Earning Power: Smarts Trump Beauty by Only Small Margin
Having keen intelligence still holds the most sway in terms of overall career earning power, but recent research reveals that good looks also have a great deal of influence, a finding that is troubling...
View ArticleOnline Spending Shows Recession Resilience
Three-fifths of online consumers say they will spend equal (41%) or more (19%) money shopping online in the next 60 days than they did at this time last year, according to an April study from...
View ArticleAT&T, Yahoo Top March Display Ad Rankings
Yahoo Sites – which racked up 42.8 billion US ad views in March 2009 – ranks as the top display ad publisher for the month, while AT&T is the top display advertiser, capturing nearly 6 billion ad...
View ArticleApril Web Stats: Fewer Domains, More Page Time, Longer Video Viewing
In April 2009, the average online American had 61 internet sessions, visited 108 domains, surfed 2,443 web pages and stayed on each page approximately 57 seconds, according to (pdf) monthly internet...
View ArticleTop 10 Games Websites – April 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 Portal Frontpages – April 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 ArticleForeign Visitors Flock to UK Newspaper Sites
Great Britain’s tabloid The Sun is the most popular online newspaper among the nearly 16 million people in the UK who visited a newspaper website in March 2009, according to data from comScore World...
View ArticleUS Retail Sales Continue to Decline
US retail and food services sales in April 2009 declined 0.4 percentage points from March 2009 and 10.1 percentage points from April 2008, according to estimates from the US Census Bureau, Retailer...
View Article98% of ‘Green’ Product Labels Potentially Misleading
A whopping 98% of products that are advertised, labeled or packaged as “green,” are not telling the complete truth about their environmental friendliness and are potentially misleading consumers with...
View ArticleYouTube Surge Fuels 16% Rise in April Video Viewing
Propelled by a significant increase in video viewing on YouTube, US internet users watched 16.8 billion online videos during April 2009, a 16% increase vs. March, according to monthly data from the...
View ArticleReal-Life WOM Beats Online by Wide Margin
In spite of increased online activity and news coverage about the growing influence of blogs and social networks, new research from Mintel continues to show that real-life referrals are more...
View ArticleTop 10 Real Estate 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 IT/Internet-based Business/Finance 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 Auto Manufacturer 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 ArticleEconomic Worries Down among Affluent
Affluent Americans remain concerned about the economy, health care, and unemployment and jobs – in that order, but the number of households reporting each of these issues as a concern has declined...
View ArticleHalf of US Latino Kids Have Immigrant Parents; 7% are Illegal
More than one-fifth (22%) of all children under age 18 in the US are of Hispanic descent and 7% are estimated to be in the country illegally, according to recent research from the Pew Hispanic Center....
View ArticleEmail, Website Navigation Merit Different Design Tactics
Though many online marketers send emails that are very similar to their websites in terms of navigation and linking, major differences in the way consumers view emails vs. websites indicate that...
View ArticleCollege Facebook Users Have Lower GPAs
College students who use Facebook spend less time studying and have lower grade-point averages (GPAs) than students who have not signed up for the popular social networking site, according to a study...
View ArticleTop 10 Marketing-Related Business 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 Telecom 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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