Stats > Stats: Hitwise
Apr. 21, 2008 at 8:52pm by Danny Sullivan
Ratings Service Faceoff: Search Share Compared, June 2007 To March 2008
I've now compiled the latest search popularity stats from Hitwise, Compete, comScore, and Nielsen Online. That means it's time to put them all together once again, to see what a "panel" of ratings services agree on -- and don't agree on -- in terms of search engine popularity....
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Apr. 14, 2008 at 1:53pm by Danny Sullivan
Hitwise: Google Hits New High; Microsoft & Yahoo New Lows
Last week, Hitwise released the latest statistics for search engine share in the United States for March 2008, showing Google at an all-time high while Microsoft and Yahoo hit all-time lows....
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Feb. 18, 2008 at 9:33am by Greg Sterling
Hitwise: Google Users Older, Bigger Spenders Than Yahoo's
Hitwise performed an interesting demographic analysis last week, comparing the breakdown of Google and Yahoo search users. What it found was that Google users skew older than Yahoo search users, bucking some of the conventional wisdom in the market about the relative composition of their audiences. Google users are also...
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Dec. 28, 2007 at 5:35pm by Danny Sullivan
Comparing Search Popularity Ratings Services: June To Nov. 2007
I've now compiled the latest search popularity stats from Nielsen, comScore, Hitwise, and Compete. That means it's time to put them all together, to see what a "panel" of ratings services agree on -- and don't agree on -- in terms of search engine popularity....
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Dec. 28, 2007 at 3:56pm by Danny Sullivan
Hitwise Nov. 2007 Search Stats: Google Near All-Time High; Microsoft Hits All-Time Low
With the latest stats from Nielsen and comScore posted earlier today, I continue on with my compilation of the latest search popularity stats, now moving to Hitwise. As with the others, Google is way in the lead for November 2007. But unlike the others, Hitwise has a full year of...
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Sep. 20, 2007 at 11:01am by Danny Sullivan
Hitwise: August 2007 Search Share Favors Google, Yahoo - Microsoft Drops
Yes, it's that time of the month again -- search popularity stats time. Several ratings services are out with figures for August 2007, and I'm starting off with a look at those from Hitwise. They keep Google on top, Yahoo showing some gains and Microsoft continued drops....
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Aug. 9, 2007 at 8:55am by Greg Sterling
Hitwise Launches 2008 Election Metrics Tracking
Hitwise has launched a new data center that will track a range of metrics associated with the upcoming 2008 US election. It will reportedly update those metrics every Tuesday. The categories that will be tracked include the top websites from both parties, top political search terms and the fastest moving...
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Jun. 27, 2007 at 9:19am by Barry Schwartz
Apple iPhone Craze: A Search Volume Look
Hitwise sent me some data on the search volume for the term "iPhone." As many of you know, Apple is releasing the iPhone this Friday, and the press and craze over this product is unprecedented. Just take a glance at the coverage at Techmeme and you can see, the news...
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Jun. 8, 2007 at 9:18am by Barry Schwartz
Google Maps & YouTube Are Big Traffic Winners in Google Universal Update
Bill Tancer of Hitwise released new data comparing Google's web properties before and after the release of Google Universal Search. As we know, Google Universal Search changed how Google's vertical search results appeared in the main Google web search results. Overall, Google Maps and YouTube saw the biggest increase, while...
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May. 4, 2007 at 10:50am by Gord Hotchkiss
Kicking The Tires On Shopping Search, Part Two: The Independents
A few weeks back, we looked at how the major engines, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, handled shopping search. This week we look at four of the dedicated shopping search portals: BizRate.com, Shopping.com, Shopzilla.com, NexTag.com, and a relative newcomer to the space, Become.com. Each of these properties matched up quite...
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Apr. 19, 2007 at 8:57am by Barry Schwartz
Experian Acquires Hitwise For $240 Million
Experian has acquired Hitwise for about $240 million. Experian posted and Hitwise posted their respective press releases on the announcement....
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Apr. 12, 2007 at 12:04pm by Danny Sullivan
Hitwise: Search Popularity Static; Live.com Only Tiny Slice Of Microsoft's Share
The latest search popularity stats for March 2007 have come out from Hitwise. They show nothing different than last month. Google had a tiny 0.2 percent rise, while Yahoo dropped the same tiny amount. Live had a tiny 0.3 percent rise, though given Live's already small amount of traffic, that's...
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Mar. 19, 2007 at 11:22am by Danny Sullivan
Hitwise: Slight Google Rise In February 2007
Search popularity stats for last month are coming out once again, and I'm diving in with the latest figures from Hitwise. They show Google had a slight rise over the previous month, mainly at the loss of Microsoft Live. The month-to-month figures are below, along with the long term trend...
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Feb. 22, 2007 at 5:52pm by Chris Sherman
Search Rises Above Porn In U.K. Visits
Hitwise reports that search engines have overtaken adult sites in share among U.K. internet users. In January, search engines accounted for 13.3% of all UK internet visits, compared with 11.5% for adult websites. The market share of UK internet visits to search engines grew 21% year-on-year in January, while Adult...
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Feb. 19, 2007 at 9:09am by Barry Schwartz
Google Sending Wikipedia A Ton Of Traffic
Google Traffic To Wikipedia up 166% Year over Year by Hitwise's LeeAnn Prescott gives us some of the data search marketers have been craving for years. We all knew that Wikipedia tends to rule in the Google results but these statistics show us by how much. 70% of Wikipedia's upstream...
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Feb. 16, 2007 at 10:24am by Danny Sullivan
Wikipedia Enters Top Ten Most Visited Sites
Impressive. Scanning the latest top web sites rankings from comScore for January 2007 , Wikipedia sites are highlighted for just entering the top ten most visited. OK, technically -- they're in the top ten for having the most unique visitors. In December 2006, Wikipedia sites were ranked 13th of all...
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Jan. 4, 2007 at 9:16am by Barry Schwartz
Google Calendar Set To Pass Yahoo Calendar
Hitwise reports that Google Calendar has increased its market share by 333% between June 2006 and December 2006. Google Calendar recently passed by MSN Calendar's share and is quickly encroaching on Yahoo Calendar's share. LeeAnn from Hitwise shows that "Yahoo Calendar received 48% of its upstream from Yahoo Mail or...
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Dec. 1, 2006 at 8:48am by Barry Schwartz
Search Engine Property Stats: Google & Yahoo
Last night Bill Tancer complied an "extended" list of statistics and numbers on Google's Properties, which shows the market share of all of Google's properties as they compete with each other. With no surprise, Google's search product captures the bulk of the share with over 78% share, followed by image...
