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PARIS, France, June 2, 2008 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its May rankings of the largest and fastest-growing Internet properties and site categories in France based on data from the Comscore World Metrix audience measurement service.
The month saw increases in the weather, retail – sports/outdoor, genealogy, maps, sports and travel - ground/cruise categories. Driven by the end of the French tax year, impots.gouv.fr grew 221 percent to 3.9 million visitors in May, followed by finances.gouv.fr, which grew 128 percent to nearly 2 million visitors. Spurred by the introduction of its French language interface in March, Facebook.com continued its strong momentum in France, growing 26 percent in May to nearly 4 million visitors.
Top Gaining Site Categories for May 2008
Top 10 Gaining Site Categories by Number of French Unique VisitorsMay 2008 vs. April 2008Total France, Age 15+ - Home and Work Locations*Source: Comscore World Metrix
Site Category
Total Unique Visitors (000)
Apr-2008
May-2008
% Change
Total Internet : Total Audience
30,649
31,066
1%
Weather
6,107
7,445
22%
Retail - Sports/Outdoor
2,145
2,586
21%
Genealogy
772
930
Maps
10,347
11,622
12%
Sports
10,187
11,272
11%
Travel - Ground/Cruise
3,402
3,759
Travel - Information
11,393
12,501
10%
Health - Information
8,534
9,327
9%
Education
9,419
10,287
Government
10,008
10,898
* Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
Top Gaining Properties for May 2008
Top 10 Gaining Properties by Number of French Unique Visitors*May 2008 vs. April 2008Total France, Age 15+ - Home and Work Locations**Source: Comscore World Metrix
Property
impots.gouv.fr
1,214
3,891
221%
finances.gouv.fr
862
1,965
128%
SCHIBSTED Group
1,748
2,380
36%
Groupe Amaury
2,982
4,010
34%
LVMH Sites
1,667
2,146
29%
Facebook.com
3,161
3,982
26%
Meteofrance.com
3,687
4,640
Centreblog.net
1,705
2,095
23%
Deezer.com
2,311
2,750
19%
Web66 Sites
2,348
2,792
*Ranking based on the top 100 French properties in May 2008.
** Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
Top 25 Properties for May 2008
Top 25 Properties by Number of French Unique Visitors*May 2008 vs. April 2008Total France, Age 15+ - Home and Work Locations**Source: Comscore World Metrix
May-08 Rank
Apr-08 Rank
Total Unique Visitors (000) May-08
N/A
1
Google Sites
23,054
2
Microsoft Sites
20,667
3
Orange Sites
16,031
4
Iliad/Free.fr Sites
13,478
5
eBay
12,257
6
Yahoo! Sites
12,057
7
Skyrock Network
11,922
8
Groupe Lagardere
11,548
9
10
Groupe Pages Jaunes
11,426
Groupe PPR
11,357
11
Wikipedia Sites
10,722
12
Dailymotion.com
9,783
13
17
Groupe PriceMinister
9,697
14
15
Benchmark Group
8,984
Groupe M6
8,443
16
AOL LLC
8,437
NextRadio TV
8,323
18
19
Commentcamarche.net
7,405
Lycos Europe Sites
7,387
20
Groupe Spir Communication
7,244
21
22
Groupe TF1
6,930
23
Groupe Hi-Media
6,532
Bestofmedia Group
6,381
24
28
Otto Gruppe
6,165
25
auFeminin.com Network
6,059
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