Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending May 22 2010:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Expedia www.expedia.com 14.23% 1
2 priceline.com www.priceline.com 9.05% 2
3 Travelocity www.travelocity.com 8.41% 3
4 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 7.04% 4
5 Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 5.34% 5
6 Hotwire www.hotwire.com 5.08% 6
7 Bing Travel www.bing.com/travel 4.36% -
8 CheapOair.com www.cheapoair.com 4.06% 7
9 bookingbuddy www.bookingbuddy.com 3.68% 8
10 Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 3.37% 10
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 6.05% 1
2 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 2.57% 3
3 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 2.55% 2
4 Marriott International www.marriott.com 2.14% 4
5 Hilton Hotels Online www.hilton.com 1.50% 5
6 Walt Disney World disneyworld.disney.go.com 1.41% 7
7 National Park Service www.nps.gov 1.32% 6
8 Vacation Rentals by Owner www.vrbo.com 1.26% 9
9 Carnival Cruise Lines www.carnival.com 1.21% 8
10 Choice Hotels International www.choicehotels.com 1.13% -
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 20.28% 1
2 Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 12.85% 2
3 American Airlines www.aa.com 10.34% 4
4 JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 7.55% 3
5 Continental Airlines www.continental.com 6.18% 5
6 United Airlines www.united.com 5.92% 6
7 AirTran Airways www.airtran.com 5.10% 7
8 US Airways www.usairways.com 5.07% 8
9 Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air www.alaskaair.com 3.14% -
10 Allegiant Air www.allegiantair.com 3.07% 10
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Search Percentage Paid Percentage Organic Previous Position
1 mapquest 3.14% 4.38% 95.62% 1
2 mapquest driving directions 2.02% 7.26% 92.74% 2
3 google maps 1.31% 7.24% 92.76% 3
4 maps 0.94% 8.37% 91.63% 4
5 southwest airlines 0.77% 8.59% 91.41% 5
6 map quest 0.61% 3.15% 96.85% 6
7 google earth 0.59% 12.32% 87.68% 7
8 travelocity 0.46% 18.83% 81.17% 8
9 expedia 0.46% 16.27% 83.73% 9
10 mapquest.com 0.43% 2.79% 97.21% 10
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise












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