Consumers set up a blockbuster holiday season at the Box Office
The Simpsons Movie Promotion Sparks Growth to Burger King Site making it the Top Gaining Property for JulySummer Vacation Season Continues to Spur Traffic to Travel Sites for the Third Consecutive Month Top Nine Properties Unchanged in Top 50 Ranking; Viacom Digital Replaces Apple Inc. to Take Number Ten Spot
RESTON, VA, August 17, 2007 – Comscore MMX (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released its monthly analysis of U.S. consumer activity at top online properties for July 2007. Summer movie season impacted the rankings as The Simpsons Movie drove traffic to the Burger King site and July movie releases increased traffic to ticket sites. The month also saw traffic increase to car rental and ground/cruise sites as travel season continued its strong presence in the monthly rankings, while job search sites experienced gains as Americans sought summer jobs and new careers.
The Simpsons Movie Spurs Immense Growth to Burger King Site
As the top gaining property for the month, Burger King experienced a 774-percent increase to 4.2 million visitors. The tremendous jump in traffic was attributed to tie-ins with the recently-released The Simpsons Movie.
Summer Movie Season Drives Traffic to Ticket Sites
With the July release of several anticipated films including Transformers and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, traffic to movie ticket sites propelled the tickets category up 12 percent to 44.9 million visitors for the month. Moviefone gained 2 percent to 13.7 million visitors, while Fandango.com experienced a 62-percent increase to 10.2 million visitors and Movietickets.com saw a 107-percent increase to 6.7 million visitors for the month.
Summer Vacation Continues to Boost Traffic to Travel Sites in July
As vacation season continues, travel-related sites once again enjoyed solid growth for the month. The car rental category increased 15 percent to nearly 7 million visitors making it the top gaining category for July. Enterprise.com led the category with 3.3 million visitors (up 41 percent) followed by Avis Budget group with nearly 3 million visitors (up 14 percent) and Hertz with 1.9 million visitors (up 22 percent). Ground/cruise sites also saw significant gains for the month, reporting a 13-percent increase to 12 million visitors. Amtrack.com led the category with 2.5 million visitors (up 32 percent), followed by Vacationstogo.com with 2.4 million visitors (up 9 percent) and Carnival Cruise Lines with 1.7 million visitors (up 7 percent).
Job Search Sites Experience Growth
In contrast to vacation planning some Americans were in pursuit of a job in July, boosting traffic to job search sites by 11 percent to reach 17.2 million visitors for the month. The category was led by CareerBuilder.com Job Search with 7.9 million visitors (up 3 percent), followed by Monster.com Job Search with 5.5 million visitors (up 6 percent) and Yahoo! HotJobs Job Search with 4.9 million visitors (up 11 percent).
Top 50 Properties
July saw the top nine properties remain unchanged from their June ranking, while Viacom Digital moved up two spots to number 10 attracting more than 43 million visitors. Glam Media jumped five positions to number 34, drawing nearly 21 million visitors in July, and Facebook.com grew 9 percent in unique visitors, moving up three spots to claim number 17 in the ranking.
Top 50 Ad Focus Ranking
In July, Advertising.com remained atop the Ad Focus Ranking, reaching 88 percent of the more than 180 million Americans online. Google Ad Network, which includes Google Adwords and Google AdSense Programs, joined the ranking this month at number four, reaching 73 percent of the U.S. online population. Mapquest and Kontera also entered the ranking in July at positions 32 and 38, respectively. Finally, Interclick experienced a seven spot increase to number 22, reaching 41 percent of Americans online.
TABLE 1
Comscore Top 10 Gaining Properties by Percentage Change in Unique Visitors* (U.S.)July 2007 vs. June 2007Total U.S. Home, Work and University Internet UsersSource: Comscore MMX
Total Unique Visitors (000)
Jun-07
Jul-07
% Change
Rank by Unique Visitors
Total Internet : Total Audience
178,839
180,078
1
N/A
Burger King
479
4,188
774
241
FANDANGO.COM
6,297
10,210
62
93
MediaNews Group, Inc.
3,340
5,172
55
193
Geosign Technologies
3,064
4,569
49
223
Foot Locker Sites
2,813
3,985
42
249
Hollywood Media Corp.
