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Luxury Retail Heading for a Slump?

As reported here, luxury retailer stocks have been holding steady despite troubling economic news. Website visit data may provide us with some insight into what the future may hold for those same stocks. The chart below details year-over-year visits of...

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August 28, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Obama Antichrist: The Weird World of Political Searches

Having analyzed Internet search patterns for over five years now, I find that it's rare that I'm surprised by what we search for on our favorite search engine. This morning, I decided to check in on the top search terms...

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August 19, 2008 in politics | Permalink | User Comments (22)

McCain v. Obama: Searching for Our Next President

What can search terms tell us about the current state of the presidential race? Unfortunately, due to confounding reasons or "search missions" (i.e., a candidate search may be a sign of support or a mission to find negative information) are...

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August 13, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

Back-to-School: Online Holds Steady

Despite reports from retailers of expected declines in the back-to-school retail season, online data reveals that visits to office supply and school supply sites is holding steady when compared to previous year's visits. The chart below provides a three-year perspective...

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August 11, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Obama v. McCain: The Demographics

We have a new tool at Hitwise that allows us to take the demographics and psychographics of visitors to a website and then, based on the segmentation of visitors to that site across basic demographics (gender, age, income, region) and...

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August 6, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (10)

Post Tour - Dwindling U.S. Interest in Cycling

On the road this weekend grinding out my weekly 35 mile ride, I was reminiscing with one of my cycling buddies about the dwindling effect that the Tour de France has had on new bikes and cyclists hitting the road...

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August 4, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (0)