Some of us measure our popularity in the number of Facebook friends we have. Facebook measures its popularity in the number of “active users” it has—and that number hit 175,000,000 on Friday the 13th, according to a Tweet from Dave Morin of Facebook.
Microsoft Aims to Make Up for Black Friday Rip Offs
On Black Friday, Microsoft Live Search along with HP promised a 40% refund on items purchased in HP’s online store. The only problem was that the site for what was called Microsoft Live Search Cashback experienced an outage and then started delivering 3% refunds instead of 40%. Obviously, there were some unhappy campers as a result.
Is Black Friday Good For Retailers?
Every year we suffer through the so-called "Black Friday", the day immediately after Thanksgiving that’s supposed to kick off the Christmas shopping season and is also traditionally the single biggest shopping day of the year. This means it’s a very important day for retailers, of course, but if you dig into the numbers, Black Friday is one of the worst days for retail establishments, not one of the best. Let me explain…
Black Friday Traffic Proved Too Much For Some Sites
Pessimistic onlookers believed retailers’ websites would do little more than attract tumbleweeds this Black Friday. A sort of reverse situation came into being, however, as stampede-worthy traffic levels were significant enough to cause slowdowns and at least one crash.
Black Friday Shoppers Spend $531 Million Online
A 22 percent increase in sales from last year’s day after Thanksgiving put more money in the pockets of online retailers this year.
Hitwise: Black Friday Traffic Up 145%
Below is a summary of key data points from Hitwise regarding Black Friday Traffic (week ending Nov 17th)
Black Friday Site Traffic Increases 52%
Online traffic to Black Friday advertising websites is rising earlier in 2007 compared to 2006, Hitwise reported today. Online traffic to a custom category of Black Friday advertising websites increased 52 percent for the week ending Nov. 10, 2007 compared to Nov. 11, 2006.
Shoppers Look To Black Friday Sites For Deals
People who are planning to shop on the day after Thanksgiving or Black Friday are looking online at Black Friday Web sites that feature advanced copies of retailer’s discounts.
Wal-Mart Leads Early Black Friday Traffic
The early birds are rising earlier this year as searches for Black Friday-related websites spike a bit earlier than last year.
Wal-Mart Warns Sites Not To Leak Black Friday Ads
Wal-Mart is threatening legal action against some Web sites that may release its Black Friday ads in advance.