9,324
12,670
36
70
Revolution Health Network
3,047
4,014
32
248
Shop.com Sites
3,341
4,390
31
233
Mezi Media Sites
10,521
13,771
61
Cablevision
3,262
4,264
239
*Ranking based on the top 250 properties in July 2007
TABLE 2
Comscore Top 10 Gaining Categories by Percentage Change in Unique Visitors (U.S.)July 2007 vs. June 2007Total U.S. Home, Work and University Internet UsersSource: Comscore MMX
Car Rental
6,041
6,953
15
Ground/Cruise
10,624
12,018
13
Entertainment - News
42,057
47,484
Tickets
40,246
44,906
12
Toys
19,255
21,428
11
Job Search
15,472
17,160
Real Estate
41,385
44,765
8
Incentives
15,375
16,509
7
Manufacturer
26,185
27,956
Lotto/Sweepstakes
27,219
28,914
6
TABLE 3
Comscore Top 50 Properties (U.S.)July 2007Total U.S. - Home, Work and University LocationsUnique Visitors (000)Source: Comscore MMX
Rank
Property
Unique Visitors
(000)
Yahoo! Sites
133,428
26
CRAIGSLIST.ORG
23,946
2
Google Sites
123,892
27
United Online, Inc
23,683
3
Time Warner Network
123,702
28
Bank of America
23,325
4
Microsoft Sites
118,154
29
Superpages.com Network
22,526
5
Fox Interactive Media
81,233
30
CBS Corporation
22,258
eBay
79,787
Shopzilla.com Sites
21,983
Amazon Sites
52,702
CareerBuilder LLC
21,723
Ask Network
51,885
33
Comcast Corporation
20,659
9
Wikipedia Sites
46,372
34
Glam Media
20,656
10
Viacom Digital
43,056
35
Yellowpages.com Network
20,600
New York Times Digital
42,710
Real.com Network
20,298
Apple Inc.
42,561
37
Lycos Sites
20,268
Weather Channel, The
38,534
38
Gannett Sites
20,089
14
Adobe Sites
33,361
39
Travelport
19,689
Gorilla Nation
32,560
40
ARTISTdirect Network
19,603
16
CNET Networks
32,182
41
ESPN
18,227
17
FACEBOOK.COM
30,557
WhitePages
17,919
18
Target Corporation
30,391
43
Cox Enterprises Inc.
17,777
19
AT&T, Inc.
29,692
44
Citysearch
17,251
20
Expedia Inc
29,243
45
WebMD Health
16,829
21
Wal-Mart
29,213
46
E.W. Scripps
16,819
22
Monster Worldwide
25,753
47
The Mozilla Organization
16,742
23
Verizon Communications Corporation
25,151
48
Weatherbug Property
16,289
24
Photobucket.com LLC
24,188
iVillage.com: The Womens Network
15,925
25
Disney Online
23,948
50
Ticketmaster
15,170
TABLE 4
Comscore Ad Focus Ranking (U.S.)July 2007Total U.S. - Home, Work and University LocationsUnique Visitors (000)Source: Comscore MMX
Unique Visitors (000)
Reach %
100%
Advertising.com**
158,905
88%
MYSPACE.COM
69,617
39%
ValueClick**
131,914
73%
Vibrant Media**
65,427
36%
Yahoo!
131,693
adconion media group**
64,621
Google Ad Network**
131,057
Gorilla Nation Media
64,434
Tribal Fusion**
128,884
72%
AdDynamix.com**
64,210
Blue Lithium**
119,476
66%
MSN.COM Home Page
54,647
30%
Specific Media**
119,088
Mapquest
54,084
Casale Media Network**
118,389
29%
Google
116,186
65%
Undertone Networks**
51,859
AOL Media Network
113,875
63%
YOUTUBE.COM
44,180
25%
Traffic Marketplace**
109,284
61%
Business.com Network
43,663
24%
MSN-Windows Live
105,438
59%
EBAY.COM Home Page
41,164
23%
DRIVEpm**
96,290
53%
Kontera**
39,149
22%
24/7 Real Media**
95,503
ABOUT.COM
37,057
21%
YAHOO.COM Home Page
93,923
52%
17%
Tremor Media
92,490
51%
WEATHER.COM
28,565
16%
AOL
90,936
50%
Nick Kids & Family
26,150
15%
CPX Interactive**
79,683
44%
Real Cities Network
25,395
14%
Burst Media**
76,422
42%
13%
Centro
75,320
PHOTOBUCKET.COM
23,623
PrecisionClick**
74,538
41%
CareerBuilder Network
22,859
Interclick**
74,011
IMDB.COM
22,805
ContextWeb**
72,935
AdBrite**
72,414
40%
CNN
22,494
12%
EBAY.COM
69,690
11%
Reach % denotes the percentage of the total Internet population that viewed a particular entity at least once in July.For instance, Yahoo! was seen by 73 percent of the more than 180 million Internet users in July.* Entity has assigned some portion of traffic to other syndicated entities.** Denotes an advertising network.
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