Nielson Research released its November search share ratings by provider today. The research shows that Google Year to Year growth was almost 22% while Yahoo search was down 1.5% and Microsoft Search was down almost 17%, here are the full results Provider Searches (000) YOY Growth Share of Searches --------------- -------------- … [Read more...]
China Cracking Down On Google, Baudi & Others For Porn
According to Reuters, China has launched a crackdown on websites, with officials accusing search engines including Baidu and Google of spreading pornography and vulgarity, saying repeat violators and those that had a "malign influence" might be exposed, punished or shut down. China's Ministry of Public Security and six other government agencies announced the campaign at a meeting on Monday, … [Read more...]
Browser Wars: Internet Explorer Falls Under 70% Usage
Net Applications released updated global browser market share numbers today, indicating that Internet Explorer is losing users at an accelerated pace. The browser’s share dropped from 69.77% in November to 68.15% in December. Firefox gained more than half a point and ended up at 21.34%, Safari approaches the next big hurdle with 7.93% and Chrome came in at 1.04%, the first time Google was able … [Read more...]
Amazon Has it’s “Best Ever” Shopping Season
Although overall Retail sales during the shopping were down 5.5%, Amazon called its 2008 holiday shopping season "the best ever". Amazon.com today announced the 2008 holiday season finished as its best ever, with over 6.3 million items ordered worldwide on the peak day, Dec. 15, which is a record-breaking 72.9 items per second. "We are extremely grateful to our customers," said Jeff Bezos, … [Read more...]
iPhone/iTouch Accounts For a Bigger % of Internet Traffic Than Chrome?
The Silcon Valley Insider, (the blog) is reporting that 5% of the traffic to its site on Christmas from the Apple iPhone or the iPod touch browser. According to Google analytics, visits to the blog accounted for more than 5% of visits to the blog on Christmas day. Specifically, 3.22% of their visits came from the iPhone's Safari browser on Dec. 25, and 2.00% came from the iPod touch, for a … [Read more...]
3 Of The 4 Cables Carrying the Internet From Asia to North America Break
Interoute, the internet networks company, reports that three of the four internet sub-cables that run from Asia to North America have been damaged. The cables carry more than 75 percent of traffic between the Middle East, Europe and America. The AP is reporting mass outages in Egypt as of an hour ago. Major sub-sea cables break once a year. So companies have developed a fall-back plan. If … [Read more...]
New Poll: More Women Would Rather Go Without Sex Than The Internet
According to a poll by Harris Interactive, spnosored by Intel, of 2,119 adults, found that, 46% of the women said they'd be willing to forgo sex for two weeks, rather than give up their Internet access. While only 30 percent of the men surveyed were willing to do likewise. For women 18-34 years old, 49% would skip sex rather than the internet, and for men aged 18-34 it climbed to … [Read more...]