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Does Cyber Monday matter this year?

ZDNET - Between the Lines  Mon, 12/01/2008 - 7:10am

The pressure’s on for Cyber Monday, the online cousin of retail’s Black Friday. Retailers and e-tailers had been forecasting doom and gloom for the holiday season but online sales on Black Friday actually were up 1 percent over last year, according to comscore.



 

ComScore: Black Friday e-commerce hits $534 million

CNET Tech blog  Sun, 11/30/2008 - 3:21pm

The Thanksgiving weekend was all right, according to ComScore and the National Retail Federation. Predictions for the entire holiday shopping season aren't so rosy.



 

Yahoo, Microsoft search grows faster than industry

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 11/26/2008 - 2:34pm

U.S. search grew 7 percent sequentially in October, but Yahoo and Microsoft posted larger gains, according to comScore's qSearch analysis released Wednesday.



 

Report: E-commerce posts first ever year-over-year decline in No...

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 11/25/2008 - 2:02pm

Market researcher comScore reports e-commerce takes a hit in November, marking its first annual decline since consumers learned how to fill their online shopping carts, according to a report in the New York Times.



 

comScore offers e-commerce retailers holiday advice

CNET Tech blog  Thu, 11/06/2008 - 5:16pm

Armed with facts and figures, comScore offers e-commerce retailers advice on attracting reluctant shoppers this holiday season.



 

Google posts strong April paid click figures

CNET Tech blog  Thu, 05/29/2008 - 12:49pm

Google's U.S. paid click-through rate posted a strong performance in the month of April, while Yahoo and Microsoft gave up ground, according to figures released late Wednesday by ComScore.

Google's paid click-through rate climbed 20 percent in April, compared with year ago figures, marking its best performance ...



 

Google’s search share tops 61 percent; That’ll spook Microso...

ZDNET - Between the Lines  Thu, 05/22/2008 - 2:26pm

Here’s why Microsoft is paying people to use its search: Google’s search market share checked in at 61.6 percent, up from 59.8 percent in March, according to comScore.

Google’s gains appear to have come at the expense of Yahoo primarily (comScore statement). Yahoo’s search share fell to 20.4 percent in April, from 21.3 percent in March.



 

Spin patrol: Curious timing on AOL’s ‘we’re growing like g...

ZDNET - Between the Lines  Fri, 04/25/2008 - 12:28pm

AOL on Friday touted its traffic gains in March as reported by Comscore, but it is a curious announcement given that the company is a pawn in the Yahoo-Microsoft scrum and Time Warner earnings are due next week.

Sure, AOL has a redesign (Techmeme) and a content focus that’s delivering results.



 

Study: Google extends search lead over rivals

CNET Tech blog  Tue, 04/15/2008 - 11:23am

Google gained market share in the United States over search rivals in March, rising 0.53 percentage points to an all-time high of 59.8 percent, according to new ComScore results released Tuesday.

"We were somewhat surprised at the March uptick, especially since the company had previously alluded that the ...



 

Sports fans boost ESPN traffic; top sites unfazed

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 04/14/2008 - 11:25pm

Sports fans boosted ESPN's status in the ComScore's latest measurements of Web site traffic, but the top sites kept their rankings unchanged during March.

ESPN jumped from 46th place with 17.8 million page views from U.S. visitors in February to 34th place with 22.4 million ...