Marriage Gap Aligns with Income Gap
A new “marriage gap” in the US is increasingly aligned with a growing income gap, according to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center and Time Magazine. (more…)
View ArticleMicrosoft Gains Explicit Core Search Ground
Microsoft ranked behind Google and Yahoo in number of US explicit core searches conducted in October 2010, but showed a higher monthly growth rate, according to comScore qSearch analysis. (more…)
View ArticleFacebook Growth Dramatically Outpaces Other SocNets
A comparison of Facebook’s yearly growth in unique visitors shows it is gaining traction at a much faster pace than several other major social networking sites, according to CompetePRO data. (more…)
View ArticleTop 10 Sports Websites – October 2010
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 Broadcast Media Websites – October 2010
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 ArticleMortgage Satisfaction Drops
Driven by an increase in length of time from application to approval, the average timeline of the mortgage origination process has increased for a third consecutive year, while customer satisfaction...
View ArticleMore Viewers Watch Timeshifted TV
The number of US timeshifted TV viewers grew at a much faster year-over-year rate than the number of traditional in-home TV viewers, according to a new study [pdf] from The Nielsen Company. (more…)
View ArticleBing Gains Search Ground
Bing is continuing to make inroads on Google’s dominance of the US search market, according to new data from Compete. (more…)
View ArticleSocNet Marketing Spending to Reach $38B by 2015
Combined advertising and promotional spending will hit $38 billion by 2015, roughly 440% more than the $7 billion projected for 2010, according to a new white paper from Borrell Associates. (more…)
View Article4 in 10 Americans Say Healthcare Excellent
Four in 10 (40%) of US adults rate their healthcare as excellent, according to new data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. (more…)
View ArticleGambling, Politics, Humor Draw Online Interest
Online gambling sites continued a surge of visits from US internet users in October 2010, according to [pdf] data from the comScore Media Metrix service. (more…)
View ArticleMobile Banking Grows in Popularity
Consumer confidence and comfort levels for mobile banking transactions are at an all-time high, according to new data from The Nielsen Company. (more…)
View ArticleSocNet Viewing Most Increased Online Activity
US online adults were most likely to say they have increased their viewing of friends’ photos and information on social networks out of a wide variety of online activities during the past year,...
View ArticleFood Market Escapes Impact of Tough Times
The US food market has done well the past two years even as the recession has negatively affected sales of many other product categories, according to new data from The Nielsen Company. (more…)
View ArticleRadio Revenue Remains Strong
Radio advertising continued its upward trajectory in Q3 2010, maintaining its year-long 6% growth rate, according to [pdf] new figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). (more…)
View ArticleInitial Online Holiday Spend Up 13%
For the first 21 days of the November-December 2010 holiday season, US consumers have spent $9.01 billion online, marking a 13% increase from the corresponding days last year, according to data from...
View ArticleSmartphone Popularity Increases
Smartphones showed an increasing presence in the US mobile device market in October 2010, according to the latest Millennial Media Mobile MIX report. (more…)
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