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For website owners looking to monetize their online presence, generating traffic to a particular webpage is the often the first step towards attaining that goal. Following that and other initial hurdles towards attracting a growing online audience come the nuanced aspects of improving ad click through rates (CTR) on each webpage. To quantify this issue,… Continue reading How CTR Varies by Referring Webpage

Moto X was released in August 2013 and is largely regarded as the first new, flagship-type Motorola device since the company was acquired by Google in 2012. Subsequent growth in terms of Web usage has followed Moto X’s release, with a steady increase in Web traffic share over the month of October 2013. Chitika Insights… Continue reading Motorola Analysis: North American Usage Share Closing in on HTC – Moto X Growth Steady

Released back in October 2012, Microsoft Surface RT was the computing giant’s first major attempt at designing its own hardware. In terms of usage, Chitika Insights had found that Surface RT users generated only 0.5% of all North American tablet Web traffic in June 2013. However, subsequent price cuts on the device beginning in July… Continue reading Microsoft Surface RT Usage Share Rises Significantly Following Price Drop

Five days following OS X Mavericks’ public release, OS X Mavericks users were generating 11.8% of North American OS X Web traffic. This substantially surpasses the adoption rate of OS X Mountain Lion in the same time period, as Mavericks’ predecessor took over a month to cross the 10% threshold.

iPad users still generate 81% of all tablet Web traffic within North America, and while this is a three percentage point share drop since Chitika Insights’ June 2013 study on the tablet market, share gains have been spread out across various manufacturers. Also in this latest tablet report, Chitika Insights sought to examine how usage… Continue reading Third Quarter End Tablet Update: iPad Usage Share at 81%, Other Tablets See Share Increases

Apple’s launch of two new iPhone models on September 20, 2013 was the company’s latest salvo in the smartphone market. Initial domestic sales estimates for both the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C have been positive, and based on the latest usage figures, the releases have already made a significant impact on the iPhone ecosystem.

Chrome usage on iOS devices steadily increased in late September, and 3% of North American iOS Web traffic is now generated by users of the browser – Chrome’s first time crossing that mark.