Many more visitors beat a path to the iTunes front door, with traffic increasing dramatically year-over-year from December 2004 to December 2005.
Google Grabbed 46 Percent Of Search
The November 2005 figures from Nielsen//NetRatings on search share didn’t change a bit from the month prior, as nearly 70 percent of searches passed through Google or Yahoo.
Google Gets 95 Percent Of SEM Business
Search engine marketers spent $5.75 billion on advertising in 2005, with Google and Yahoo collecting the biggest hauls of that cash. The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) will release its latest survey on US and Canadian SEM…
Google 166.9 Percent Greater Than Yahoo!
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studied Yahoo’s claims of a 20 billion item index and found them lacking.
Microsoft 30 Percent Better Than Linux
Linux gets the hard shutdown as Microsoft garners a three-year contract with the Central Scotland Police.
Ninety-eight Percent Of HIV Births Preventable
Doctors report that 98% of mother-to-child transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus can be prevented if detected and treated early enough. The numbers come from guidelines published in the Annals of Internal Medicine encouraging pregnant women to get tested for HIV.
Disney Profits Rise 30 Percent
The entertainment company’s stock slipped in trading after the company inadvertently sent out an e-mail with earnings information.
Firefox Experiences 237 Percent Growth
Ever since GetFirefox.com has met the minimum requirements to be monitored by Nielsen//NetRatings, which occurred in June of last year, the browser’s site experienced a 237% spike of unique visitors.
Pew: 27 Percent Read Blogs
AP reports that blog readership grew significantly in 2004, driven by increased awareness of them during the presidential campaign and other major news events.
IBM Security Report: 55 Percent Increase in Network Attacks
Network attacks against critical infrastructure providers such as utilities, telecommunications companies and government agencies surged 55 percent from July to August, according to IBM’s Global Security Intelligence Services.