please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message hitwise logo hitwise type product industry marketing founded 1997 headquarters new york ny owner connexity number of employees 255 2010 slogan digital marketing insights website http www.connexity.com hitwise is a division of connexity that measures behavior across desktop tablet and smartphone devices . the service provides data on trends in visitor and search behavior visitor and website profiling and measures website market share . hitwise helps companies optimize marketing efforts and improve the effectiveness of search display affiliate mobile email and social media marketing campaigns . in 2006 hitwise was valued at 180m 1 and was subsequently acquired by experian for 240m on 19 april 2007 . 2 in 2015 hitwise was acquired by digital marketing company connexity in a combined worth 47 million on 14 december 2015 . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit this section contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . november 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message 1997 hitwise is founded in melbourne by adrian giles and andrew barlow . 3 adrian giles acted as managing director from 1997 to 2000 . andrew barlow acted as chairman and joint managing director from 1997 to 2000 . 2000 the competitive intelligence service launches . this service allows subscription access to hitwise s reports . 2001 hitwise launches in new zealand hong kong united kingdom and singapore . 2002 hitwise is ranked 5th in the deloitte fast 50 in australia . 2003 hitwise launches in the united states . 2004 hitwise is ranked 6th fastest in the deloitte fast 50 . 2006 hitwise purchases hitdynamics a bid management and web analytics platform . 2007 hitwise is acquired by experian . 2008 hitwise is ranked 37 on the honomichl top 50 list of us market research firms . 2009 hitwise launches in canada and brazil . 2010 hitwise launches in france . 2010 hitwise launches in india . 2015 hitwise is acquired by connexity awards edit 2003 australian entrepreneur of the year awards finalist adrian giles founder 4 2004 uk revolution awards winner most innovative uk digital business 2002 2006 deloitte fast 50 see also edit competitors in the internet market research space include alexa comscore netcraft quantcast similarweb and spyfu . references edit harrington ben 2006 . hitwise eyes up 180m sale . hitwise value . london telegraph . retrieved 2006 12 11 . experian acquires hitwise . hitwise acquisition . hitwise . 2007 . archived from the original on 2007 04 22 . retrieved 2007 05 15 . company history . hitwise history . hitwise . 2006 . retrieved 2009 10 27 . hitwise factsheet . about hitwise factsheet . hitwise . 2006 . archived from the original on 2006 12 08 . retrieved 2006 12 11 . external links edit hitwise product platform access hitwise corporate web page experian marketing services corporate website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hitwise & oldid 737401619 categories marketing research companies of australia1997 establishments in australiacompanies established in 1997hidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2015all articles needing additional referencesarticles needing cleanup from november 2010all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from november 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 14 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view