Hitwise Monthly Category Report - Travel Hitwise Custom Report for Travel Based on US Internet Usage for the Month of April, 2009
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Hitwise Monthly Category Report - Travel Hitwise Custom Report for Travel Based on US Internet usage for the month of April, 2009 Now you know All material © Copyright 1998-2009 Hitwise Pty. Ltd. ABN 41 081 470 117. All rights reserved. Report ID: 3892 Based on Hitwise United States data Hitwise Monthly Category Report - Travel 1 Traffic Distribution Analysis 38.98% of all visits to the online 'Travel' industry went to the top 10 websites for the month of April, 2009. 48.42% went to the top 20 websites and 69.56% went to the top 100 websites. Source: Hitwise Visit Duration Analysis The average visit duration for visits to the online 'Travel' industry was 8 minutes, 59 seconds for the month of April, 2009. This is a minimal decrease from last months average visit duration of 9 minutes, 5 seconds. Source: Hitwise Travel Category - Weekly Market Share of Visits Chart Note: Market Share of visits represents the percentage of all traffic received by a particular online industry or website. The data is based on a sample of 10 million US Internet users. Source: Hitwise Now you know All material © Copyright 1998-2009 Hitwise Pty. Ltd. ABN 41 081 470 117. All rights reserved. Report ID: 3892 Based on Hitwise United States data Hitwise Monthly Category Report - Travel 2 Sites That Entered and Left the Top 100 The monthly churn in the Top 100 in the 'Travel' industry for the month of April, 2009 based on visits was 4.0%, which means that 4 websites in this industry's Top 100 rankings have changed since March, 2009. Websites that entered the Top 100 were: March, 2009 Rank April, 2009 Rank Website Domain 124 56 Travel Ticker www.travel-ticker.com 116 90 Travelpod www.travelpod.com 102 99 Cruise Critic Message Boards boards.cruisecritic.com 109 100 Vacation Rentals www.vacationrentals.com Websites that have left the Top 100 were: March, 2009 Rank April, 2009 Rank Website Domain 81 101 CheapCaribbean.com www.cheapcaribbean.com 90 110 Interval International www.intervalworld.com 91 205 Hotels and Discounts www.hotels-and-discounts.com 98 178 TripCheck www.tripcheck.com * Note: DNR = Did Not Rank Source: Hitwise Now you know All material © Copyright 1998-2009 Hitwise Pty. Ltd. ABN 41 081 470 117. All rights reserved. Report ID: 3892 Based on Hitwise United States data Hitwise Monthly Category Report - Travel 3 Travel - Website Ranks The table below shows the Top 20 websites in the 'Travel' online industry for the month of April, 2009 based on visits. The travel category lists those sites which are related to travel and the travel industry, including publications, travel agencies, transport services/people carriers, airports, destinations, resorts, travel and locality guides and accommodation. Total websites that ranked with currently selected options: 11,434 Category Contribution Percentage: 1.92% Rank Website Domain Market Share Mar '09 Feb '09 Jan '09 1. MapQuest www.mapquest.com 11.12% 1 1 1 2. Google Maps maps.google.com 10.91% 2 2 2 3. Expedia www.expedia.com 3.32% 3 3 3 4. Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 2.77% 4 4 4 5. Yahoo! Maps maps.yahoo.com 2.46% 5 5 5 6. Travelocity www.travelocity.com 2.14% 6 6 6 7. Priceline.com www.priceline.com 1.89% 7 7 8 8. Orbitz www.orbitz.com 1.52% 8 8 7 9. Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 1.51% 9 9 10 10. TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 1.33% 10 10 11 11. Hotwire www.hotwire.com 1.24% 11 11 14 12. American Airlines www.aa.com 1.10% 12 12 9 13. Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 1.06% 13 14 13 14. Local Live local.live.com 1.01% 16 16 15 15. Kayak www.kayak.com 0.94% 15 17 20 16. Hotels.com www.hotels.com 0.92% 17 18 19 17. Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 0.87% 14 13 12 18. CheapoAir.com www.cheapoair.com 0.79% 18 19 16 19. JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 0.77% 20 28 28 20. United Airlines www.united.com 0.75% 21 21 18 Note: DNR = Did Not Rank Note - the Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million US Internet users. Hitwise ranks over 1 million unique websites on a daily basis, including sub- domains of larger websites. Hitwise categorizes websites into industries on the basis of subject matter and content, as well as market orientation and competitive context. Source: Hitwise Now you know All material © Copyright 1998-2009 Hitwise Pty. Ltd. ABN 41 081 470 117. All rights reserved. Report ID: 3892 Based on Hitwise United States data Hitwise Monthly Category Report - Travel 4 Travel Industry Search Terms The following report lists the most popular search terms for the 4 weeks ending 04/25/2009, that resulted in