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Latest Comscore report on Internet traffic
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:17:40 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:13:29 -0400 From: David Akin <dakin () ctv ca> Subject: Latest Comscore report on Internet traffic To: "'dave () farber net'" <dave () farber net> I realize a lot of folks will poke holes in the methodologies used by Comscore and its competitors. Still, a couple of interesting points from the company's latest release. First -- The Internet population in the U.S. hit 150 million in September. You are a member of this population, Comscore, says, if you used the Internet from any location at least once during the month. Second -- Check out Verisign's SiteFinder-assisted numbers . . . David Akin ----------------- CTV News The Globe and Mail ----------------- Office: 416.313.2503 Mobile: 416.528.3819 ----------------- Complete Contact Information at http://www.davidakin.com > COMSCORE MEDIA METRIX ANNOUNCES TOP 50 U.S. INTERNET PROPERTY > RANKINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 2003 > > U.S. Internet Population Breaks the 150 Million Mark > > RESTON, Va. October 21, 2003 - comScore Media Metrix today > announced the top 50 U.S. Internet properties for the month > of September 2003. comScore Media Metrix also reported that > in September, the total number of U.S. Internet users passed > the 150 million mark for the first time ever. Further, the > total amount of time spent by Americans on the Internet grew > by 3 percent in September, although the month of September is > one day, or 3 percent, shorter than August. This increase in > time spent online was driven almost entirely by the > university population returning to campus and their computers > (see table 1). > ----snipped > In September, there were three new entrants to the Top 50 > Properties ranking (see table 2). Verisign's launch of > SiteFinder, which redirects mistyped URLs to its site, drove > a sharp spike of 540 percent in unique visitors. This > increase - the largest of any major property in September - > pushed Verisign Sites from a rank of 135 in August to the > number 11 position in September. > > > TABLE 2 > > Top 50 Properties > Unique Visitors (000) > Total U.S. - Home, Work and University Locations > September 2003 > Source: comScore Media Metrix > > Rank Property Unique Visitors > (000) > > Total Internet Users 150,045 > 1 MSN-Microsoft Sites 110,167 > 2 AOL Time Warner - Proprietary & WWW 109,335 > 3 Yahoo! Sites 108,096 > 4 Ebay 62,577 > 5 Google Sites 56,270 > 6 Terra Lycos 51,605 > 7 About/Primedia 43,656 > 8 Amazon Sites 36,295 > 9 Gator Network 34,158 > 10 Excite Network 32,750 > 11 Verisign Sites 30,787 > 12 Viacom Online 25,846 > 13 Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) 25,037 > 14 CNET Networks 24,593 > 15 Symantec 24,459 > 16 Weather Channel, The 23,577 > 17 Real.com Network 22,934 > 18 Verizon Communications Corporation 19,424 > 19 Overture 18,786 > 20 InfoSpace Network 18,725 > 21 eUniverse Network 17,767 > 22 Classmates.com Sites 17,673 > 23 SBC Communications 16,955 > 24 Monster Property 16,720 > 25 Ask Jeeves 16,501 > 26 EA Online 16,196 > 27 Expedia Travel 16,076 > 28 AT&T Properties 16,054 > 29 Sony Online 15,754 > 30 Weatherbug.com Property 15,453 > 31 Vivendi-Universal Sites 15,387 > 32 iVillage.com: The Womens Network 14,158 > 33 Shopping.com Sites 13,919 > 34 NFL Internet Group 13,914 > 35 Gannett Sites 12,775 > 36 United Online, Inc 12,683 > 37 Cox Enterprises Inc. 11,865 > 38 Wal-Mart 11,580 > 39 AmericanGreetings Property 11,507 > 40 Adobe Sites 11,493 > 41 News Corp. Online 11,481 > 42 Travelocity 11,414 > 43 Earthlink 11,360 > 44 ORBITZ.COM 11,333 > 45 Dell 11,302 46 Comcast Corporation 10,647 47 New York Times Digital 10,627 48 Hewlett Packard 10,389 49 EMODE.COM 10,166 50 Columbia House Sites 10,004 TABLE 4 Top Gaining Sites Among the Top 250 Properties Unique Visitors (000) Total U.S. - Home, Work and University Locations September 2003 Source: comScore Media Metrix Property Aug-03 Sep-03 % Change Rank by Unique Visitors Unique Visitors Unique Visitors (000) (000) Verisign Sites 4,797 30,787 541.8% 11 SPARKNOTES.COM 1,651 3,077 86.4% 220 For more information, please visit www.comscore.com. > > ###>
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