With the New Year here many Americans are going online for help with the New Year’s resolution of losing weight.
Talking And Driving Clogs Traffic
People using mobile phones while driving contribute to traffic congestion, according to a University of Utah study. Regardless of whether they use a handset or Bluetooth, the conversation itself causes motorists to drive slower on the freeway and to be less likely to pass slower-moving vehicles.
Paying Writers Based on Traffic
It may be a new year, but we’re still talking (well, some of us are anyway) about an old issue: namely, the idea of paying writers based on the traffic they get. The focus of the debate right now is Gawker, where Nick Denton has apparently started paying his bloggers based in part on how many views their posts get. This one has been around for awhile, but now it’s official thanks to a memo on (Gawker-owned) Valleywag.
Google, Search Drives Health, Travel Traffic
Websites in the health & medical and the travel categories received substantial traffic driven to them from search engines in November 2007.
McDonald’s Benefits From Monopoly Traffic
In my mind, McDonald’s is a fast food joint; although I might have assumed a website existed, it was of no importance. But traffic to that site has greatly increased in recent days, due (probably) to the annual Monopoly game.
Cyber Monday Traffic Up 26 Percent
U. S. traffic on Cyber Monday increased 26 percent compared to 2006, according to Hitwise. This is the third consecutive year there has been an increase on the Monday after Thanksgiving.
Traffic To Microsoft Increases (Slightly)
As a search competitor, Microsoft is pretty much a failure – both comScore and Hitwise saw a drop in its already-small market share during October. The corporation is far from finished, however, and it seems that traffic to Microsoft’s many sites actually rose.
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.
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.