Majority of US Mobile Users Carry Phone ‘At All Times’
Nearly 60% of mobile-phone users say carry their cell phone with them “at all times” – including inside their home – and a growing number say their device plays an important role in many day-to-day...
View ArticleOnline TV, Video & Phone Show Biggest Yearly Growth
Email, news gathering and paying bills continue to be the most widely used online activities among US adults, but downloading TV programs, watching videos and making web phone calls posted the biggest...
View ArticleBlack Friday vs. Cyber Monday Shopping Differs by Generation
Cyber Monday seems to be gaining steam as a favorite holiday shopping day, with 26% of respondents intending to shop on the Monday after Thanksgiving, up from 20% saying so in 2007, according to a...
View ArticleTop 10 Online Retailers by Conversion Rate – October 2008
Note: To be considered, e-commerce sites must have had a minimum of 500K unique visitors during the month. Conversion-rate data is based on visitor conversion rates, not session conversion rates: i.e.,...
View ArticleUS Searches Rise 7% in October, Google Dominates
Americans conducted 12.6 billion core searches in October 2008 – up 7% from September – while Google Sites maintained its top position accounting for nearly two-thirds of all core* searches conducted,...
View ArticleQ3 Radio Revenue Slides 9% Despite Off-Air Gains, Political Spend
Though off-air online and experiential advertising grew modestly as a part of the overall radio revenue pie and election-related political ads increased in Q3, total radio ad revenues were down 9% to...
View ArticleOne in 10 Young Adults Watches Online TV Each Week
More than one in 10 (11%) young adults age 18-34 now watches TV online at least once a week, and these internet-TV watchers also spend an extra hour each day with media compared with their same-age...
View ArticleBusiness Leaders Voraciously Consume Print, TV, Internet
Despite recent gloom-and-doom reports for some traditional print and broadcast media, the highest echelon of C-Suite business executives in the US remain heavy consumers of newspapers, TV and magazines...
View ArticleAfter Bill Shock, Parents Say Texting with Kids is GR8
Though 40% of parents who exchange text messages with their teen- and young-adult children say they have been caught off guard by high texting bills, the majority still say text messaging is the most...
View ArticleNew York, London Most Popular LGBT Travel Destinations
New York City continues to maintain its longtime position as the #1 US destination for American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender travelers, while Great Britain is the world’s top LGBT destination...
View ArticleLagging Display, Paid Search Force Ad Forecast Down
Advertisers are now expected to spend only $23.6 billion online this year in the US, according to revised figures from eMarketer, which lowered its estimate from the $24.9 billion it predicted in...
View ArticleCollege Women Blog, Use SocNets More
College students are four times more likely to blog than all online adults, and the popularity of blogging among this demographic is being driven largely by women who are three times more likely to...
View ArticleTop 10 IT/Internet-based Business/Finance Websites – November 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 Real Estate Websites – November 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 ArticleCyber Monday Second-Best Day Ever for Online Retail
Cyber Monday accounted for $846 million in online spending, up 15% from last year – and the second-highest amount spent in online retail since the $881 million spent on Green Monday 2007, according to...
View ArticleUnion Membership for Women Comparable to College Degree
US women who belong to labor unions have a large overall wage and benefit advantage over their non-unionized peers and have a much higher likelihood of having health insurance and a pension plan,...
View ArticleHalf of Consumers Delaying New Car Purchases, Buying Used
More than half (55%) of US consumers say they are delaying a planned purchase of a new vehicle, or opting for a pre-owned one because of the current recession, a lack of consumer confidence, and a weak...
View ArticleNo Improvement on Horizon for ‘Standard’ Online Advertising
A slow-to-no growth forecast in the US for “standard” components of the interactive advertising market – such as banner, display and pop-up ads – is not cyclical and shows no signs of improving...
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