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February Search Market Share: Google bounces back from a market share slowdown, but in a down month
With only 28 days, February is typically a low-query month for the leading search engines. This year proved no exception, with query volumes dipping across the...
eBay’s New Strategy: What Was Once Old is New Again
At web giant eBay, it’s out with the new and in with the old both in terms of corporate strategy and product mix. After trying in vain to remake itself as...
Snuggie Fatigue: Are We Moving Beyond ‘The Blanket with Sleeves’?
Has the inglorious era of the backwards bathrobe come to its inevitable end? Will the "Sleeved Blanket" join ranks with fallen veterans like "The...
Twitter Trends — The Search is On
Twitter may be relatively new in the social networking field, but with big leaps in traffic and visits and nearly 8,000,000 visitors to the website in February,...
February Fast Movers: Fast Food, Flower Power and a New Leader in Monthly Attention
Compete data from the year’s shortest month tells some interesting tales of love, speed, and the pursuit of sandwiches. Perhaps the biggest story, however,...
Interview with Retail Industry Veteran Kevin Ertell
Compete recently had the opportunity to speak with Kevin Ertell, a well known E-Business and Online Operations veteran. Most recently Kevin led the E-Business efforts...
Super Bowl Movie Advertiser Scorecard
Several movies made the roughly $3 million investment to advertise at the Super Bowl this year and now with a full month gone since the Steelers became world champions,...
Travel: Demographic Segmentation Still Matters
Last June, in our interview with analytics evangelist Avinash Kaushik, he touched upon a point that is dear to our hearts — "segmentation is key to truly...
TripAdvisor’s Meta Search Opportunity
On February 27th, TripAdvisor took the wraps off of its new air Meta Search engine. It includes industry-first features such as a built-in fees estimator that...
Facebook Terms of Use: Media Hype or User Panic?
Recently, there was quite some media buzz and chatter amongst the bloggers about Facebook’s updated Terms of Use. This led many Facebook users to question...
