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Online Shoppers Gearing Up For Holiday Season

2005-10-28 09:42:00

Shopping-comparison sites experienced robust traffic in September, a good sign for the upcoming holiday season, a Web metrics firm said Friday.

Last year, online holiday spending in the United States reached a record $23.2 billion, excluding travel, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. That number amounted to a 25 percent increase over 2003.

This year, Nielsen/NetRatings analysts "anticipate another strong online shopping season, if online retailers can meet the demands of an increasingly discriminating online clientele," the firm said.

Comparison-shopping sites are proving to be an effective method for comparing prices, reading product reviews and making purchases.

In September, the Shopzilla.com Network led the market with 15 million unique visitors, Nielsen/NetRatings said. The No. 2 Shopping.com Network was close behind with 14.8 million visitors, followed by Yahoo, 11.1 million; NexTag, 9.6 million and Google's Froogle, 6.4 million.

The top three online retail categories in the month, based on purchases, were toys, games and hobbies, 8.9 million purchases, or 15.6 percent of the total for the month; apparel and accessories, 8.2 million, or 14.4 percent; and home and garden, 7.6 million, or 13.3 percent.

Online Travel Market Shows Strong Growth
The U.S. online travel market has shown significant growth over the last year, a trend that's expected to continue at least through 2010, a research firm said Thursday.
Podcast Services Help Users Connect With New Content
As podcasts morph from the latest craze into a permanent presence in cyberspace, services are springing up to help users seek out their favorite downloads. Listeners can catch podcasts on the Web as streaming programs or subscribe to every issue in an ongoing series by using a podcast client (also called a podcatcher) such as iTunes or iPodder. Podcast clients use RSS, a syndication format for aggregating updates to podcasts, to "catch" podcasts as they become available.
Security-spooked Users Slap Sony CD On Amazon
Customers have used Amazon.com's review feature to slam a Sony CD implicated in a security and copy-protection brouhaha, reducing the online retailer's rating for the Van Zant album, "Get Right with the Man," from three-and-a-half stars to just one-and-a-half in the space of a few days.
SEC Warns Investors Of Spyware, Phishing
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday issued a guide to private investors on the dangers that identity thieves pose to online broker accounts.
RIM's New BlackBerry Could Spur New Mobile Applications
A new souped-up BlackBerry could usher in a new wave of applications for mobile workers, solution providers said.
Microsoft Set For Visual Studio, SQL Server 2005 Launch
With its tight integration between Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk 2006, Microsoft has developed a compelling software stack.
Google Founders To Fly In Style
Google Inc.'s two 32-year-old founders are getting ready to fly in a style that reflects their billionaire status.
Autonomy Acquires Enterprise Search Vendor Verity
Autonomy Corp. Plc said Friday it has agreed to acquire Verity Inc. for $500 million in cash, a move meant to bolster the U.K. company's direct sales channel and business operations in the United States.
Mac Software Creates, Edits and Publishes RSS Feeds, Podcasts
FeedForAll Mac is software that assists podcasters to create, edit and publish really simple syndication (RSS) feeds, and it now supports Apple iTunes extensions to give publishers an easy way to create iTune-compatible podcasts, NotePage Inc. said on Friday.
NetZero Offers Internet Telephony
Internet services provider United Online Inc. has launched a telephony service under its NetZero brand.


   
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