Posts Tagged ‘ google ’

Facebook Battles Google for Number 1

As recently reported on the blog of our sister company Experian Hitwise, Facebook surpassed Google in the U.S. to become the most visited website during the week ending March 13, 2010. The market share of visits to Facebook.com increased 185% during that week as compared to the same week in 2009, while visits to Google.com [...][ READ MORE ]

Facebook Reaches Top Ranking in US

Facebook reached an important milestone for the week ending March 13, 2010 and surpassed Google in the US to become the most visited website for the week. Facebook.com recently reached the #1 ranking on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day as well as the weekend of March 6th and 7th. The market share [...][ READ MORE ]

Google Maps Edges Closer To MapQuest

A few weeks ago I thought I was onto something very hot. I was getting ready to announce that Google Maps had caught up to MapQuest in share of US Internet visits. I decided to wait a week to be sure things held. Since then, MapQuest has regained its lead and is widening the gap [...][ READ MORE ]

Google Finance – After the Redesign

I’ve had several requests to provide some numbers on finance.google.com in light of their redesign this week. Here are some quick daily stats from this week: On Wednesday 12/13/06, Google Finance ranked 16th in our Business & Finance – Business Information category with .78% market share of visits for the category up from last Wednesday’s [...][ READ MORE ]

Google Properties – Understanding the Breakdown

Leveraging the custom category capability of Hitwise, I’ve created a category of the top 20 Google domains in order to understand the popularity of Google’s varied services. The table below details the percentage market share that each property accounts for in relation to all visits to the top 20 Google Domains. As has been the [...][ READ MORE ]