Summer Holiday Season Boosts Traffic to Retail and Travel Sites
LONDON, UK, AUGUST 28, 2007 – Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its report on the top German Internet properties and top gaining properties for July, based on data collected through the Comscore World Metrix audience measurement service.
The study showed that despite the onset of the summer holiday season – a time which has traditionally seen day-to-day media consumption decrease as people leave their homes and offices in search of the summer sun – the total German online population reached its highest ever figure in July, with 32.9 million unique visitors.
The top two most visited German properties were Google and Microsoft Sites, who both experienced a two percent gain in unique visitors. Google grew from 22.8 million to 23.3 million unique visitors, while Microsoft Sites grew from 17.7 to 18.1 million unique visitors. Google now reaches 71 percent of the total German Internet audience, with Microsoft Sites reaching 55 per cent.
Top 10 German Online PropertiesRanked by German Unique VisitorsJuly 2007 vs. June 2007Total Germany, Age 15+ – Home and Work Locations*Source: Comscore World Metrix
Property
Total Unique Visitors (000)
Jun-2007
Jul-2007
% Change
Total German Internet Audience
32,857
32,924
0%
Google Sites
22,833
23,294
2%
Microsoft Sites
17,777
18,117
eBay
17,471
17,266
-1%
United-Internet Sites
15,383
15,594
1%
Time Warner Network
15,251
15,443
T-Online Sites
12,965
12,837
Otto Gruppe
12,464
12,448
Wikipedia Sites
12,728
12,389
-3%
Karstadt-Quelle
11,883
11,561
Yahoo! Sites
11,794
11,553
-2%
* Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
Dooyoo Group, an online retail property which offers price comparison and consumer opinion postings, was the fastest growing property in July, increasing total traffic by 145 percent to reach 2.2 million unique visitors. Another price comparison site, Solute GmbH grew by 18 percent to 2.1 million unique visitors. Online retail site Tchibo grew by 14 percent to 4.8 million unique visitors.
European rail travel booking site Deutsche Bahn grew by 17 percent to 5.1 million unique visitors, while travel property Expedia Inc. grew 12 percent to 3.8 million.
Bob Ivins, EVP of International Markets at Comscore, observed, “The German summer holiday season has clearly had an impact on the behavior of its online population. The success of travel and holiday sites mirrors the annual summer trend in the offline world.”
Meanwhile Ask Network experienced a 24 percent increase to attract 2.9 million unique visitors, and a leading European women’s Internet site auFeminin.com grew by 15 percent to 2.5 million unique visitors.
Top 10 German Gaining PropertiesRanked by German Unique VisitorsJuly 2007 vs. June 2007Total Germany, Age 15+ – Home and Work Locations*Source: Comscore World Metrix
June
2007
July 2007
0
Dooyoo Group
912
2,238
145
UPLOADED.TO
1,192
1,615
35
Ask Network
2,319
2,882
24
Solute GmbH
1,780
2,103
18
Deutsche Bahn
4,385
5,140
17
Bundesagentur für Arbeit
2,404
2,768
15
auFeminin.com Network
2,186
2,507
Tchibo
4,221
4,816
14
Axel Springer Verlag
4,874
5,527
13
Expedia Inc
3,425
3,835
12
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