Top 50 US Web Rankings Issued for Dec., Retail Sites Again Show Strong Gains
Yahoo Sites continued to reign among US web properties, followed closely by Google Sites, as traffic to retail, shipping and weather sites increased in December, at the height of the holiday season,...
View ArticleSponsored Link Ad Impressions by Industry – December 2007
Note: Nielsen Online’s AdRelevance service uses a proprietary methodology for estimating online advertising expenditures and takes into account only image-based technologies and advertising sold per...
View ArticleLL Bean Number One in Customer Service in 2007
Consumers say LL Bean delivered the best customer service in all retail formats in 2007, according to the third annual NRF Foundation/American Express Customer Service Survey; LL Bean moved up from...
View ArticleGoogle Share of Online Video Up to 31%; Time Spent per Viewer Up 29%
More than 75% of US Internet users watched a video online (either streaming video or progressive downloads) in November, averaging 3.25 hours per person during the month, up 29% from January, according...
View Article‘Decade of Data’ Study Reveals Key Trends
For men 18 and older, TV advertising is no longer the main influencer in purchasing decisions – just 22% say it is (down 8 points), compared with 24% who now cite advertising inserts as the most...
View ArticleTop 10 US Social-Network, Blog, Web Brand Rankings Issued for Dec.
Perennial leader MySpace.com is again atop the rankings of US social-networking sites, with 60.1 million visitors in December, up from November’s 57.4 million unique visitors and 55.3 million a year...
View ArticleMore Young Women Than Young Men Have Bachelor’s Degrees
About 33% of young women age 25-29 had a bachelor’s degree or higher level of education in 2007, compared with 26% of their male counterparts, according to tabulations released earlier this month by...
View ArticleMost Received High Volumes of ‘Junk’ and ‘Spam’ Email during Holidays
More than half (56.4%) of consumers say they received high volumes of “junk” from marketers (“email from companies I know but that is just not interesting to me”) – second only to “spam” (“email I...
View ArticleMobile Search Used by 46MM Mobile Data Users in 3Q07
Some 46.1 million mobile data users in the US used mobile search functions in the third quarter of 2007 according to a Nielsen Company report examining the mobile search behavior of wireless...
View ArticleUser-Generated Video Views Up 70% in ’07, Semi-Pro and Pro Content Helped
User-generated video (UGV) scored 22.4 billion views in 2007, up 70% over 2006′s 13.2 billion views, thanks in part to the growing presence of semi-professional and professional content within UGV...
View ArticleShare of Online Searches by Engine, December 2007
Also see related story from Hitwise: “Google Sets New High with 66% of US Searches in December” Nielsen Note: Effective with October 2007 reporting, Nielsen Online has made several enhancements to its...
View ArticleTop 10 Financial Services Online Ad Spenders – December 2007
Note: Nielsen Online’s AdRelevance service uses a proprietary methodology for estimating online advertising expenditures and only takes into account image-based technologies and advertising sold per...
View ArticleOver-the-Air Households Prefer Free Broadcast TV after Digital Transition
Almost half of over-the-air households reject post-digital-transition pay TV, instead preferring to receive free, over-the-air digital television by purchasing a converter box or digital TV set,...
View ArticleGoogle Leads Search Share with 58%, Yahoo Gains a Tad
Among core search engines, Google Sites remained the top search property in December 2007 with 5.6 billion core* searches conducted in the US – a 58.4% share of the search market, according to the...
View ArticleHummer.com Ranks Highest in Usefulness to New-Vehicle Shoppers
Hummer.com ranks highest among automotive manufacturer websites for usefulness in new-vehicle shopping for a second consecutive time, according to the JD Power and Associates 2008 Manufacturer Web Site...
View Article$9.5B in Super Bowl Sales, 36% Say Ads Most Important Part of Game
Some 158 million people will watch the Super Bowl on Feb. 3 and spend a total of $9.5 billion on Super Bowl-related merchandise – an average of $59.90 per person, up from last year’s $56.04 – according...
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