traffic to websites classified by Hitwise within the 'Travel' industry. For example, the most popular search term was 'mapquest' representing 2.89% of all search terms that delivered users to websites classified by Hitwise within the 'Travel' industry. Displaying 1 to 30 of 49,888 search terms. Rank Search Term Clicks 1. mapquest 2.89% 2. mapquest driving directions 0.98% 3. southwest airlines 0.89% 4. map quest 0.87% 5. maps 0.80% 6. google maps 0.64% 7. mapquest.com 0.54% 8. google earth 0.52% 9. driving directions 0.46% 10. travelocity 0.43% 11. expedia 0.43% 12. american airlines 0.28% 13. cheap flights 0.26% 14. united airlines 0.24% 15. delta airlines 0.23% 16. orbitz 0.23% 17. continental airlines 0.23% 18. directions 0.22% 19. www.mapquest.com 0.22% 20. priceline 0.22% 21. expedia.com 0.20% 22. amtrak 0.19% 23. airline tickets 0.19% 24. map quest driving directions 0.19% 25. map 0.17% 26. google 0.17% 27. yahoo maps 0.17% 28. us airways 0.17% 29. cheap tickets 0.16% 30. hotels.com 0.16% Note: Data based on a sample of 10 million US Internet users. Source: Hitwise Now you know All material © Copyright 1998-2009 Hitwise Pty. Ltd. ABN 41 081 470 117. All rights reserved. Report ID: 3892 Based on Hitwise United States data Hitwise Monthly Category Report - Travel 5 Search Engine Analysis The 'Travel' online industry received an average of 36.31% of its upstream traffic from search engines over the past 6 months. The top referring search engines for the month of April, 2009 were 'Google', 'Yahoo! Search' and 'MSN Search'. The 'Travel' online industry received 10.12% more upstream traffic from search engines than the internet average of 26.19%. The 'Travel' online industry sent 1.29% less downstream traffic to search engines than the internet average of 9.47%. Top Upstream Search Engines BEFORE Visiting the 'Travel' Top Downstream Search Engines AFTER Visiting the 'Travel' industry for the month of April, 2009: industry for the month of April, 2009: Rank Website Upstream Share Rank Website Downstream Share 1. Google 27.91% 1. Google 5.53% 2. Yahoo! Search 4.92% 2. Yahoo! Search 1.11% 3. MSN Search 1.28% 3. Google Image Search 0.38% 4. Ask.com 0.77% 4. Ask.com 0.34% 5. Windows Live Search 0.54% 5. Windows Live Search 0.25% 6. Google Image Search 0.37% 6. MSN Search 0.20% 7. AOL Search 0.15% 7. AOL Search 0.13% 8. My Web Search 0.09% 8. My Web Search 0.06% 9. Dogpile 0.09% 9. Dogpile 0.03% 10. Google UK 0.06% 10. Yahoo! Image Search 0.03% Upstream Search Engine Traffic Trend Downstream Search Engine Traffic Trend The average percentage of upstream search engine traffic for the The average percentage of downstream search engine traffic for 'Travel' industry was 36.31% for the 6 months ending April, 2009 the 'Travel' industry was 8.18% for the 6 months ending April, 2009 Now you know All material © Copyright 1998-2009 Hitwise Pty. Ltd. ABN 41 081 470 117. All rights reserved. Report ID: 3892 Based on Hitwise United States data Hitwise Monthly Category Report - Travel 6 Travel - Fast Movers Fast Movers indicates local websites which have witnessed substantial increases in rank in the 'Travel' online industry. Charts show rank in the 'Travel' online industry for the four months ending April, 2009. Smart Destinations sandiego.com - Hotels http://www.smartdestinations.com/ http://hotels.sandiego.com/ 5,268 places 1,894 places Smart Destinations is a provider of technology- At this site, visitors can locate hotels in San Diego based packaged travel products and services to the by neighborhood, such as Hotel Circle, Mission tourism industry. The website outlines Smart Valley, and Downtown. Destinations' Go Cards which include admissions and discounts to many attractions in various US cities. Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park TravelSkoot.com http://www.lakewinnie.com/ http://www.travelskoot.com/ 1,006 places 1,928 places This website provides information about the Lake TravelSkoot.com is a website that allows users to Winnepesaukah Amusement Park. Details include plan a single day's adventure, a historical tour, map rides, specials, info and events, ticket prices, games out your favorite places, or a full week's vacation by and food. simply plotting points on the map! Now you know All material © Copyright 1998-2009 Hitwise Pty. Ltd. ABN 41 081 470 117. All rights reserved. Report ID: 3892 Based on Hitwise United States data Hitwise Monthly Category Report - Travel 7 Travel - Fast Movers (continued) Hatteras Island Resort Western U.P http://www.hatterasislandresort.com/ http://www.westernup.com/ 2,334 places 602 places This site features information on the Hatteras Island The Western U.P website features information on Resort and its amenities including swimming pool, Wakefield, Michigan vacations, travel and restaurants and fishing pier.