August 21, 2008

Bigfoot Hoax Ranks 20th Among All Search Terms

According to Hitwise US, the search term ‘bigfoot’ ranked #20 among all US search terms sending visits to all websites last week making it the fastest moving search term among all categories. The supposed discovery of a Bigfoot carcass has been revealed as a hoax - in fact, it was a rubber gorilla suit in a freezer. The top recipient of traffic from searches for 'bigfoot' last week was Google News followed by Yahoo! News. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 03:10 PM
Posted to Search Trends

August 12, 2008

Bernie Mac Tops Fast Moving Searches

According to Hitwise US, comedian Bernie Mac topped fast moving searches among all categories for the week ending 08/09/08 versus the previous week. The comedian, voiced as the Original King of Comedy, recently passed away. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 10:34 AM
Posted to Entertainment | Search Trends

August 11, 2008

NBC Olympics Website Jumps in Rank

According to Hitwise US, the NBC Olympics website entered the top 100 websites among all categories at #68 in rank on 08/08/08, the date the Olympics began. On 08/09/08 it jumped up to #34 in rank. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 02:09 PM
Posted to Entertainment | Sports | Television

August 04, 2008

Montauk Monster Tops Fast Moving Searches

According to Hitwise US, the Montauk Monster was one of the fastest moving search terms among all categories for the week ending 08/02/08 versus the previous week. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 01:46 PM
Posted to Search Trends

July 24, 2008

FDIC Fastest Moving Search Term

According to Hitwise US, ‘fdic’ was the fastest moving search term among all categories for the week ending 07/19/08 versus the previous week. Recently, the FDIC placed rules to identify depositors at failed banks. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 01:42 PM
Posted to Search Trends

July 18, 2008

Miss Universe Website Traffic Spikes

According to Hitwise US, traffic to the Miss Universe website increased 546% on 07/12/08 versus the previous day. On Sunday, July 12th Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 11:38 AM
Posted to Beauty | Lifestyle

July 17, 2008

iPhone Release Increases Website Traffic

According to Hitwise US, traffic to the iPhone website increased 143% for the week ending 07/12/08 versus the previous week. The iphone was released last Friday, July 11th. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 04:41 PM
Posted to Computers & Internet

July 16, 2008

The New Yorker Website Rank Soars

According to Hitwise US, The New Yorker ranking jumped to #13 in the Hitwise News and Media – Print category on 07/14/08, moving up 94 spots from the previous day at #107. The latest New Yorker cover features a cartoon cover of Obama. Now you know.

Posted by togo-us at 02:17 PM
Posted to News and Media