Most popular travel websites in the US for the week ending December 18 2010:
Agency
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Expedia www.expedia.com 14.13% 1
2 priceline.com www.priceline.com 8.97% 2
3 Yahoo! Travel travel.yahoo.com 8.67% 3
4 Orbitz www.orbitz.com 6.57% 4
5 Travelocity www.travelocity.com 6.10% 5
6 CheapOair.com www.cheapoair.com 5.28% 6
7 Hotwire www.hotwire.com 4.31% 7
8 Kayak www.kayak.com 3.94% 8
9 Bing Travel www.bing.com/travel 3.09% -
10 Cheap Tickets www.cheaptickets.com 3.02% 9
Destinations and Accommodation
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 TripAdvisor www.tripadvisor.com 6.04% 1
2 Marriott International www.marriott.com 2.61% 2
3 Hotels.com www.hotels.com 2.16% 4
4 InterContinental Hotels Group www.ichotelsgroup.com 2.15% 3
5 Hilton Hotels Online www.hilton.com 1.86% 5
6 Walt Disney World disneyworld.disney.go.com 1.32% 6
7 Carnival Cruise Lines www.carnival.com 1.29% 7
8 Vacation Rentals by Owner www.vrbo.com 1.20% 8
9 Royal Caribbean International www.royalcaribbean.com 1.14% -
10 Choice Hotels International www.choicehotels.com 1.08% 10
Airlines
Rank Website Domain Percentage of Visits Previous Position
1 Southwest Airlines www.southwest.com 25.22% 1
2 Delta Air Lines www.delta.com 13.47% 2
3 American Airlines www.aa.com 9.49% 3
4 JetBlue Airways www.jetblue.com 7.73% 4
5 Continental Airlines www.continental.com 6.51% 5
6 United Airlines www.united.com 5.42% 6
7 US Airways www.usairways.com 5.17% 7
8 AirTran Airways www.airtran.com 4.78% 8
9 Allegiant Air www.allegiantair.com 3.14% 10
10 Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air www.alaskaair.com 2.47% -
Travel search terms
Rank Search Term Percentage of Clicks Percentage Paid Percentage Organic Previous Position
1 mapquest 3.86% 14.22% 85.78% 1
2 google maps 1.67% 4.33% 95.67% 2
3 mapquest driving directions 1.53% 44.09% 55.91% 3
4 southwest airlines 1.13% 20.26% 79.74% 4
5 maps 0.94% 3.70% 86.30% 5
6 google earth 0.66% 24.93% 75.07% 6
7 map quest 0.57% 10.64% 89.36% 7
8 delta airlines 0.52% 46.95% 53.05% 8
9 expedia 0.50% 44.10% 55.90% 9
10 cheap flights 0.44% 61.16% 38.84% 10
NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise












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