Expedia loses ground to Wotif and Webjet – Top Australia travel websites, September 2012

Wotif and Webjet have extended their lead ahead of rival agency Expedia in the list of leading travel websites in Australia.

Expedia saw its share of the agency category fall by over 0.25% in September compared to the previous month as market leader Wotif gained over 1% of its own.

Second place Webjet added around 025% over the same period from August to September.

Most popular travel websites in Australia for September 2012:

Agency

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious Position
1Wotif.comwww.wotif.com13.21%1
2Webjet Australiawww.webjet.com.au12.18%2
3Expedia Australiawww.expedia.com.au9.46%3
4Flight Centrewww.flightcentre.com.au7.58%4
5Lastminute.com.auwww.lastminute.com.au4.91%5
6Best Flightswww.bestflights.com.au3.62%6
7ZUJI Australiawww.zuji.com2.22%7
8Jetabroadwww.jetabroad.com1.65%8
9travel.com.auwww.travel.com.au1.59%10
10Travelzoo Australiawww.travelzoo.com/au1.50%9

Destinations and Accommodation

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious Position
1TripAdvisor - Australiawww.tripadvisor.com.au7.45%2
2Booking.comwww.booking.com5.97%3
3Agoda.comwww.agoda.com5.53%1
4TripAdvisorwww.tripadvisor.com3.90%4
5Stayzwww.stayz.com.au3.42%5
6Hotels Combinedwww.hotelscombined.com1.97%8
7Agoda Australiawww.agoda.com.au1.94%6
8Totaltravel.comwww.totaltravel.com1.49%7
9Hotels.comwww.hotels.com1.49%-
10check-in.com.auwww.check-in.com.au1.36%9

Airlines

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious Position
1Qantaswww.qantas.com.au21.01%1
2Jetstarwww.jetstar.com20.14%2
3Virgin Australiawww.virginaustralia.com15.61%3
4Tiger Airwayswww.tigerairways.com5.83%5
5AirAsiawww.airasia.com5.42%6
6Emirateswww.emirates.com3.73%7
7Singapore Airlineswww.singaporeair.com2.80%8
8FlyScoot.comwww.flyscoot.com1.94%10
9Malaysia Airlineswww.malaysiaairlines.com1.90%-
10Air New Zealand - Australiawww.airnz.com.au1.73%4

Search Terms

RankSearch TermPercentage of ClicksPercentage PaidPercentage OganicPrevious Position
1jetstar1.57%0.80%99.20%1
2google maps1.52%0.09%99.91%2
3qantas1.10%17.21%82.79%3
4webjet1.03%0.79%99.21%4
5flight centre0.66%38.62%61.38%5
6wotif0.66%2.52%97.48%6
7maps0.58%0.16%99.84%7
8tiger airways0.57%2.25%97.75%8
9singapore airlines0.36%14.68%85.32%-
10metlink0.33%0.18%99.82%9

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Related posts:

  1. Wotif, WebJet and Expedia take third all traffic – Top Australia travel sites, full month May 2012
  2. Webjet pulls clear of Expedia – Top Australia travel websites, September 10 2011
  3. Wotif loses top spot to TripAdvisor – Top Australia travel websites, January 28 2012
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