USA: MySpace most searched term
MySpace dominates the search behavior of US Internet users. This was the conclusion reached by the internet analysts at Hitwise when compiling the ten most searched terms of the past year.
MySpace dominates the search behavior of US Internet users. This was the conclusion reached by the internet analysts at Hitwise when compiling the ten most searched terms of the past year.
The analysis of search terms not only reveals the interests of Internet users, but also says a lot about the value of a brand, says Bill Tancer, Global Research Manager at Hitwise. "MySpace, for example, recorded enormous growth in hits in 2006, which reflects the increasing brand value
", Tancer explains the rating to Pressetext.
The US ranking is led by the term Myspace, followed by Myspace.com, Ebay and Yahoo. According to the results of another Hitwise survey, MySpace was also one of the 20 most popular websites in the USA in December 2006. With a market share of 4.95 percent, the portal was ahead of Yahoo's mail service (4.26 percent) and the Google search engine (4.24 percent). The 2006 annual report includes usage data from a total of ten million US Internet users. Search terms that suggest pornographic content were not included in the ranking.
The analysis of search terms not only reveals the interests of Internet users, but also says a lot about the value of a brand, says Bill Tancer, Global Research Manager at Hitwise. "MySpace, for example, recorded enormous growth in hits in 2006, which reflects the increasing brand value
", Tancer explains the rating to Pressetext.
The US ranking is led by the term Myspace, followed by Myspace.com, Ebay and Yahoo. According to the results of another Hitwise survey, MySpace was also one of the 20 most popular websites in the USA in December 2006. With a market share of 4.95 percent, the portal was ahead of Yahoo's mail service (4.26 percent) and the Google search engine (4.24 percent). The 2006 annual report includes usage data from a total of ten million US Internet users. Search terms that suggest pornographic content were not included in the ranking.
