Top 10 Sports Websites – July 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 ArticleShare of Ad Spending by Medium – May 2008
Note: Internet spending estimates are from AdRelevance. All others from Nielsen Monitor-Plus. Different methodologies employed by each company may lead to disproportionate comparisons.
View ArticlePersonal Income and Consumer Spending Down in July
Personal income decreased 0.7% in July, after increasing 0.1% in June, according to the “preliminary” estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the US Department of Commerce,...
View ArticleUS Mobile Web Surfing about to Surpass UK Levels
Mobile web usage is gaining traction in the United States and is poised to soon surpass usage in the United Kingdom, where consumers have accessed the internet from phones for years, according to data...
View ArticleCarat Revises Global Ad Spend Growth Forecasts
Carat revised downward its growth forecasts for global advertising expenditures in 2008 and 2009, predicting 4.9% growth in 2008 (vs. 6.0% it estimated in March) and a growth of 4.8% in 2009 (vs. a...
View ArticleTop 10 Travel Destination & Accommodation Websites – July 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 Map Websites – July 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 ArticleUS Consumer Mobile Phone Sales Down: Units, 13%; Revenue, 2%
Mobile phone handset sales to consumers in the US totaled 28 million units in the second quarter of 2008 – a 13% decline from 2Q07 – according to The NPD Group, which also estimates total Q2 consumer...
View ArticleUS TV Households Up 1.5% – Asian, Hispanic Households Triple That
The total number of television households within the US (including Alaska and Hawaii) for the 2008-2009 season will be 114.5 million, an increase of 1.5% from last year, according to estimates from The...
View ArticleMobile Searches Show Strong Demand for Pizza
Pizza grabbed four of 10 spots in a recent list of mobile-directory restaurant searches in US metropolitan areas, according to V-Enable, as reported by TechCrunch. Pizza Hut, Domino’s, Papa John’s and...
View ArticleHalf of Search Marketers Do Not Integrate with Offline Channels
Nearly half (45%) of search engine marketers do not integrate their search marketing efforts with offline channels, according to the iProspect Search Engine Marketing Integration Study, conducted by...
View ArticleTop 10 Financial Services Online Advertisers by Image-Based Impressions –...
Note: Nielsen Online, AdRelevance service uses a proprietary methodology for estimating online advertising expenditures and only takes into account image-based technologies and advertising sold per...
View ArticleImage-Based Online Ad Impressions by Industry – July 2008
Note: Nielsen Online, AdRelevance service uses a proprietary methodology for estimating online advertising expenditures and only takes into account image-based technologies and advertising sold per...
View ArticleSubscription Services to Push Online Video to $4.5B by 2012
Global online video revenue is expected to surpass $4.5 billion by 2012 – up from $1.2 billion in 2008 – as it continues grow rapidly, according to the World Report on Online Video from In-Stat. (more…)
View ArticleTop 10 Network TV Show Websites – Week Ended 03-07-09
ABC is #1 among the Broadcast network rankings. FOX is #2. FOX’s American Idol is the #1 ranked TV show website among the broadcast networks. ABC’s The Bachelor was the #2 most visited site followed...
View ArticleShort Month Causes 3% Search Drop in February
Americans conducted 13.1 billion core searches in February 2009, down 3% vs. January, primarily the result of the shorter, 28-day month, according to qSearch data from comScore that tracks the US...
View ArticleStill-Weak Consumer Confidence Shows Slight March Uptick
Despite mounting job losses and a third of Americans who rate their personal finances as “weak,” consumer confidence edged up slightly this month, according to March results of the RBC CASH (Consumer...
View ArticlePrice Biggest Obstacle to Mobile Video Use
More than three-quarters (78%) of American consumers expect that the use of mobile TV and video will increase by 2010, but the majority of US consumers do not currently view it because they believe it...
View ArticleTop 10 ‘Most Annoying and Unjustified’ Consumer Ripoffs
Airline surcharges, shrinking packaging disguised as a “better deal,” stealth fees on event tickets, and disappearing cable channels are just some of the biggest consumer ripoffs in America, according...
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