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Is Facebook becoming a portal? Now 4th largest source of traffic to news sites

New data from Experian Hitwise suggests that Facebook users are treating it increasingly like a portal — they’re using it as a source of news. Just under a year ago, less than 0.5% of visits to news and media sites came from Facebook, according to Experian Hitwise. Last week, 3.5% of visits to sites in [...]

Will Google’s real-time search help Twitter?

Google is beginning to roll out real-time search results, which will include Twitter updates, along with updates from Friendfeed, blogs, and other social media sites. This could mean Twitter’s floundering traffic over the past few months is in for a rebound. Why?
First, breaking news stories generate a lot of searches, and Twitter stands to gain [...]

Will Google’s real-time search help Twitter?

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Google is beginning to roll out real-time search results, which will include Twitter updates, along with updates from Friendfeed, blogs, and other social media sites. This could mean Twitter’s floundering traffic over the past few months is in for a rebound. Why?
First, breaking news stories generate a lot of searches, and Twitter stands [...]

Amazon wins market share battle for Cyber Monday visits (via postie)

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Amazon.com came out the winner in the battle for Internet traffic on Cyber Monday, which is typically one of the biggest days for e-commerce sales every year.
Amazon received 15.53 percent of all U.S. visits among the top 500 retail web sites, up 44 percent from 10.79 percent a year ago, according to Experian [...]

Black Friday e-commerce spending rose 11 percent, comScore says (via postie)

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Black Friday online spending rose 11 percent in the U.S. to $595 million, according to market researcher comScore.
The e-commerce spending figure compares to $534 million spent on Black Friday a year ago. On Thanksgiving day, online spending was $310 million, up 10 percent from $288 million a year ago. And in the first [...]

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