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Now that Black Friday is over and everyone is in the U.S. are probably busy finding the best Cyber Monday deals online, it’s interesting to note which online retailers made it to the top of the charts during Black Friday’s shopping craze. And according to Experian Hitwise data it was none other than Amazon – their second in a row.

As  this year’s Black Friday traffic to retail websites went up by 9% compared to 2008, Amazon received 13.55% of U.S. visits among the top 500 Retail Websites monitored by Hitwise.  Walmart followed with 11.8% of all visits, followed by Target.com getting 5.65%, Best Buy with 4.64% and Sears with 2.95%

Meanwhile, the Apple Store got the largest increase in visits from Thanksgiving Day to Black Friday 2009.  It was actually a 110% increase. Staples on the other hand got a 47% increase while Dell saw a 40%. Amazon which topped the most visited site list only managed to get a 9% increase in traffic.

Looking into the traffic from Black Friday sites, Wal-Mart got most of the referred traffic with a 32% increase this year compared to 2008. Best Buy and Target follow as the second and third to get the most traffic from Black Friday sites.

So, which of these online retail websites do you think would get the most traffic this Cyber Monday?

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Amazon is the Most Visited Website on Black Friday

Although a little earlier than usually done by other search engines, Bing has released its top trending topics for 2009.  ”Michael Jackson” was the number most search keywords although the most search personality was “Perez Hilton.”The list was created based on the analysis of billions of searches against those that were searched using Bing.   Aside from MJ, here are the other keywords that made it to the Top Trending Topics in Bing in 2009:

1) Michael Jackson

2) Twitter

3) Swine Flu

4) Stock Market

5) Farrah Fawcett

6) Patrick Swayze

7) Cash for Clunkers

Jon and Kate Gosselin

9) Billy Mays

10) Jaycee Dugard

Bing also got a lot of searches for top online sites such as Facebook, MSN, YouTube and Craiglist. It could mean that there are more new users who want to find out what’s the fuzz is all about Facebook and these other sites.

For complex seaches, Bing got a lot of them as well, particularly those queries seeking help for specific matters such as deciding what MP3 to buy as well as travel-related searches.

Bing is also releasing it’s “Most Popular Searches in 2009″. This is different from the Top Trending Topics as this list pertains to celebrities. Like I said, Perez Hilton tops this list followed by  Robert “Edward Cullen” Pattinson and Maegan Fox.

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Michael Jackson Tops Bing Searches in 2009

Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the online holiday shopping season, starts tomorrow after a week of Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping.

Cyber Monday follows the Black Friday shopping rush as a day when online retailers can offer similar discounts for shoppers who didn’t hit the stores, and move merchandise online with customers confident that products can be shipped to them before the holidays.

Cyber Monday is a holiday which was more or less started by Shop.org, which owns the site CyberMonday.com, as another way to get excellent discounts in limited time sales (usually one day or 2 day sales) by large online retailers.

Cyber Monday symbolizes the beginning of the holiday shopping season online and a quick search across Google, Yahoo and Bing.com shows that merchants are addressing its importance in their search marketing campaigns.

In the spirit of online shopping and Cyber Monday, here are some of the best deals we found, starting with Amazon.com, which according to Experian Hitwise was the most visited site on Black Friday. I’ve also added some Cyber Monday search tips for finding more deals from Google, Yahoo and Bing.

Amazon Cyber Lightning Deals

Amazon which topped Experian Hitwise most visited site on Black Friday has rolled the same bargain offerings with its Cyber Lightning Deals. Among the electronic items that will surely give you a good deal include – the Vado HD camcorder, and Eye-Fi SD Card, and more.

Best Buy Cyber Monday 2 Day Sale

Best Buy has started their online-only sale today and will continue until Monday. They are even offering free shipping for purchases more than $25.

Staples Cyber Monday Savings Event

Staples also started their Cyber Monday sales earlier today and will continue until tomorrow for the latest and hottest tech gadgets. You can order online or by phone.

MacMalls 3-Days Apple  CyberMonday Sale

For Mac fanboys, if the Apple Store didn’t give you some great bargains, you might find some worthy deals from MacMall instead. If MacMall is shipping outside of the U.S., I will surely get the Magic Mouse and iMac.

Want some more? Use Bing Shopping search to help you find the greatest online bargain deal instead.

Or find great deals by using Google Product Search

Enjoy your Cyber Monday shopping from your sofa, local Starbucks or you workspace!

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Cyber Monday Deals Spark Online Shopping Season