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Business.com Barometer

The Business.com Barometer is a monthly measurement of the query volume occurring on Business.com and the Business.com Network, and provides a snapshot of the rising and falling B2B needs in the marketplace.

Business.com helps small business decision makers address their most pressing business concerns by connecting their search queries to leading B2B providers across 65,000 different business categories. Query data is combined across Business.com and Business.com Network partners, representing the business search needs of over 28 million unique visitors each month.*

The Business.com Barometer includes query data across Network partners, such as:

 

Note: For a complete list of sites within the Business.com Network, please visit http://www.business.com/info/partners.asp.

 
Top 10 Categories — July 2006
Current Rank
Previous Month Rank
Category Name
1
2
2
12
3
6
4
4
5
3
6
9
7
10
8
13
9
43
10
11
Top 10 Gainers —  July vs. June
Category Name
% Change from Previous Month
Businesses for Sale
232%
Accounting
134%
Information Technology (IT) Services
114%
Franchise Opportunities
74%
Internet and Online
64%
Real Estate and Construction
63%
Customer Service
58%
Hiring and Retention
46%
Ecommerce
43%
Budgeting and Forcasting
40%
Top 10 Losers — July vs. June
Category Name
% Change from Previous Month
Catalog and Mail Orders
-58%
State Law
-53%
Flatbed Trucking
-49%
Real Estate and Construction State License Boards
-48%
Property Management
-38%
Agricultural Property Listings
-37%
Law
-31%
Real Estate Property Listings
-31%
Sales
-25%
Commercial Ice Machines
-25%

* comScore Media Metrix, June 2006


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