Here’s some more Black Friday-related search statistics to digest. The Google Retail Advertising Blog (Yup, there is such a blog on Google) is reporting that online shopping searches on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday were at its all time high this year. Searches for “Black Friday” increased by more than 20% year over year, while [...]

Now that Black Friday is over and everyone is in the U.S. are probably busy finding the best Cyber Monday deals online, it’s interesting to note which online retailers made it to the top of the charts during Black Friday’s shopping craze. And according to Experian Hitwise data it was none other than Amazon – [...]

Although a little earlier than usually done by other search engines, Bing has released its top trending topics for 2009.  ”Michael Jackson” was the number most search keywords although the most search personality was “Perez Hilton.”

Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the online holiday shopping season, starts tomorrow after a week of Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping. Cyber Monday follows the Black Friday shopping rush as a day when online retailers can offer similar discounts for shoppers who didn’t hit the stores, and move merchandise online with customers confident that [...]

Happy Thanksgiving from Search Engine Journal to all of the search industry and all readers who come across our site. This year, I’m spending my Thanksgiving morning shacked up in a Hampton Inn in Tamarc, FL .. watching the Macys Parade on the TV, enjoying my continental breakfast and getting ready to head over to [...]

Black Friday just isn’t what it used to be (not that we’re complaining). Gone are the days of lining up outside of Macy’s in your pajamas at 6 am with grandma. Thanks to the Internet and online Black Friday ads, you can map out a plan for the biggest shopping day of the year at [...]