Twitter Overtakes Digg In Traffic

For the first time, Twitter has now overtaken Digg in U.S.-based traffic. Twitter climbed to the #84 spot in market share last week while Digg landed at #85, according to new data just released by Hitwise. The data ... continue

Online retail websites feel economic crisis

Traffic to online retail websites in the United States has declined for 8 consecutive weeks, according to new figures from Hitwise. Visits to a custom category of 500 retail websites declined 3% for the week to October 25 ... continue

Google Chrome taking market share from Firefox

The immense buzz around Google Chrome, Google's new browser has started to slow, but the first sets of numbers released show that Google Chrome has a bright future. Hitwise reports that Google Chrome reach 12th spot in the ... continue

Which web metrics service is best?

Allen Stern suggested yesterday on Centernetworks that the time is approaching that somebody will sue Alexa due to its poor web metric tracking. That it hasn't happened yet is perhaps a mystery, and I don't disagree that ... continue

Cuil Not So Hot Any More

After its much-hyped launch and almost instant dismissal within the blogosphere, search engine experiment Cuil has cooled down substantially. Hitwise mapped out the startup's traffic from its first days until now. The chart speaks for itself: The site's ... continue

Top 20 Web 2.0 Services

Ever wonder who's on top when it comes to Web 2.0 services? Hitwise Intelligence has some answers. The research company has released a list of the top 20 Web 2.0 sites based on U.S. visits in July. ... continue

MySpace Slipping In UK Traffic

Facebook is reaching new heights in the UK -- and that means MySpace is slipping. New analysis out from Hitwise today shows Facebook taking 45 percent of all social network traffic in the UK in June. Both ... continue

Digg Moving Rapidly Toward News: Sign of an Acquisition?

Digg is shifting more toward news content and less toward entertainment, according to new analysis released today. The number crunching, by research firm Hitwise, found 20.67 percent of Digg's outbound traffic went to a news/media site in June ... continue

Prediction: Google Auto & Music Up Next

Want to start a betting pool on Google's next venture? Some Internet data might just give you the upper hand. Hitwise actually predicted this week's launch of Lively, the virtual chat world introduced Tuesday, and also predicted ... continue

Google Gains Another Winning Month

Google's got another strong month under its belt in terms of web traffic. Media measuring company HitWise released its May data this morning. The researcher found Google took a full 68 percent of all U.S. ... continue