurance Searches on the Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/04/28/canadian-insurance-searches-on-the-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/04/28/canadian-insurance-searches-on-the-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business & Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Insurance rates for most Canadians saw a major increase at the start of the year. Insurance was again in the news over the weekend, when Jim Flaherty, Canada&#8217;s Finance Minister, indicated that Ottawa will be cracking down on banks&#8217; efforts to sell insurance products on their websites. Banks have long been restricted from promoting insurance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadians Searching for Winter Escapes</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/01/19/canadians-searching-for-winter-escapes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/01/19/canadians-searching-for-winter-escapes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With no end in sight to winter and the charm of the ever-mounting snow banks wearing off, Canadians are turning to the web to book winter escapes. Visits to Travel websites have seen a sharp increase over the past two weeks. Canadian Internet visits were up 34% to Travel websites in the two weeks to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadians Hunt for Grey Suede Boots</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/24/canadians-hunt-for-grey-suede-boots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/24/canadians-hunt-for-grey-suede-boots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping & Classifieds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2009/11/24/canadians-hunt-for-grey-suede-boots/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The search term &#8220;grey suede boots&#8221; was a Fast Moving Search Term last week in Canada among search terms sending visits to Shopping and Classifieds websites. The term appeared #2 on the Fast Moving Search Terms report and is a good example of an opportunity for Canadian retailers. The following table shows the top 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Canadian Travel Websites</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/16/top-canadian-travel-websites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/16/top-canadian-travel-websites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada is home to one national airline (Air Canada), a major regional carrier (Westjet), a few low cost carriers and international competition on international routes. One might expect Canadians to head directly to AirCanada.com to make bookings, however, Hitwise data reveal that Canadians continue to compare deals across carriers, in particular using online travel agencies. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadians Searching for Flu Shot Side Effects</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/12/canadians-searching-for-flu-shot-side-effects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/12/canadians-searching-for-flu-shot-side-effects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2009/11/12/canadians-searching-for-flu-shot-side-effects/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Canadians appear to be shifting their focus from researching swine flu and its associated symptoms to researching the vaccine and locations for the shot. While the search term &#8220;swine flu symptoms&#8217; continues to dominate flu related searches, the share of searches for &#8220;swine flu symptoms&#8221; declined by 49% last week. At the same time, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Banks Brand Association</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/04/canadian-banks-brand-association/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/04/canadian-banks-brand-association/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business & Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Internet search data can be an excellent input to understand what consumers associate with a brand name. Looking at the words that consumers include with a brand name in a search query provides insight into the products, services and attributes consumers associate wtih that brand. The data, updated weekly is far more timely and cost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Banks, Internet Search Data and Brand Strength</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/10/15/canadian-banks-internet-search-data-and-brand-strength/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/10/15/canadian-banks-internet-search-data-and-brand-strength/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Internet search data is an excellent source of insight into what consumers associate with a brand as well as the &#8220;top of mindedness&#8221; of any particular brand. I did some analysis of the top search terms sending visits to Canadian banks to see how Canadians search for their banks. The top search term sending Canadian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Street View Launches in Canada</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/10/14/google-street-view-launches-in-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/10/14/google-street-view-launches-in-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Hopkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Insights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google launched Street View to 10 Canadian cities last week. Our Canadian fast moving search terms report was filled with references to Street View. The #1 fast moving search term last week was &#8220;google street view&#8221; and 4 of the top 10 fast moving search terms related to the launch. The launch pushed up the [...]]]></description>
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