Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending January 2 2010:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Expedia www.expedia.com 15.79% 1
2 Priceline.com www.priceline.com 8.09% 2
3 Travelocity www.travelocity.com 7.53% 3
4 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 6.68% 5
5 Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 5.74% 4
6 Hotwire www.hotwire.com 4.04% 6
7 CheapoAir.com www.cheapoair.com 3.82% 7
8 Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 3.35% 10
9 BookingBuddy.com www.bookingbuddy.com 3.29% 8
10 Lowfares.com www.lowfares.com 3.24% 9
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 5.77% 1
2 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 2.29% 2
3 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 2.00% 3
4 Marriott International www.marriott.com 1.95% 4
5 Walt Disney World disneyworld.disney.go.com 1.76% 5
6 Carnival Cruise Lines www.carnival.com 1.59% 8
7 Harrah's Casino Hotels www.harrahs.com 1.42% 6
8 Hilton Hotels Online www.hilton.com 1.36% 7
9 Zvents www.zvents.com 1.22% 10
10 Vacation Rentals by Owner www.vrbo.com 1.16% -
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 21.41% 1
2 Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 10.59% 2
3 American Airlines www.aa.com 9.08% 3
4 United Airlines www.united.com 6.86% 6
5 JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 6.27% 4
6 Continental Airlines www.continental.com 5.89% 5
7 AirTran Airways www.airtran.com 5.04% 7
8 US Airways www.usairways.com 4.75% 8
9 Northwest Airlines www.nwa.com 4.04% 9
10 Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air www.alaskaair.com 3.30% 10
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic Previous Position
1 mapquest 2.97% 6.97% 93.03% 1
2 mapquest driving directions 1.37% 14.09% 85.91% 2
3 google maps 1.07% 21.31% 78.69% 3
4 maps 0.86% 16.65% 83.35% 4
5 southwest airlines 0.81% 26.20% 73.80% 5
6 google earth 0.62% 14.29% 85.71% 6
7 map quest 0.52% 4.10% 95.90% 7
8 cheap flights 0.44% 31.62% 68.38% 10
9 mapquest.com 0.41% 4.04% 95.96% 9
10 travelocity 0.40% 35.47% 64.53% -
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise











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