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		<title>Holiday hot products &#8211; tablets top the list and the Furby is back!</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2012/11/12/holiday-hot-products-tablets-top-the-list-and-the-furby-is-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Illiano</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hitwise Data Center]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is time for us to polish off our crystal ball and give our predictions straight from consumers’ fingertips for the hot products of the 2012 holiday season. Gadgets will reign across many ages Tablets including LeapPads, Tabeos, iPads, Kindles and others will continue to be a popular gift this year, with more choices than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Fans are “Super” Engaged Online Compared to New York</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2012/02/03/boston-fans-are-%e2%80%9csuper%e2%80%9d-engaged-online-compared-to-new-york/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2012/02/03/boston-fans-are-%e2%80%9csuper%e2%80%9d-engaged-online-compared-to-new-york/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lopanik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audience Segmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superbowl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As with the rising popularity of the Super Bowl and the NFL, visits to the NFL Sites custom category* have increased regularly over the course of the previous 3 seasons, each with a seasonal peak in December. Between 2009 and 2010 share of visits to NFL Sites increased 71% while between 2010 and 2011 visits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 21 Judgement Day Interest Grows Online</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/05/20/may-21-judgement-day-interest-grows-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/05/20/may-21-judgement-day-interest-grows-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 11:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judgement Day 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Predictions about the end of the world tomorrow, May 21, 2011 (not to be confused with the potential end of the world in 2012, predicted by the Mayan calendar) from Harold Camping, the president of the Family Radio, have been received with both skepticism along with believers working toward preparedness. Camping&#8217;s followers have been promoting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royal Wedding Fever? US Interest Falls Below UK, Canada and New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever-us-interest-falls-below-uk-canada-and-new-zealand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/04/28/royal-wedding-fever-us-interest-falls-below-uk-canada-and-new-zealand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian and The Independent are at loggerheads over whether Americans are bored with the Royal Wedding or utterly enthralled. But which newspaper is on the mark? Judging by Experian Hitwise search data, it seems that neither is quite right. It&#8217;s no surprise to see that web-users in the UK are performing more than twice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimizing for The Royal Wedding</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/04/18/optimizing-for-the-royal-wedding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/04/18/optimizing-for-the-royal-wedding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Wedding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weddings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst Kate Middleton and Prince William have asked that those wishing to send wedding gifts refer instead to their Charitable Gift Fund, everyone else seems to view the Royal Wedding as a potential cash cow. From Papa John&#8217;s &#8220;pizza portrait&#8221; of the betrothed, to Lifetime network&#8217;s made-for-television movie &#8220;William &#038; Kate &#8211; Let Love Rule&#8221;, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valentines eating their hearts &#8230; and fruit out</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/02/18/valentines-eating-their-hearts-and-fruit-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2011/02/18/valentines-eating-their-hearts-and-fruit-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping and Classifieds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentine's Day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2011/02/18/valentines-eating-their-hearts-and-fruit-out/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What were the popular Valentine&#8217;s Day gifts this year? To identify new trends, we&#8217;ve taken a look at the top gift related terms that sent traffic to the Experian Hitwise category of Flowers and Gifts leading up to the much loved (or loathed) Valentine&#8217;s Day. The terms that sent more or less traffic to an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPod Touch and iPad Top Electronics Searches</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/12/22/ipod-touch-and-ipad-top-electronics-searches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/12/22/ipod-touch-and-ipad-top-electronics-searches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Consumer electronics and gadgets are always popular holiday gifts and this season the iPod Touch, iPad and Amazon&#8217;s Kindle were among the top search terms for CE products over the past 4 weeks. The analysis is based upon a portfolio of over 16,000 products in the consumer electronics category to measure consumer demand. While these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online excitement for Tron Legacy</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/12/17/online-excitement-for-tron-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/12/17/online-excitement-for-tron-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/12/17/online-excitement-for-tron-legacy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The anxiously awaited (confession &#8211; I bought tickets a month ago) sequel to Tron, Tron:Legacy opened in theaters after midnight last night. Naturally, with so much excitement about the movie, many fans were searching for information about Tron:Legacy online in the US and the UK. Variations of search queries for &#8216;tron&#8217; and &#8216;tron legacy&#8217; jumped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study &#8211; Social Security Administration</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/11/05/case-study-social-security-administration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/11/05/case-study-social-security-administration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/11/05/case-study-social-security-administration/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Social Security Administration may not be the first website that comes to mind when thinking about search or social, but these two sources combined accounted for half of the traffic referrals in October 2010. Search engines referred 43% of the upstream traffic to the website of the Social Security Administration and of those visitors, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retailers Captured Increased Black Friday Search Traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/11/04/retailers-captured-increased-black-friday-search-traffic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/11/04/retailers-captured-increased-black-friday-search-traffic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping and Classifieds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Websites that aggregate Black Friday deals from retailers always start to garner more attention in the weeks building up to the Thanksgiving weekend as consumers start to research upcoming holiday purchases. Early shoppers have already started seeking information around Black Friday promotions, driving the market share of visits to increase 12% last week as compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Search Behavior and Results for