Gas prices reaching $2.90-$3.00 per gallon appear are the boiling point that pushes consumers onto the Internet to research some peace of mind, according Hitwise. Searches for [gas prices] and [hybrid] soar at those prices, as does traffic to energy sites.
Cruise Review Searches Sailing High
The quest for the best cruise led travelers to their favorite search engines; US-based traffic to search sites that queried for “cruise reviews” increased 219 percent for the week ending April 15th as compared to two weeks earlier.
Ask Searches On The Continental Plan
Searchers in France, Italy, and the Netherlands can choose to try beta versions of the Ask.com search engine in those countries.
Loomia Searches For your Podcasts
A new search engine, Loomia, comes into view on the horizon. Loomia, launched last June is a search engine designed for podcasts of all sorts. The site is laid out well and is a good place for those new to podcasting to go visit and learn about the new medium. The newest feature they’ve added is a recommendations section.
AOL Reveals Top Searches for 2005
AOL Search today announced the year’s top searches based on the topics that received the highest volume of online queries on AOLSearch.com, the AOL.com portal and the AOL service during 2005.
Butternut Squash Searches Up 279%
“What’s that got to do with anything?” you ask. For food and beverage websites, it has everything to do with it. As the holiday season approaches, reference sites posting recipes see a sudden spike in search engine-generated traffic. This year, just before Thanksgiving, everybody asking what the hell they’re supposed to do with a butternut squash (and other vegetables) produced 48% of epicurean website traffic, according to Hitwise.
AOL Serves Up Turkey Searches
The US Thanksgiving holiday arrives next Thursday, November 24th, and online searchers have been hunting for menu suggestions and recipes on AOL.
Off Topic Searches: Low Return Visitors
I know you’ve had some cheap visits to your blog. You know what I mean. You happen to mention some celebrity in passing, as sort of an analogy to your day’s blog post.
When Advertising Searches You
Digital advertising has been appearing wherever a business can put up a TV screen; now, those screens may be able to recognize you, at least as a consumer. Some will consider this another step down a slippery, Orwellian slope.
Ego Searches and RSS
Ego searches are free and simple searches designed to monitor blogs and news portals for mentions of your company, product, competitors or other specific keywords.