London, U.K., December 4, 2006 – Comscore Networks, a leader in measuring the digital age, today released its ranking of the top French Internet properties and the top gaining properties for October 2006, based on data collected through its Comscore World Metrix audience ratings service. This report marks the debut in a series of monthly Internet usage reports on the French market from Comscore. Notable findings include:
Top 10 Online Properties by French Unique VisitorsOctober 2006 vs September 2006 Total French Visitors, Age 15+ – Home and Work Locations*Source: Comscore World Metrix
Sep-06 (000)
Oct-06 (000)
Percentage Change
Total France Internet Audience, Age 15+
23,980
24,126
1%
Google Sites
16,342
16,324
0%
Microsoft Sites
15,392
France Telecom
13,556
13,474
-1%
Iliad/Free.fr Sites
12,324
12,121
-2%
Yahoo! Sites
10,900
10,851
Groupe Pages Jaunes
10,991
10,758
eBay
9,977
9,657
-3%
Groupe PPR
8,285
8,452
2%
Groupe Aprovia
7,343
7,413
Groupe Orbus
6,534
6,880
5%
* 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*October 2006 vs. September 2006Total French Visitors, Age 15+ – Home and Work Locations**Source: Comscore World Metrix
LVMH Sites
762
1,444
89%
Francaise des Jeux
1,620
2,200
36%
YOUTUBE.COM
2,173
2,931
35%
OVH.NET
1,703
2,228
31%
DAILYMOTION.COM
2,481
3,026
22%
Groupe M6
3,093
3,733
21%
Groupe Poliris (Seloger.com)
1,403
1,658
18%
COMMENTCAMARCHE.NET
1,668
1,933
16%
PAROLES.NET
1,737
1,970
13%
Expedia Inc
1,712
1,938
*Ranking based on the top 100 French properties in October 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