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Analysis: Nintendo Wii is the Most Searched for UK Christmas Gift

Authored by Robin Goad on December 5, 2007 - 7:54am.

The Nintendo Wii was the most searched for product by UK Internet shoppers during November. There were thirteen times as many UK Internet searches for ‘nintendo wii’ sending traffic to the Hitwise Shopping and Classifieds category as there were for ‘apple ipod’, and over twice as many searches for ‘wii’ as for both ‘ipod’ and ‘iphone’. Despite shortages of the popular console in the UK, the volume of searches for ‘nintendo wii’ has increased 158% since November 2006, while searches for ‘wii’ have increased by 278%.

classifieds tags: Games | Retail | Hitwise | Europe | Metrics | UK | Nintendo Wii | Trends |

The Chart Behind The Demise Of Google Answers

Authored by Bill Tancer on November 29, 2006 - 10:48am.
I woke this morning to Danny Sullivan's blog entry regarding the demise of Google Answers which was announced yesterday. In his post Danny alluded to an updated Hitwise chart comparing Yahoo! Answers, Google Answers and the new Microsoft Windows Live QnA.
classifieds tags: Internet | Hitwise | Metrics | Bill tancer | Google Answers | Yahoo! Answers | Microsoft Windows Live QnA |

YouTube, the US Midterm Elections and UK Politics

Authored by Hitwise on November 6, 2006 - 10:56am.
The following is a blog entry from Heather Hopkins at Hitwise : "Half of the top ten most linked to videos online are connected with US politics." This was pointed out by Antony Mayfield on Friday (Head of Content & Media at Spannerworks, a search engine marketing firm). The impact of blogs was much discussed in the past three US elections. This election, the attention seems to be turning to YouTube.
classifieds tags: Internet | YouTube | Stats | Politics | Hitwise | Heather Hopkins |