Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending May 8 2010:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Expedia www.expedia.com 15.22% 1
2 priceline.com www.priceline.com 9.06% 2
3 Travelocity www.travelocity.com 8.85% 3
4 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 7.03% 4
5 Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 5.48% 5
6 Hotwire www.hotwire.com 4.84% 6
7 CheapOair.com www.cheapoair.com 4.33% 7
8 bookingbuddy www.bookingbuddy.com 4.00% 8
9 Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 3.24% 10
10 Lowfares.com www.lowfares.com 3.17% 9
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 6.04% 1
2 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 2.46% 3
3 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 2.44% 2
4 Marriott International www.marriott.com 2.19% 4
5 Hilton Hotels Online www.hilton.com 1.53% 6
6 Walt Disney World disneyworld.disney.go.com 1.49% 9
7 National Park Service www.nps.gov 1.40% 7
8 Vacation Rentals by Owner www.vrbo.com 1.26% 8
9 Carnival Cruise Lines www.carnival.com 1.22% 5
10 Choice Hotels International www.choicehotels.com 1.09% 10
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 21.43% 1
2 Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 13.31% 2
3 American Airlines www.aa.com 9.38% 3
4 JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 6.86% 4
5 Continental Airlines www.continental.com 6.26% 5
6 United Airlines www.united.com 5.88% 6
7 AirTran Airways www.airtran.com 5.57% 7
8 US Airways www.usairways.com 4.03% 8
9 Allegiant Air www.allegiantair.com 3.07% 10
10 Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air www.alaskaair.com 2.84% 9
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic Previous Position
1 mapquest 3.13% 4.55% 95.45% 1
2 mapquest driving directions 2.03% 7.66% 92.33% 2
3 google maps 1.25% 10.40% 89.60% 3
4 maps 0.92% 7.68% 92.32% 4
5 southwest airlines 0.73% 9.41% 90.59% 5
6 map quest 0.59% 3.24% 96.76% 6
7 google earth 0.55% 12.58% 87.42% 7
8 travelocity 0.45% 19.52% 80.48% 8
9 expedia 0.44% 16.50% 83.50% 10
10 mapquest.com 0.44% 3.27% 96.73% 9
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise












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