Posts Tagged ‘ Search ’
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 [...][ READ MORE ]
The Super Bowl 46 showdown between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots is less than a week away and consumers are going online to seek out game day details, catch up on Super Bowl-related current events, plan parties and find merchandise. An analysis of the top 25 search terms containing “Superbowl” or [...][ READ MORE ]
As we head into the Florida primary on January 31st, we analyzed a category of the four remaining Republican presidential candidates to see who was receiving the most visits from the state of Florida. Experian Hitwise data shows that the Mitt Romney site received the majority of visits from Florida for the four weeks ending [...][ READ MORE ]
The positive impact of “The Colbert Bump” has been bestowed upon the political process this election cycle. In launching “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow” (May/June 2011), the 501(c)(4) organization “The Colbert Super PAC S.H.H.” (September 2011) and his exploratory committee to become “The President of the United States of South Carolina” (January 2012), Stephen [...][ READ MORE ]
Despite the results of the Iowa caucus and South Carolina primary, if you look at Facebook, Mitt Romney is ahead by a huge margin. Total visits to the Facebook pages of the presidential candidates highlights the growth to Mitt Romney’s Facebook page over the past few weeks, visits have jumped 248% last week as compared [...][ READ MORE ]
According to Politico, approximately 7,000 sites are taking part in today’s protest against the House of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate’s Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Sites including Wikipedia and Craigslist have “gone black” in protest and to raise awareness of these acts. Rather than a traditional “Google Doodle” for the [...][ READ MORE ]
As the 2012 automotive models continue to roll out throughout 2011, consumers in the market for a new vehicle are increasingly searching online for automotive makes and models. Online users have increased their share of overall vehicle make and model searches by 37% for the 4 weeks sending October 8, 2011 as compared to the [...][ READ MORE ]
I love this time of year. Anticipation builds around the match-up, Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh, Danica Patrick plus Jillian Michaels on the eagerly anticipated Go Daddy commercial, and whether the Super Bowl could cause a heart attack mid-game. But beyond Packers vs. Steelers (I’ll leave the Patrick vs. Michaels match-up for a post game analysis) [...][ READ MORE ]
Dr. Phil, how could you? There are a few search term charts that I hold sacred, “prom dresses” and “diets” are my top two, in fact, I devoted a whole chapter of Click to “diet” searches and our New Year’s resolutions. So this year as I prepared to report for a sixth straight year that [...][ READ MORE ]
This Friday, December 17th is ‘Free Shipping Day’ (shoppers’ favorite holiday promotion) an event started in 2008, which now offers free shipping promotions from over 1000 merchants. Last year searches for ‘free shipping’ peaked during the week ending December 19th – the week which included ‘Free Shipping Day’, along with the majority of shipping deadlines [...][ READ MORE ]
