Archive for April, 2007

March Movers: Madness and Reading

March Movers: Madness and Reading

Holiday themes often dominate the monthly top ten movers list, but while March’s big day on the 17th may move people to local establishments for corned beef...

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And with the first pick of the NFL Draft…

And with the first pick of the NFL Draft…

A different kind of religion takes hold of many people across America on Sundays in the fall: NFL football. The obsession takes hold in September and lasts through...

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Google and the rest of the usual suspects continue to dominate video

Google and the rest of the usual suspects continue to dominate video

The spring is a time of many changes that even the monthly Compete Blog video market share post isn’t exempt from. We have overhauled our methodology to include...

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Enough about the big boys of search, what about everyone else?

Enough about the big boys of search, what about everyone else?

If you’re like us, it gets a little old reading and writing about the same thing over and over again. How many times have we read some variation of "Google...

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Google Checkout Struggling to Compete with PayPal

Google Checkout Struggling to Compete with PayPal

Historians may well view 2006 as the year Google finally "jumped the shark" with the introduction of Google Checkout, its online payment processing service....

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Tom Is Not My Friend

Tom Is Not My Friend

So, I finally did it"¦ Heavily influenced by a close friend, I broke down and made a MySpace account. This is most definitely not an uncommon occurrence as...

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UFC: 6th Most Popular Sport in U.S.?

UFC: 6th Most Popular Sport in U.S.?

If website visitation is any indication, there is a new sport around that is capturing the hearts of U.S. consumers. The “UFC“, or Ultimate Fighting...

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Xbox 360 Elite: Microsoft's – sort of – response to PS3

Xbox 360 Elite: Microsoft's – sort of – response to PS3

In late March, Micrsoft confirmed widespread rumors about a revamped video game system by launching the Xbox 360 Elite. The system boasts a hard drive twice as large...

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March Market Share: Two-Thirds of the US Online Population Is Using Google

March Market Share: Two-Thirds of the US Online Population Is Using Google

After last month’s market share release Danny Sullivan was kind enough to reach out to us and asked us a few questions about our search numbers. As a result...

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Pulitzer Prize: Winnings don't include Internet popularity

Pulitzer Prize: Winnings don't include Internet popularity

In my book club, the announcement of the Pulitzer Prize winners is as eagerly anticipated and followed as the Super Bowl. With this being the literary Super Bowl...

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