A kind lurker sent me some interesting information about HITT site data:
http://www.pcdataonline.com/reports/topmonthlyfree.asp
PCData and Media Metrix are like the Nielsen ratings of the Internet. Media Metrix does not offer anything beyond the top 50 on their site, but you can do basic research at PCData. I'm not certain of PCData's methodology, but you can read about it on their page.
At the top of the list for November 1999 is Yahoo (surprise!), reaching 52.3% of all Internet users, with 34,799,000 unique users.
A competitor of Hits Galore is GoTo.com. They are ranked #43, reaching 9.9% of the Internet base, with 6,594,000 unique visitors.
A search for Hits Galore reveals that they do not appear. I thought that strange, so I searched October. Still nothing. However, a search for the month of September does reveal data.
According to PCData, Hits Galore was ranked #10154 on the web, with a .1% reach (a tenth of a percent), and with 34,000 unique visitors. That is virtually insignificant in Internet numbers.
I am not certain if this data is accurate, but I do know PCData is frequently quoted in various trade journals for these kinds of statistics. |
