Traffic from Google and other search engines to specific Web categories in October 2008

Category Share of traffic
from search
engines
Growth in share of
traffic from
search engines
October 2007 –
October 2008
Share of traffic
from Google
October 2008
Growth in
share of traffic
from Google
October 2007 –
October 2008
Health and Medical 44.92% 0% 31.88% 10%
Travel 35.71% 10% 26.41% 24%
Shopping and Classifieds 25.14% -3% 17.51% 9%
News and Media 20.90% -1% 15.09% 13%
Entertainment 23.57% 9% 16.12% 25%
Business and Finance 18.61% 9% 12.92% 25%
Sports 12.01% 17% 8.46% 32%
Online Video 31.83% 24% 23.51% 49%
Social Networking 18.61% 24% 12.33% 48%
Source: Hitwise