Web tracker Experian Hitwise reports a decline in web visits to daily deals websites Groupon and LivingSocial. Three online research companies Experian Hitwise, Compete and ComScore reveal the steady drops in traffic for both websites, due to new competing sites entering the market.

Overall visits to the sites were down 25% last week compared with the second week in June, says Research from analytic company Compete showed Groupon had its first month-over-month drop in traffic this year in July, while tracker ComScore said this week that both Groupon and LivingSocial were down last week from their top weeks in June.

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