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Facebook Connect: Wizards and translators aim to connect with more sites
News At last count, about 15,000 sites had implemented Facebook Connect, a product that statistics firm Hitwise says gave the social network enough momentum to propel it past once-bigger rival MySpace in terms of US traffic. [01 Oct 2009]
Evan Williams
AS Profile And in September internet search data company Hitwise noted that Twitter has overtaken MySpace in the UK and is catching up with Bebo in the popularity stakes, ranking as the fourth most popular social networking site or... [29 Sep 2009]
Microsoft's Bing goes off with a bang in June
News Data from companies such as Compete and Hitwise point to only very small gains, according to Search Engine Land, which believes the real evidence of Bing's staying power will come once the summer holiday period ends and... [14 Jul 2009]
Tweet to boost your CRM cred
News Twitter became one of the 100 most visited websites in the UK for the first time last week, according to internet search data company Hitwise, and now ranks seventh in its Social Networking and Forums category - up from... [10 Feb 2009]
What if Microsoft-Yahoo! had tied the knot?
News s front page had 61 per cent portal market share to MSN's 20 per cent, according to Hitwise. A year ago, on 1 February 2008, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer told the world his company wanted to buy Yahoo! [02 Feb 2009]
Web sales fever hits as soon as the wrapping paper is off
News According to internet search data company Hitwise, traffic to retail sites leapt 22 per cent between 25 December and 26 December 2008. Boxing day was the busiest day in terms of traffic for online retailers over... [02 Jan 2009]
Google's search share continues to creep up
News Google's steadily increasing search share neared 70 per cent in June in the United States, according to new figures released yesterday by Hitwise. The statistics are based on a sample of 10 million US internet users,... [16 Jul 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets Christmas bonus
News From 8 December 2007 to 5 January 2008 visits to the site rocketed following its full marketing launch on Christmas Day, according to web traffic monitoring company Hitwise. UK director of research at... [10 Jan 2008]
Shopping.com tops retail ranking
News The Shopping.com network - which includes the Dealtime.co.uk, DoorOne.co.uk and Shopping.com sites - topped rankings from both Hitwise and Nielsen/NetRatings. eBay's Shopping.com network has spent its fourth consecutive... [18 Sep 2007]
Retailers ignoring their online shoppers
News Only half of the retailers on the list, which was compiled by Hitwise and IMRG, are high street names - and this number has only risen by two since May 2006: from 23 to 25. Hitwise VP of research,... [30 May 2007]
Gov recruitment site gets record searches
News Online research specialist Hitwise puts the site at the top of the pile, with Total Jobs second (with 4.9 per cent of the total online recruitment market) and Monster at four per cent. The Department for Work and... [10 May 2007]
Web 2.0 still a minority pursuit for the wired world
News The study backs up recent research by web audience measurement company Hitwise, which found the vast majority of visits to web 2.0 sites involve people coming to consume content rather than create it. [08 May 2007]
Web 2.0 sites more attractive to marketers?
News In one example, audience measurement company Hitwise found just 0.16 per cent of visits to YouTube involve users seeking to upload video for others to watch. While the user-generated content (UGC) bandwagon rolls on, one... [25 Apr 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.04.07
Round-Up According to a survey by web traffic analysts Hitwise only a paltry 0.16 per cent of YouTube users who visited the site last year actually got around to uploading content. All around the world, in plush offices, behind... [20 Apr 2007]
Google "ecstatic" about Q1 results
News s 12 per cent and Microsoft's nine per cent, while Hitwise puts Google's share at 64 per cent, Yahoo! Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said in a conference call with analysts: "We are ecstatic about our financial... [20 Apr 2007]
