Top 10 Social Networking Websites & Forums – March 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 Internet Advertising Websites – March 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 ArticleDemand Steady for iPhone, BlackBerry; Slight Uptick for Palm
Smartphone demand in the next 90 days will remain steady for Apple’s iPhone and Research in Motion’s (RIM) Blackberry, but also appears to be picking up for the Palm Pre, according to the most recent...
View ArticleOnline Banking Customers Increase Despite Recession
Consumers wanting to keep closer tabs on their personal finances, and aggressive moves by banks to acquire new business caused continued growth in the number of US online banking customers throughout...
View ArticleConfused Teens Choose ‘Less Expensive’ over ‘Green’
Though conventional wisdom suggests that the Millennial generation (ages 13-29) is leading the charge to make Earth a better place, a survey from Generate Insight finds that despite being the most...
View ArticleSocial Email Campaigns to Increase Nearly 400% in 2009
A record number of email marketers are planning to bridge the gap between online social networks and their email marketing campaigns, and the number of social email initiatives is expected to grow 367%...
View ArticleOne in Four Hospital, Urgent Care Patients Influenced by Social Media
Social media has some type of influence on nearly 40% of recent hospital or urgent-care center patients, with more than half of 25-to-34 year olds reporting they are influenced by it, according to the...
View ArticleMarch Web Stats Reveal Twitter Frenzy
Americans turned to the web in March 2009 to plan spring and summer travel and manage their personal finances, but also flocked online to feed their growing obsession with microblogging site Twitter,...
View ArticleSocNets, Web Video Radically Alter Online Behavior
The growing popularity of online social networking and video content is deepening web users’ engagement with the internet and is causing a dramatic shift in the global online landscape – both for...
View Article‘Global Multipliers’ Have Disproportionate Influence, Spending Power
A new study has identified a small segment of the global population that exerts a very significant influence on other consumers in such categories as travel, luxury, finance, electronics and “green”...
View ArticleBehind the Curve: Week Ended April 24, 2009
Below are some links to recent research news and studies from the collection of items that MarketingCharts didn’t get to writing up this week, but still may be worth a peek: (more…)
View ArticleStingy Shoppers Spell Good News for Wal-Mart
US consumers are growing increasingly stingy with their money and are becoming more and more likely to base their retail purchase decisions on price, according to a study from The Gordman Group, which...
View ArticleEU Marketers Increase Online Ad Spend
More than two-thirds (70%) of European advertisers say their internet ad spending is increasing this year, while nearly half agree that the internet is “essential” to their marketing efforts, according...
View ArticleTweeters Motivated by Learning, Immediacy
Though recent media accounts suggest that some Twitter users have jumped on the microblogging bandwagon to make friends, find new-business leads or feed their egos by racking up high numbers of...
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