Google’s trademark policy: the possible effects
May 2nd, 2008
Hitwise has been looking at the possible consequences of the changes to Google’s trademark polices, due to come into effect on May 5th.
The web measurement firm calculated that the top 100 Google Internet properties sent 36.55% of all online traffic to UK websites in March, an increase on 30.19% in the same month in 2007.
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Search traffic up for retailers
April 25th, 2008
Search engines are becoming more and more important for online retailers, with the percentage of traffic from shopper’s search queries rising in 2007, with more finding a site via Google or Yahoo than going direct to an e-commerce site.
According to stats from web measurement firm Hitwise, the top 500 retailers received more traffic from search … Read full article>
Google’s search market share increases
November 20th, 2007
According to the latest figures from Hitwise, Google continues its dominance of the US search market, accounting for 64% of searches in October. The search engine has increased its market share by 6% year on year.
Yahoo was next with 21.6% of the search market, down slightly on the same period last year. MSN Live Search … Read full article>






