Job search site traffic grows in January

If we needed further evidence that jobs are increasingly hard to find, we need look no further than this story on CNet .

Jobs, taxes, and travel captured the interest of U.S. Internet surfers in January, marking double-digit to triple-digit gains over the previous month, according to a ComScore report released Thursday.

With unemployment running at 7.6 percent nationwide in January and Americans across all industries concerned about their job security, it’s not surprising job-related sites are gaining an increase.

That type of concern may not bode well for giving a kick-start to e-commerce spending, noted Gian Fulgoni, ComScore’s executive chairman, during a press conference Thursday to discuss the January e-commerce results.

The middle-class, for example, accounts for 46 percent of online retail spending, while the upper-class represents 34 percent, he noted.

And although these two groups posted a 2 percent and 8 percent increase in January year-over-year retail e-commerce spending, respectively, this type of concern over job security could lead to belt-tightening down the line, he noted.