Visits to Shopping & Classifieds websites are on the steady increase, accounting for 3.52% of all online visits for the month of August 2008; an increase of 12.48% compared to September 2007. MORE

According to Hitwise Singapore, Friendster was the most visited social networking website amongst Singapore Internet users in July 2008. MORE

Despite being almost 50 years old, Barbie still appears to be the toy of choice amongst Singaporean children. MORE

Websites within the Community - Organisations industry have attracted an increase in market share of visits by 49.99% during May 2008, which resulted in the industry experiencing its highest ever monthly market share of visits. MORE

According to Hitwise, the leading competitive intelligence service, Singapore Internet users continue to be highly engaged with the Stocks & Shares sub-category. Websites that belong to stock brokers or that relate to news and research services draw the most visits from Singapore Internet users amongst the Hitwise Business & Finance industry. MORE

Hitwise announced Singapore's most popular websites throughout 2007 at the Singapore Online Performance Awards evening held on 3rd April 2008. Recognising the No. 1 websites across a wide variety of industries, the celebration evening attracted over 180 thought leaders and online marketers at the forefront of their online industries. MORE

Social Networking, Portals and Stocks & Shares Leading Singapore Industries;
Singapore Online Shopping and Banking lagging overseas markets.

Hitwise Singapore, the leading competitive intelligence service, today provides a snapshot of the leading industries that Singapore Internet users visit. MORE

According to Hitwise Singapore, YouTube is the current market leader in the Social Networking & Forums online industry with 16.61% share of visits for the week ending 16 February 2008. MORE

The recent announcement that Google would launch Knol, dubbed by most as a Wikipedia competitor, has sparked controversy and even consternation among some. MORE