Chitika Insights, in continuing our lead up to the NFL season, took a look at search volume on NFL Running Backs. What we saw was a slightly different search traffic pattern than before.
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The Rise and Fall of Spotify Query Search
Chitika Insights analyzed a series of data looking at search volume for queries relevant to Spotify over two weeks dating back to its release. Immediately following its release on the 14th of July, Spotify made a splash on our servers where there was a 1,000% spike for searches relevant to Spotify. After the abrupt increase in searches, interest declined over the following three days.
Chitika “Fantasy Football” Search Draft, Part 1: Quarterbacks
With the NFL season fast approaching, Chitika Insights decided to take a look at the popularity of individual players as fantasy drafts approach. Thanks to the unpredictable world of the web, some interesting results occur in the first part of our series: the Quarterbacks.
What Will Apple’s WWDC Bring?
What will Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference bring when it hits on June 6th? We know a few, see what web searchers think and add your prediction.
A Month Living in the Cloud: A Test of Cloud-Based iTunes
I set out over the last month to prove to myself whether a cloud-based iTunes would work for me or not. I went into the experiment with some questions: How much data will I use? Will buffering drive me crazy?
Will there be lag, or stuttering, of my music in dead zones? Obviously the cloud-based iTunes is not out yet, so my first task was to find an app that would simulate it – specifically, I needed to be able to stream songs on demand.
Chitika’s NFL Mock Draft
Based on searches for NFL teams and draft-eligible players, we break down the Internet’s search-driven NFL mock draft!
Groupon’s Offensive Ads Create Search Surge
Sometimes, perhaps there really is no such thing as bad publicity. Group-buying web startup Groupon, one of the hottest tech companies around, made a splash with three Super Bowl ads that were extremely memorable… because they were extremely offensive. Criticism of Groupon’s ads – which appeared to make fun of the political and social unrest… Continue reading Groupon’s Offensive Ads Create Search Surge
Green Bay Officially 61% Football Crazy
The Super Bowl is this weekend (cue John Madden shouting “Football!!!” at the top of his lungs), and two of the most football-crazy towns are involved. Green Bay in particular has a football tradition like no other, and we’ve got some numbers to prove it.
The No. 1 Question on American Minds About Egypt
You’ve probably seen the videos on CNN and the breaking news on Twitter. But at the end of the day, what is the No. 1 question on American minds about Egypt? To get to the bottom of this, we dug into the Chitika realtime query stream for the last 7 days [as Chitika is an online… Continue reading The No. 1 Question on American Minds About Egypt
Egyptian Government Ends Shutdown of Internet
For the past week, the news of protests in Egypt against President Mubarak has dominated the news cycle, and has even found its way to the tech world. Around a week ago, the Egyptian government disconnected its people from the internet, as covered by many outlets, including our own.