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Facebook Tops U.S. Internet Traffic on Christmas

Posted Dec 30th 2009 10:20AM by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Internet, Media World, Technology

Facebook was busy on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, according to Hitwise, but people weren't playing online games. It seems they were more focused on staying in touch and spreading the usual holiday cheer than tending to their farms, cafes and organized crime battles.

Over the holidays, Facebook was the top Website visited in the U.S., Hitwise reported via its Twitter account. The Web metrics company tweeted the bold statement: "Facebook was the most visited site in the US on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 1st time the site has been the #1 visited US site ever."

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Holiday shoppers spent 3% less online in 2008

Posted Dec 31st 2008 11:15AM by Michael Fowlkes (RSS feed)
Filed under: Bad News, Products and Services, Consumer Experience, Internet, Apple Inc (AAPL), eBay (EBAY), Wal-Mart (WMT), Amazon.com (AMZN), Market Matters, Black Friday, Economic Data, Technology, Recession, Financial Crisis

We all know that the current economic slowdown was bound to hurt holiday spending, and today we get news of just how much an impact it had on online shopping, as comScore announced that shoppers spent 3% less this year compared with 2007.

The report was based on spending between November 1 and December 23, and showed that consumers spent $25.5 billion online, compared with $26.3 billion in the same period last year, another clear signal that people are cutting their spending because they are worried about the economy.

A bright spot in the report did show that Cyber Monday, the Monday immediately following Black Friday, was the second biggest day ever for online spending, with an increase of 15% in sales from last year, to $846 million in sales.

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