In October 2011, about a month after the buzz around the launch of Google Flight Search and (kind of) subsided, Tnooz published traffic share figures for the fledgling service.
The data obtained from Experian Hitwise revealed a slow start for Google’s first official foray into flight search, with the service ranked number 391 in the list of most popular travel sites in the US.
In comparison, Kayak, one of the company most publicly opposed to Google’s acquisition of ITA Software 12 months earlier, was in 17th position.
Read full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/2012/02/17/news/who-is-so-far-feeling-the-heat-from-google-flight-search-no-major-surprises-here/
