Widgets for Tracking Internet Trends

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 by Drew Stauffer

Widgets for Tracking Internet Trends

Hitwise, a company that offers their clients from around the world insight on how customers interact with competitive websites, has just launched a new widget called Hitwise To Go. This new widget is the first in a series of widgets to be launched by Hitwise, and its RSS-based service will provide information about user behavior for the US, UK, and Asia Pacific markets.

“Releasing our data via desktop widgets makes it easy for digital enthusiasts to stay informed about key online trends as they happen. They also serve as a gateway to access a full archive of online statistics and other publicly available Hitwise data sources such as the Hitwise Analyst Blogs and our Data Center.” said Tessa Court, chief marketing officer for Hitwise.

Hitwise To Go will cover a slew of industry topics such as:

Growth of newly launched websites
Recent search trends
Effects of Web 2.0 technologies on specific industries
Popular websites amongst specific demographics and social group segments

The information presented in the widget is based on how 25 million Internet users search and interact with over 1 million websites each day.

You can download Hitwise To Go at:

US:http://www.hitwise.com/resources/hitwise-widget.php

UK:http://www.hitwise.co.uk/resources/hitwise-widget.php

Asia Pacific:http://www.hitwise.com.au/resources/hitwise-widget.php

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7 comments on “Widgets for Tracking Internet Trends”

Maria Palma Says:

August 16th, 2007 at 4:39 am

Drew,

Yikes! Another widget to add to the sidebar! However, I suppose that this type of information could be valuable to readers… Thanks for sharing this
Luke Says:

August 16th, 2007 at 5:26 am

Wow this sounds pretty complicated. Could you point me in the right direction of where I could learn more?

I don’t think I fully understand what exactly the widget does, but the idea I’m getting sounds interested and would be beneficial for me as I am always creating new sites based on research and analysis of the latest trends in web marketing.

Thanks.
Drew Stauffer Says:

August 16th, 2007 at 8:44 am

@ Luke

The links at the bottom of the article will take you to the Hitwise website and they give an entire breakdown and everything you need to know about Hitwise To Go.

Just make sure you pick the right version…there’s a US, UK, and Asia Pacific widget.
Luke Says:

August 16th, 2007 at 12:31 pm

Okay, great! I thought they were the direct download links for the Widgets

Thanks again, I will give it a read through when I get home from work.
Omad Says:

August 17th, 2007 at 9:50 am

Interesting – I thought google already did all that… my concern is while it sounds good, still bring ups the thought “big brother is watching” kind of feelings. Do they really need to treack everthing I do online……
taryono putranto Says:

August 19th, 2007 at 9:43 pm

Great… Hope it will very useful for our reader.
Ruben Zevallos Jr. Says:

June 23rd, 2008 at 11:03 pm

I’ve tryed to use the Google Trends… and I’ll checks this one’s too

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