In the hunt for retail products and companies, online shoppers in April were most hungry for sound systems, jewelry and high-definition multimedia interfaces, and most interested in finding the Internet stores of Home Depot, Wal-Mart and Target, according to Internet research firm Nielsen/NetRatings Inc.
The following are the top retail product and retailer name searches for the month of April 2006, according to Nielsen/NetRatings MegaView Search Custom Data. The MegaView Search data is based on tallies from 58 representative search engines. The figures are the total number of searches during the month.
Top 10 Retail Product Searches
1) sound system, 1,411,000
2) jewelry, 1,271,000
3) hdmi, 1,224,000
4) books, 1,195,000
5) dvds, 1,144,000
6) fine wine, 1,090,000
7) cookware, 1,024,000
8) baby gear, 1,022,000
9) flowers, 724,000
10) furniture, 462,000
Top 10 Retailer Name Searches
1) home depot, 2,484,000
2) walmart, 2,251,000
3) target, 2,112,000
4) sears, 1,690,000
5) best buy, 1,652,000
6) lowes, 1,406
7) amazon, 1,350,000
8) costco, 1,074,000
9) circuit city, 997,000
10) staples, 901,000
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