Earning Power: Smarts Trump Beauty by Only Small Margin
Having keen intelligence still holds the most sway in terms of overall career earning power, but recent research reveals that good looks also have a great deal of influence, a finding that is troubling...
View ArticleOnline Spending Shows Recession Resilience
Three-fifths of online consumers say they will spend equal (41%) or more (19%) money shopping online in the next 60 days than they did at this time last year, according to an April study from...
View ArticleAT&T, Yahoo Top March Display Ad Rankings
Yahoo Sites – which racked up 42.8 billion US ad views in March 2009 – ranks as the top display ad publisher for the month, while AT&T is the top display advertiser, capturing nearly 6 billion ad...
View ArticleApril Web Stats: Fewer Domains, More Page Time, Longer Video Viewing
In April 2009, the average online American had 61 internet sessions, visited 108 domains, surfed 2,443 web pages and stayed on each page approximately 57 seconds, according to (pdf) monthly internet...
View ArticleTop 10 Games Websites – April 2009
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 Portal Frontpages – April 2009
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 ArticleForeign Visitors Flock to UK Newspaper Sites
Great Britain’s tabloid The Sun is the most popular online newspaper among the nearly 16 million people in the UK who visited a newspaper website in March 2009, according to data from comScore World...
View ArticleUS Retail Sales Continue to Decline
US retail and food services sales in April 2009 declined 0.4 percentage points from March 2009 and 10.1 percentage points from April 2008, according to estimates from the US Census Bureau, Retailer...
View ArticlePaid Search Traffic Down 26%; Takes Recession Hit
Paid search traffic took a major hit in the past year in all of the major categories tracked except for education, and is down 26% over the same period in 2008, according to a recent analysis by...
View ArticleApril’s Top 50 Websites: SocNets, Swine Flu Top-of-Mind
US online activity data for April 2009 from comScore reveals that swine-flu concerns caused a surge in web visits to the Centers for Disease Control’s website (CDC.gov), and that the Social Networking...
View ArticleNew Smartphone Ad Formats Fuel Higher Awareness
Nearly four in 10 (38%) US mobile phone owners, and 59% of iPhone owners recall seeing advertising on their phones in Q109, according to a research report from Brightkite and GfK Technology, which...
View Article‘Power Moms’ Comprise 20% of Online Population
Power Moms – women between the ages of 25 and 54 with at least one child and who participate regularly in online activities – currently represent 19.2% of the active internet population in the US and...
View ArticleTop 10 Social Networking Websites & Forums – April 2009
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 Video, Multimedia Websites – April 2009
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 Trade Deficit Rises 5.4%
The Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce reported this week that the US trade deficit rose 5.4%, from $26.1 billion in February 2009 to $27.6 billion in March 2009, writes Retailer...
View ArticleGoogle Still #1; MSN Shopping Search Grows 615%
The total number of US searches in April 2009 increased 4.4% year-over-year, with Google Search firmly holding the #1 search-provider spot when ranked by total searches, according to Nielsen Online,...
View Article1 in 3 Americans Drinks Alcohol at Least Weekly
Three in ten (29%) US adults report that they drink alcohol, including beer or wine, at least once a week, with 6% saying they drink daily, and men and Easterners more likely to drink than others,...
View ArticleMiddle-Agers Help Hulu Grow 490%
Though YouTube continues to rank as the #1 video web brand in the US, with 5.5 billion total streams in April, Hulu ranks #2 as it continues on a steep growth trajectory, increasing 490% in total...
View ArticleTop 10 House and Garden Websites – April 2009
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 Broadcast Media Websites – April 2009
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...
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