Top 10 Automotive-Classifieds Websites – October 2008
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleGlobal Companies to Increase Commercial Card Usage
More than seven in ten (74%) financial, treasury and cash management executives from 11 countries polled are satisfied with their commercial payment card programs, according to Visa Inc.’s Global Cash...
View ArticleGoogle Grabs 76% of US Search Spending
Google continues to dominate the market for search advertising spending, with a 76% share in Q3 2008, while Yahoo gained 1.8 points to bring it to 19.2% and Microsoft Live Search held steady at a 4.8%...
View ArticleYahoo News, CNN Website Get Most Election-Day Visits
Yahoo News, CNN.com and MSNBC.com were the most visited media/political websites on Election Day 2008, while traffic to social networks and Barack Obama’s website also saw jumps on Nov. 4, according to...
View ArticleOnline Video Streaming Reels in Women, Older Adults
The popularity of online video services has grown significantly with women and adults over age 35 in the past six months, and is helping close the age and gender gap in the online video audience in the...
View ArticleTop 10 Investment/Finance Websites – October 2008
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleGreystripe Mobile Gamers Prefer iPhone
The Apple iPhone handset is preferred by a commanding 10.7% of users of Greystripe’s ad-supported mobile gamers network, and the downloadable games “21 Pro Blackjack,” “Cookie Bonus Solitaire” and...
View ArticleGoogle, Campbell Soup, J&J Tops in CSR
Google, Campbell Soup, and Johnson & Johnson top the list of American companies that the US public sees as most socially responsible, according to the 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility Index...
View ArticleBrand-Association Study Finds Obama Linked to BMW, McCain to Ford
Barack Obama is more associated with brands BMW, Target, Google and Samuel Adams, while John McCain brings to mind Ford, Wal-Mart , AOL and Budweiser, according to the 2008 Presidential ImagePower...
View ArticleMom Bloggers More Likely to Be SocNet Addicts
Mothers who read and contribute to blogs are more active online, more receptive to online marketing and more likely to be involved in social networking than the rest of their US mothering peers,...
View ArticleTop 10 Portal Frontpages – October 2008
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Internet-Advertising Websites – October 2008
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleHoliday 2008 Sales to Fall 5%
Planned holiday spending for 2008 is, on average, $775 – down 5% from last year, according to a Brand Keys, Inc. national survey of 16,000 consumers in the nine US Census regions, reports Retailer...
View ArticleUS Consumers See Recession for Long Haul
The majority (86%) of US consumers believe the country is in a recession and more than half (54%) think the current economic conditions will last longer than 12 months, according to the Nielsen Online...
View ArticleStudy Reveals Hispanics’ Attitudes About Finances
Hispanic consumers in the US say they feel more financially secure than they have in the past and are using credit cards more, but their self-reported lack of knowledge about financial matters also has...
View ArticleMarketers Still Face Steep Web 2.0 Learning Curve
The majority of marketing executives are still in the early, experimental phases of using and measuring social media and 80% say that they have not yet fully integrated the core elements of Web 2.0...
View ArticleTop 10 Video, Multimedia Websites – October 2008
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Games Websites – October 2008
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleSoft Housing Market to Force SMBs onto Web
Over the next two years, the sagging US housing market will drive a nearly 50% increase in website adoption by small and medium-sized businesses that provide home and trade services as these businesses...
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