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Online Media & Search Trends 2008
With 2008 officially in the history books, the Online Media and Search team at Compete took a look back at the major trends in Online Media & Search over the...
Compete and Google Present: Consumer Credit Cards
With financial and credit markets in turmoil and consumers feeling pinched, it is more important than ever to understand how consumers are thinking about credit...
Security Fears, Not Confusion, Keep Older Consumers from Buying CE Online
As someone always on the lookout for the latest and greatest gadgets, I find the internet is the best place to find out what is coming down the pipe and also the...
Frequent Flier Site Performance
We recently saw how effective rewards sites could be for hotels, but is it still working for the airlines, whose frequent flier programs have been rewarding repeat...
Super Bowl Advertising Working for Go Daddy
The Super Bowl has become so much more than just the game, and nowhere is that shown better than in the big budget commercials. Brands like Budweiser, Coke, Pepsi...
Inauguration Fever Hits the Web
On a Tuesday afternoon in the middle of January, the majority of the country is not sitting in front of their television. Although I’m sure many took the...
1-2 Punch Hurts December Auto Sales
For the US auto industry, 2008 proved to be about as dismal a year as possible. Total industry sales fell to a 16-year low 13.2M units as most OEMs faced declining...
The Cross-Generational Appeal of HDTV
On the Compete blog, we’ve looked at how people are shopping for high-definition televisions (HDTVs) and found that interest is booming despite the tough economy. We...
Amazon Prime Squeezes Already Struggling Rivals
While the 2008 holiday shopping season brought considerable anguish to the retailing industry, Amazon.com was the standout exception. As rivals lick their wounds...
December Search Market Share: Holiday Bargain Hunting Supercharges Search, Closes a Year of Google Gains
This past holiday season may have been the worst in years for retailers, but that certainly wasn’t the case for search engines. Across the board, the leading...
