Portal sites turned in mixed traffic numbers last month, according to a research report.
The number of U.S. residents with Internet access at home rose 4.3 percent to 105.3 million in June, according to a report by Nielsen Media Research and NetRatings. But while the overall audience rose, some Internet directories saw the number of individual users increase only slightly in June, and some had decreases.
Web sites run by No. 1 online service America Online attracted 34.7 million users, a 2 percent increase, while Yahoo's number of users rose 15 percent to 29.9 million. Yahoo's June results included its acquisition of Geocities, which offers free Web pages and other services, while May's results didn't.
Microsoft's MSN network of Web sites drew 22.4 million users, a 1.5 percent rise.
Among other top sites, Lycos' users fell 1.4 percent to 19.1 million. Users of the Go Network, owned by Walt Disney and Infoseek, rose 1 percent to 14.8 million. Excite@Home drew 12.2 million users, an 8.1 percent decrease.
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