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ComScore has released details of the top UK internet properties for December 2006.
ComScore has today released details of the top UK internet properties for December 2006.
"Google and Microsoft continue to be locked in a battle for top of the table – in a virtual tie over the past three months,” said Bob Ivins, managing director of comScore Europe. “Online retailers benefited from increased browsing and buying as consumers went online to do more of their holiday shopping than ever before. Online retailers like Dixons and Home Retail Group (Argus) posted the strongest gains among top U.K. sites.”
The second table in the release, detailing the sites that are growing fastest, makes it clear that online shopping has very clearly come of age:
Comments
Paul Smith said:
Not really sure <p>why these big internet companies get all their actual sites lumped together. It seems to lock out the smaller players, I think. And it would be very useful to see who actually uses what.<br/></p>
NMK said:
agreed <p>Check out the post before this about the *time* spent on various properties. Could be of equal worth, if not more, to advertisers: <br/> <br/>http://www.nmk.co.uk/article/2007/01/26/us-viewing-trends-analysed<br/></p>
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