Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending December 26 2009:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits
1 Expedia www.expedia.com 15.06%
2 Priceline.com www.priceline.com 8.02%
3 Travelocity www.travelocity.com 7.39%
4 Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 7.27%
5 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 6.54%
6 Hotwire www.hotwire.com 3.93%
7 CheapoAir.com www.cheapoair.com 3.87%
8 BookingBuddy.com www.bookingbuddy.com 3.45%
9 Lowfares.com www.lowfares.com 3.37%
10 Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 3.31%
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 5.53%
2 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 2.25%
3 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 2.05%
4 Marriott International www.marriott.com 1.83%
5 Walt Disney World disneyworld.disney.go.com 1.60%
6 Harrah's Casino Hotels www.harrahs.com 1.38%
7 Hilton Hotels Online www.hilton.com 1.34%
8 Carnival Cruise Lines www.carnival.com 1.23%
9 National Park Service www.nps.gov 1.22%
10 Zvents www.zvents.com 1.11%
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits
1 Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 20.58%
2 Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 11.38%
3 American Airlines www.aa.com 8.12%
4 JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 6.42%
5 Continental Airlines www.continental.com 6.40%
6 United Airlines www.united.com 6.29%
7 AirTran Airways www.airtran.com 5.41%
8 US Airways www.usairways.com 5.05%
9 Northwest Airlines www.nwa.com 4.83%
10 Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air www.alaskaair.com 3.20%
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic
1 mapquest 3.28% 4.99% 95.01%
2 mapquest driving directions 1.44% 14.81% 85.19%
3 google maps 1.30% 21.28% 78.72%
4 maps 1.02% 15.76% 84.24%
5 southwest airlines 0.89% 23.89% 76.11%
6 google earth 0.75% 13.21% 86.79%
7 map quest 0.55% 5.22% 94.78%
8 delta airlines 0.49% 29.19% 70.81%
9 mapquest.com 0.42% 2.26% 97.74%
10 cheap flights 0.42% 36.19% 63.89%
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise











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