London, UK, January 30, 2007 – Comscore Networks, a leader in measuring the digital age, today revealed the top French Internet properties and the top gaining properties during December based on data collected through its Comscore World Metrix audience ratings service. Notable findings include:
Top 10 Online Properties by French Unique Visitors, Age 15+*December 2006Total France – Home and Work LocationsSource: Comscore World Metrix
Nov.-06 (000)
Dec.-06 (000)
Percentage Change
Total FR Internet Audience, Age 15+
24,259
24,409
1%
Google Sites
16,383
16,846
3%
Microsoft Sites
15,511
15,651
France Telecom
13,599
13,641
0%
Iliad/Free.fr Sites
12,289
12,092
-2%
Yahoo! Sites
10,856
10,750
-1%
eBay
10,282
10,704
4%
Groupe Pages Jaunes
10,657
10,378
-3%
Groupe PPR
8,917
9,409
6%
Groupe Aprovia
7,636
7,454
Orbus Groupe
7,223
7,242
0
* Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
Top 10 Gaining Properties by Percentage Change in French Unique Visitors*November vs. December, 2006Total French Visitors, Age 15+ – Home and Work Locations**Source: Comscore World Metrix
Dec.-06
(000)
DROMADAIRE.COM
1,106
1,714
55%
CITYVOX.FR
1,144
1,549
35%
Shopzilla.com Sites
1,484
1,919
29%
METEOFRANCE.COM
1,840
2,216
20%
Karstadt-Quelle
1,712
2,045
19%
Apple Computer, Inc.
3,302
3,841
16%
La Poste
3,777
4,293
14%
Kingfisher
2,078
2,351
13%
Groupe Bestofmedia
4,003
4,528
auFeminin
4,659
5,220
12%
*Ranking based on the top 100 French properties in December 2006.** Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
About Comscore World Metrix
Comscore World Metrix is the first service to continuously measure and report online behaviour on a world-wide basis, providing visitation metrics and demographic characteristics for Web site audiences around the world. With active representation of countries that comprise the vast majority of the global Internet population, World Metrix provides its clients with worldwide Internet population estimates and harmonized online performance metrics based on a consistent methodology across all countries. More than 100 clients subscribe to Comscore’s World Metrix service, including 8 of the top 10 interactive advertising agencies.
About Comscore Europe
Comscore Europe is an operating division of Comscore Networks, Inc., the leader in digital media measurement. Comscore Europe provides details of visitation, demographics and online buying power for Web site audiences across European, U.S. and global markets.
About Comscore NetworksComscore Networks is a global leader in measuring the digital age. This capability is based on a massive, global cross-section of more than 2 million consumers who have given Comscore permission to confidentially capture their browsing and transaction behaviour, including online and offline purchasing. Comscore panelists also participate in survey research that captures and integrates their attitudes and intentions. Through its proprietary technology, Comscore measures what matters across a broad spectrum of behaviour and attitudes. Comscore consultants apply this deep knowledge of customers and competitors to help clients design powerful marketing strategies and tactics that deliver superior ROI. Comscore services are used by global leaders such as AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Verizon, Best Buy, The Newspaper Association of America, Tribune Interactive, ESPN, Fox Sports, Nestlé, MBNA, Universal McCann, the United States Postal Service, Merck and Expedia. For more information, please visit www.comscore.com.
PressBill DaddiDaddi Brand Communications646-370-1341press@comscore.com