It’s hard to believe data about 2007 is still being released, but a new Hitwise report is interesting, nonetheless. It seems that social networks and YouTube were quite popular last year, with related terms dominating a list of the top ten UK searches.
Blended Searches Favored Over Vertical Searches
Users prefer to click on specialized content, including news, images and video when it appears in blended search results, according to a study sponsored by iProspect and conducted by JupiterResearch.Google, Yahoo and MSN started offering blended search results for some user’s searches in the past year. Before last year, users found specialized content through targeted vertical searches.
Compete Puts Overall Searches, Google Higher
According to new numbers from Compete, the search engines were busier than ever in November – Americans made a record 8.1 billion queries. Also – you guessed it – Google’s market share went up.
UK Searches Show Love Of Christmas Markets
Know what a Christmas market is? If you’re American, you might well not – Wikipedia lists only six of them for our country, while there are closer to 30 entries for Europe. Still, that’s all the more reason to show interest in a new Hitwise report on the subject.
Ask Releases Top Searches Of 2007
We saw Yahoo’s, then Google gave us its list of top searches. Now Ask is stepping up, and I’m happy to say that the term “Cars” was the sixth most popular query of 2007.
Celebs, Wrestling Top Yahoo Searches In 2007
Looking at the top searches on Yahoo for the year 2007, you might draw a few conclusions about what’s foremost on America’s conscience – and they might not be good conclusions.
Searches For Cheap Gas (Sort Of) Unite Society
Gas prices aren’t as bad now as they have been in the past, but they’re certainly not good. And as usual, search trends have mirrored real-life events, and queries for “cheap gas” and the like have skyrocketed.
UK’s First Site That Searches Both Google & Yahoo
Searchboth.co.uk is a new site that allows you to search both the Google and Yahoo search engine at the same time.
Live Search Team Improves Product Searches
Back in October, LiveSearch introduced a feature called “New and improved product results in Web search“, thorugh this users could have more product information and informed decisions. Now, the official Live Search blog has a post called, “Summarizing user reviews for computers and electronics” which finds, analyzes and summarizes reviews from across the Web in […]
Halloween Spurs Searches For Pirates at the Disco
Expect to see a swarm of pirates plundering your yard this Halloween. Pirate costumes are again the most searched for ensembles, just like last year. Of course, it depends on the source. Yahoo says we’re all going disco.