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Due to the recession, the idea of a 0.3 percent drop sounds like nothing at all; plunges of 5, 10, and 20 percent are the norm now.  Still, Compete has released its description of the search market in January, and the report's sure to turn a few heads with that exact figure. 

Search engine Ask.com added data feeds from analytics vendor Compete to expand the view of a website via the Ask Binoculars feature. In the search...

The rabid fan base of supporters for Paul's Presidential nomination run have made use of the Internet, particularly Meetup, to aid the candidate.

According to new numbers from Compete, the search engines were busier than ever in November - Americans made a record 8.1 billion queries.  Also - you guessed it - Google’s market share went up.

When it comes to the 2008 presidential election, you can listen to the smartest political pundits, or, if you like, flip a coin - the election’s just too far away to be sure of anything.  But we can form best guesses, and Matt Pace has done precisely that with an article titled “If Clicks Equaled Votes in November - Democratic Candidates.”

When it comes to who's paying attention to perceived frontrunners Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, and Mitt Romney among the Republican candidates, the trio receives virtually equal visits to their websites. You'll never guess who trumps them, and a fourth candidate, easily.

Universities have been opting for email services managed by Microsoft or Google as a desirable alternative to running email as an in-house operation.

I actually like Compete I think it’s quite a bit more accurate than Alexa or other competing services, however when I see comments like this on their blog it makes me question some of their conclusions: