Back in September Google Trends went from from showing 100 results to 40. And now today it looks like they dropped it again to show only 20 results. Google Trends was a good tool to find new domains to hand register, but it seems that this Google product as a stand alone product is fading out.

PriceGrabber has released their 2009 Holiday Forecast Consumer Behavior Report. I pulled out some interesting numbers about how consumers are going to be researching products and shopping online this holiday season.

The top 3 ways savvy consumers will save money this holiday season are:

• Research and comparison shop online (70%)
• Shop at discount stores (50%)
• Use online coupons (39%)

This year, in order to meet holiday spending budgets, more consumers are utilizing money-saving techniques for their holiday shopping when compared with last year’s PriceGrabber.com survey:

• 70% of consumers are doing more research and comparison shopping online, compared with 38% last year.
• 50% of consumers are planning to shop at discount or outlet stores this year, while only 43% did so last year.
• 29% of consumers are planning to purchase gifts for fewer people this year, while only 10% did so last year.

Free shipping offers and shipping costs:

• 1 in 5 consumers will generally only purchase a product online when free shipping in offered and 29% will generally pay up to 10% of the cost of the item (s).
• For most consumers, the cost of shipping depends on how urgently they need the product (34%) or on the size of the product (11%).

View the full PriceGrabber report here (.pdf)