Laptops</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/08/18/search-behavior-and-results-for-laptops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/08/18/search-behavior-and-results-for-laptops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Back to School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/08/18/search-behavior-and-results-for-laptops/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Laptops have become an increasingly popular and necessary Back to School item, so we used the generic term &#8216;laptops&#8217; to help understand the current search strategies and behavior around this competitive term. Many consumers put significant time and consideration into researching a laptop before committing to the purchase, since computers and electronics tend to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heat wave drives online sales of ACs</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/08/02/heat-wave-drives-online-sales-of-acs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/08/02/heat-wave-drives-online-sales-of-acs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Appliances & Electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/08/02/heat-wave-drives-online-sales-of-acs/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently we wrote about the increase in searches for air conditioners during the heat wave affecting many parts of the country, causing the share of search clicks on the term &#8216;air conditioners&#8217; to increase 268% for the week ending July 10, 2010. Upon publishing these trends, eBay confirmed that they were also seeing increases in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to school searches growing</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/07/21/back-to-school-searches-growing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/07/21/back-to-school-searches-growing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Back to School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/07/21/back-to-school-searches-growing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The summer is only half over, but search queries including &#8216;Back to School&#8217; are on the rise and the share of variations have increased 28% for the week ending July 17, 2010 year-over-year. Over the past 2 years, the peak of the Back to School searches has occurred in mid-August &#8211; the week ending August [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul the Psychic Octopus</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/07/08/paul-the-psychic-octopus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/07/08/paul-the-psychic-octopus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/07/08/paul-the-psychic-octopus/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Quite possibly the first octopus to receive death threats (first from Argentina fans, now German fans), Paul the Octopus (or &#8220;Oktopus Orakel&#8221;) has catapulted into fame after correctly predicting the winner for all six of the German matches in the World Cup. Although yesterday&#8217;s prediction about Spain winning the semi-finals has probably made Paul the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BP&#8217;s Paid Search Campaigns</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/06/15/bps-paid-search-campaigns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2010/06/15/bps-paid-search-campaigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2010/06/15/bps-paid-search-campaigns/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, BP announced that the company had purchased keywords related to the oil spill to drive traffic to the BP website. For the week ending June 12, 2010, 47% of all traffic to BP.com was driven by search and 22% of all search traffic was from paid search terms. The top paid search term [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zhu Zhu Pets are hottest holiday gift</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/30/zhu-zhu-pets-are-hottest-holiday-gift/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/30/zhu-zhu-pets-are-hottest-holiday-gift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot Products]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2009/11/30/zhu-zhu-pets-are-hottest-holiday-gift/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the hottest products this year is the Zhu Zhu Pet, an electronic pet hamster that is selling out of retailers all over the country. Searches jumped for &#8216;zhu zhu&#8217; related-terms last week as compared to the previous week: &#8216;zhu zhu hamster&#8217; increased 53%, &#8216;zhu zhu pets&#8217; increased 135% and &#8216;zhu zhu&#8217; increased 107%. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analyzing the Maclaren Stroller Recall</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/18/analyzing-the-maclaren-stroller-recall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/18/analyzing-the-maclaren-stroller-recall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recalls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2009/11/18/analyzing-the-maclaren-stroller-recall/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week parents were horrified to learn about a recall on Maclaren umbrella strollers due to multiple cases of children&#8217;s fingers being amputated. The volume of traffic to the Maclaren website jumped 9x in volume on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 as the recall hit the news and initially overloaded the website. While the recall was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Friday and Cyber Monday Predictions</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/11/02/black-friday-and-cyber-monday-predictions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping and Classifieds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Holiday projections are out and many are predicting a gloomy holiday season for retailers. The NRF forecasts a 1% decline growth in total retail sales for the 2009 holiday season, totaling $437.6 billion. The online channel is poised to fare somewhat better, with Forrester Research projecting an increase of 8% to $44.7 billion. The official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balloon boy floats into popular searches</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/10/21/balloon-boy-floats-into-popular-searches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/10/21/balloon-boy-floats-into-popular-searches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News and Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2009/10/21/balloon-boy-floats-into-popular-searches/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Americans are fascinated with the story of the &#8216;balloon boy&#8217; as facts unfold in the highly unusual tale of a boy floating away in a mylar balloon &#8211; only to be discovered in the attic three days later. Searches jumped last week for &#8216;balloon boy&#8217; related news, with &#8216;balloon boy&#8217;, &#8216;boy in the balloon&#8217; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to School Season Starts Soon</title>
		<link>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/06/18/back-to-school-season-starts-soon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.experian.com/blogs/hitwise/2009/06/18/back-to-school-season-starts-soon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dougherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Acquisition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Back to School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Strategies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.experian.com/blogs/ilovedata/2009/06/18/back-to-school-season-starts-soon/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[School is barely out for the summer, but the Back to School season is right around the corner again. Search queries that include the phrase &#8216;back to school&#8217; begin to ramp up during the month of July, peak in early August, and end in mid-September. Last year, the Back to School season was negatively impacted [...]]]></description>
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