After Bill Shock, Parents Say Texting with Kids is GR8
Though 40% of parents who exchange text messages with their teen- and young-adult children say they have been caught off guard by high texting bills, the majority still say text messaging is the most...
View ArticleNew York, London Most Popular LGBT Travel Destinations
New York City continues to maintain its longtime position as the #1 US destination for American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender travelers, while Great Britain is the world’s top LGBT destination...
View ArticleLagging Display, Paid Search Force Ad Forecast Down
Advertisers are now expected to spend only $23.6 billion online this year in the US, according to revised figures from eMarketer, which lowered its estimate from the $24.9 billion it predicted in...
View ArticleCollege Women Blog, Use SocNets More
College students are four times more likely to blog than all online adults, and the popularity of blogging among this demographic is being driven largely by women who are three times more likely to...
View ArticleTop 10 IT/Internet-based Business/Finance Websites – November 2008
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Real Estate Websites – November 2008
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleCyber Monday Second-Best Day Ever for Online Retail
Cyber Monday accounted for $846 million in online spending, up 15% from last year – and the second-highest amount spent in online retail since the $881 million spent on Green Monday 2007, according to...
View ArticleUnion Membership for Women Comparable to College Degree
US women who belong to labor unions have a large overall wage and benefit advantage over their non-unionized peers and have a much higher likelihood of having health insurance and a pension plan,...
View ArticleHalf of Consumers Delaying New Car Purchases, Buying Used
More than half (55%) of US consumers say they are delaying a planned purchase of a new vehicle, or opting for a pre-owned one because of the current recession, a lack of consumer confidence, and a weak...
View ArticleNo Improvement on Horizon for ‘Standard’ Online Advertising
A slow-to-no growth forecast in the US for “standard” components of the interactive advertising market – such as banner, display and pop-up ads – is not cyclical and shows no signs of improving...
View ArticleTop 50 US Websites in May: Gifts, Photos & Coupons
The month of May 2009 saw a surge in online visits to gift-related sites as a result of Mother’s Day and other seasonal events, while money-saving coupon sites continued to draw significant interest,...
View ArticleBlackberry Battles iPhone Loyalty ‘Stampede’
Four out of 10 Blackberry and other smartphone users say they would switch to Apple’s iPhone as their next smartphone purchase, while only 14% of non-Blackberry smartphone users would switch to a...
View ArticleTop 10 TV Websites – May 2009
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Mobile Phone Websites – May 2009
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleGlobal Ad Forecast ‘Finally Stops Tumbling’
Worldwide ad spending in measured media is expected to drop 5.5% to $417 billion in 2009 but will experience a mild recovery in 2010 with a decline of only 1.4%, or $411 billion, according to (pdf) the...
View ArticleTop 10 US Cities for ‘Green’ Cars
Households in San Francisco are 60% more likely to buy ‘green’ cars than the average American home, while those in Greenwood-Greenville and Meridian, Miss. Are the least likely to buy them, according...
View ArticlePR Clients Demand More, Better Measurement
Though 88% of PR practitioners believe measurement is an integral part of the PR process and 77% are currently tracking their programs for increasingly demanding clients, PR pros still do not agree on...
View ArticleFortune-100 CEOs Remain Social-Media Hermits
America’s top CEOs appear to be mostly absent from the social media community, according to an analysis by UberCEO, which discovered that only two of 2009’s Fortune-100 CEOs have Twitter accounts,...
View ArticleTop 10 Family Websites – May 2009
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
View ArticleTop 10 Health & Medical Information Websites – May 2009
Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million...
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