comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) , a leader in measuring the digital world, has recently released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the United States search marketplace. This is the first time we’re seeing data that includes the new search engine Bing.com. Google has 65 percent market share, Yahoo! has 19.6 percent marketshare, and Microsoft has 8.4 percent market share. [Read more…]
comScore Releases May 2009 Search Engine Rankings
User Centric Releases Results of Eye Tracking Study: Google Versus Bing
User Centric has released the results of an eye tracking study that compares data between Google and the new Microsoft search engine Bing. What is interesting to note is that sponsored links are attracting more attention than they are on Google. Google users appear to be more aware of the sponsored links. [Read more…]
Top 50 USA Web Properties for April 2009
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, has released its monthly list of consumer activity on the top 50 web properties in the USA. They do this every month, and it’s based on data from their comScore Media Metrix service. [Read more…]
comScore Releases First Public Report of Online Usage in Singapore
According to a new report by comScore, Internet users in Singapore spend half of their time online using social and entertainment websites. This is the first public report of online usage in Singapore. It includes a ranking of the most “engaging and visited Internet site categories and properties, based on the comScore World Metrix service, and the top search properties, based on the comScore qSearch service. [Read more…]
comScore: Mobile Social Networking is Responsible for Growth of Mobile Internet
A new comScore report out today shows that mobile social networking is responsible for the growth of the mobile internet in Europe. One third of European mobile social networking users access social media sites exclusively. [Read more…]
comScore August 2008 Search Engine Rankings
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR) has updated their monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the USA search engines. In August 2008, searchers in the USA conducted 11.7 billion core searches, virtually unchanged from July 2008. Google’s web sites extended their lead in the core search market share by 1.1 percentage points. [Read more…]
Paris Hilton Fires Back at John McCain; Stays At Top of Search Phrases
Paris Hilton fired back at John McCain in response to Presidential Candidate John McCain’s recent television ad. John McCain’s TV ad compared Senator Barack Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Paris Hilton stayed atop the Lycos to(TM) Top Search Terms for the week ending August 2nd, 2008. Every week Lycos comes out with a list of the top 50 most popular search phrases for the previous week. [Read more…]
comScore Releases June 2008 Search Engine Rankings
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR) has released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In June 2008, Americans conducted 11.5 billion core searches, representing a 7-percent gain versus May. [Read more…]
Alex Rodriguez and Madonna Surge in Searches on Lycos Network
According to Lycos, the rumors of an affair between Alex Rodriguez and Madonna caused a huge surge in the number of searches for their names last week. Other searches that surged last week were searches for Grey’s Anatomy’s Katherine Heigl, Nicole Kidman, Jesse Jackson and the iPhone. [Read more…]
comScore Releases May 2008 Search Engine Rankings
comScore has released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the United States search engine rankings for May, 2008. Last month, searchers in the United States conducted 10.8 billion core searches. Google increased their market share slightly according to the stats. [Read more…]
comScore Releases March 2008 United States Search Engine Rankings
As a follow-up to yesterday’s comScore post, I thought I would update you on the United States’ search engine rankings. [Read more…]
ComScore Releases Web Rankings for March 2008, Yellow Book and MLB Top Gainers
comScore has released their monthly internet rankings for March 2008. Among the notable changes this past month is the increased traffic to the Yellow Book Network as well as more traffic to MLB.com. The typical NCAA “March Madness” drove a lot of traffic to online gambling sites. [Read more…]
Top United Kingdom Internet Rankings for January 2008
comScore, Inc. has released its January 2008 rankings of the largest and fastest-growing Internet web properties and site categories in the United Kingdom. The rankings are based on data taken from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service. [Read more…]
comScore Releases 2007 U.S. Internet Year in Review
According to comScore, Google and Facebook were some of the biggest winners last year when it comes to the top gaining web properties and overall search market growth. [Read more…]
comScore Releases December U.S. Search Engine Rankings for December 2007
comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the search marketplace for December 2007. Among core search engines in December 2007, Google Sites remained the top search property with 5.6 billion core searches conducted, representing a 58.4 percent share of the search market. [Read more…]
Chase Paymentech Says 2007 Online Holiday Retail Sales Grew by 29 Percent
Any interesting report is out today from Chase Paymentech, saying that the online holiday retail sales for 2007 grew by a whopping twenty nine percent. [Read more…]
comScore Reports Heaviest Online Spending Due to Procrastinators
Apparently there’s a flurry of online spending–all by procrastinators and deal-seekers. This is leading to a strong final week of pre-Christmas online shopping. comScore is reporting that online sales are up 25 percent versus a year ago. [Read more…]
Ask.com Reveals Top Search Phrases for 2007
Ask.com has revealed it’s Real Deal list of the top keyword search phrases for 2007. They said that it has been a MySpace year, and are revealing other interesting findings such as Barack Obama beating Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, the Boston Red Sox took the playing field, and Hannah Montana took over the TV screen. [Read more…]
Cyber Monday Spending Hits Record $733 Million
Cyber Monday, November 26, 2007 had its unbelievable snafoos, but it ultimately was a success. In fact, comScore is reporting that sales are up 21 percent over last year. [Read more…]