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December Needs Mortgage Advice

Global markets are all affected by Christmas. I was interested to research which markets slumped and those that gained interest both over the past 3 years, and during the past 31 days. I chose four keywords and branched off each keyword with additional research.

Google Trends – Last 3 Years Analysis
Google Trends - Last 3 Years Analysis

Google Trends – Last 31 Days Analysis
Google Trends - Last 31 Days Analysis

The connection can been seen in the growth of visitors to gadget and lingerie type websites. Hitwise has released the highest movers for the first week in December.

“Charts show ranking across all Shopping and Classifieds websites for the 4 weeks ending December 1, 2007. The magnitude of rank increase and a description of the website are indicated below each chart.”

o2.getcheaper.co.uk
getcheaper

Up 567 places
This site is an online retailer of mobile phone handsets.

Alternative Gift Company
Alternative Gift Company

Up 391 places
This website provides online shopping for out-of-the-ordinary gifts for every occasion.

Be Cheeky
Be Cheeky

Up 246 places
Be Cheeky sells a range of lingerie and swimwear from around the world.

There are other research tools comparing current and historic search and spend that enable better cohesion between your product/service and estimated interest in the market place.

Expect to see the growth of CPC between Google Adwords, Microsoft AdCenter & Yahoo Sponsored Search spike during January for finance related keywords.

This article was written by Phil Yarrow

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