Headline: Web shopping sets traffic records By Frank Barnako CBS.MarketWatch.com 11/29/2004 12:11:48 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Online shopping visits reached a record high this year on Thanksgiving Day, with the ensuing "Black Friday" coming in second, according to HitWise, an analysis firm that monitors Web traffic. Shopping and classifieds Web sites claimed 11.39 percent of all U.S. visits on Thanksgiving Day, breaking the 2003 high of 8.96 percent set on the holiday last year, according to Bill Tancer, vice president of research.