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The culmination of Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale officially starts the holiday shopping season. So, if you still got some Christmas shopping to do, you might want to do it via Google Checkout. Google’s online payment facility , which supports various online store is offering exclusive discounts ranging from $5 – $20. The promo gig is running until Dec. 17, just about enough to give yo all the time you need to complete your Christmas Gift list. Participating stores include the likes of TigerDirect.com, BlueNile.com and Petco.com. You can check out more great deals at Google Checkout’s deals page and browse Google Product Search team’s top choice of popular products to give you an idea what to get for your friends and family. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Save Money while you Shop Using Google
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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 searches for “black Friday sales” and “black friday ads” also increased by more than 50% YOY. Likewise, fast rising search terms are also Black Friday-related and retailer specific. These include – “Walmart Black Friday”, “Kohls Black Friday Ad”, “Sears Black Friday Sales”, and “Target Black Friday Deals Online”. Amazon, which was the most visited site during Black Friday was not searched that much, may be because it was pretty much aggressive informing registered consumers of its Black Friday deals. Another interesting thing to point out is the fact that value minded searches such as “printable coupons” and “sales” are also up with 50% and 25% increase YOY, respectively. Likewise, searches for bargain deals on apparel and toys were also pretty hot with specific search for “Toys R Us Black Friday Sale”, “Best Buy Black Friday Deals” and “Black Friday Computer Deals’ as the fast rising searches during on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Black Friday Searches on Google Increased by
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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 – their second in a row. As this year’s Black Friday traffic to retail websites went up by 9% compared to 2008, Amazon received 13.55% of U.S. visits among the top 500 Retail Websites monitored by Hitwise. Walmart followed with 11.8% of all visits, followed by Target.com getting 5.65%, Best Buy with 4.64% and Sears with 2.95% Meanwhile, the Apple Store got the largest increase in visits from Thanksgiving Day to Black Friday 2009. It was actually a 110% increase. Staples on the other hand got a 47% increase while Dell saw a 40%. Amazon which topped the most visited site list only managed to get a 9% increase in traffic. Looking into the traffic from Black Friday sites, Wal-Mart got most of the referred traffic with a 32% increase this year compared to 2008. Best Buy and Target follow as the second and third to get the most traffic from Black Friday sites. So, which of these online retail websites do you think would get the most traffic this Cyber Monday? Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Amazon is the Most Visited Website on Black
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Cyber Monday is the first Monday after Thanksgiving when Americans return to work and begin their online shopping. Black Friday vs. CyberMonday Cyber Monday is supposed to be the online equivalent of Black Friday. If Google Trends last thirty days search traffic is an accurate indicator of demand, Cyber Monday 2009 might instead be called Red Cyber Monday.
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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 the click of a mouse from the comfort of your home. To give you a head start, here is a list of the top 10 sources for ads on Black Friday. Click on each link below for the best bargains money can buy on the biggest shopping day of the year. Happy Thanksgiving and smart shopping! Bfads.net Blackfriday.info Black-Friday.net Blackfridayads.com Theblackfriday.com 2009blackfridayads.com Blackfriday.fm YouTube [Black Friday] Blogtoplist.com/rss/black-Friday.html Blackfriday.gottadeal.com P.S. The word on the web is, Apple is saving their big sales for Cyber Monday (that’s the Monday after Black Friday for those who don’t know). Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Black Friday Ads Online for Smart
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Online stores are probably raving right now with the current traffic spikes that their sites are getting this Thanksgiving week. According to Hitwise , online traffic for Black Friday sales websites increased by 4% as compared to the same week in 2008. This stat was due to the online traffic directed by Black Friday advertising websites which saw an increased of 87% for the week ending Nov. 21, 2009. Consumers are really getting into online shopping, checking out sales and promos offered by various online retailers . And they do this by checking out referrals of Black Friday websites. Last week alone, there was a recorded 12 percent increase in referred traffic of the top 500 retail websites. Among the online retailers benefitting from Black Friday online traffic is Wal-Mart with a 13% increase in site traffic. Target and Best Buy followed with 4.12% and 4.04% increase, respectively. Even traffic from paid search ads is registering an upward trend. Sites such as Dealighted.com, Target, BlackFriday2009.com, Wal-Mart and Bing Shopping are getting up to 20% increase in traffic from paid search ads for the week ending Nov.21, 2009. As for the top visited websites during Thanksgiving week, Amazon got the most number of visits, roughly around 15% overall. The rest of the sites in the top 5 most visited sites are Wal-Mart, Target, Sears and BestBuy. So, have you checked out all the Black Friday sites yet? Are you going to go online shopping or to the actual stores instead? Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . Black Friday Sales Ads Drive Traffic to Online
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The Friday after Thanksgiving is known by US Consumers as Black Friday. Many shoppers begin searching for Black Friday deals seven to ten days before Black Friday actually arrives. A quick way to create a list of up to the minute information on Black Friday deals is to search Google News and Google Blog search. Google News Black Friday Deals Google News provides links to recognized news media stories about Black Friday deals while Google Blog Search provides lists of blogs with information not often available from traditional news sources. Google Blogs Search Black Friday Deals Combined Google News and Google Blog search provide a wealth of Black Friday deals information.
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