Stories about: Hitwise

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    Bing now a serious challenger to Google 12/11/2009 10:34:00

    Given undistinguished history of Microsoft's late and unlamented Live Search engine, the predecessor to Bing, it's easy to dismiss Redmond as a hapless also-ran in the search market. But given the vast sums of money and resources that Microsoft is investing in its fledging Google challenger, this could change in a hurry.
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    Business use of Twitter, Facebook exploding 10/11/2009 07:36:00

    The use of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook to promote businesses has exploded over the past six months, according to the results of a study that were released today.
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    The search market created Microsoft's worst enemy 09/11/2009 08:10:00

    Throughout its history, Microsoft has earned a reputation for tenacity when entering markets created, and initially dominated, by innovative startups.
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    Google lets the music play in search results 29/10/2009 10:06:00

    Google is changing the way it resolves music-related search queries through a variety of partnerships designed to help it provide more relevant and useful results.
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    Social networks war shows Facebook dominant 15/10/2009 04:00:00

    Facebook is leaping ahead of MySpace to turn into the most popular social networking site in the U.S. Yet although Facebook nailed down 58.6 percent of all U.S visits to social networking sites in September -- for an increase of 194 percent -- use of Twitter surged even more astoundingly, according to Experian Hitwise.
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    Twitter, Facebook keep soaring as Myspace slumps 13/10/2009 05:36:00

    While Myspace Inc.'s business took a huge slide in the U.S. over the past yearp, use of rival Twitter Inc.'s social network simply exploded as visits to the site in September increased by 1,170% compared to year-earlier figures, according a report released last week by Experian Hitwise, an Internet monitoring firm.
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    Google Caffeine FAQ: your questions answered 12/08/2009 08:47:00

    Google has unveiled Caffeine, a "next-generation architecture" for its Web search platform. The retooled search engine is said to be faster, more accurate, and more comprehensive than the current Google search setup.
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    Microsoft Bing booming; Yahoo appears in its sights 13/07/2009 07:57:00

    Reports released this week showed that Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search tool continues to gain ground in the search engine wars, but how much ground is a bit up in the air.
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    Facebook attracting more users with gray hair, wrinkles 10/07/2009 08:04:00

    Facebook is growing in popularity and its users are growing long in the tooth, according to a study released this week.
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    Bing makes gains, but is Google actually suffering? 18/06/2009 08:26:00

    Microsoft is gaining new ground with its freshly rebranded Bing search engine, some recently released data suggests. Bing, the research finds, grew 0.8 percent during its second week online.
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    Facebook dethrones Myspace in U.S. popularity race 17/06/2009 08:21:00

    As one more slap in the face to the pioneer of the social networking phenomenon, Facebook has become more popular than Myspace here in the U.S.
 
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