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FreeRealTime.com Rated Stickiest Financial Site in March 2000, According to Nielsen//Netratings
IRVINE, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- FreeRealTime.com, Inc.,
(OTC Bulletin Board: FRTI), a digital media company and leading online
financial community, today announced impressive ratings for the month of March
according to Nielsen//NetRatings, the worldwide leader in Internet media and
market research. In March, FreeRealTime.com ranked No. 1 among Finance sites
for Time Spent per Person and Visits per Person. According to
Nielsen//NetRatings, Internet users at home spent an average of 135 minutes at
FreeRealTime.com and averaged 11 visits to the site during the month.
FreeRealTime.com also ranked third among Finance sites in Total Page Views per
Person.
When compared to the entire at-home Internet universe in March,
FreeRealTime.com ranked second in Total Time Spent per Person, and fifth in
Visits per Person, ahead of both eBay and Yahoo!. The company also ranked
second in Total Time Spent per Person in December 1999, the final month of the
company's previous fiscal quarter.
"FreeRealTime.com's impressive showing is continued proof that investors
recognize us as a leading source for the information and analysis tools they
need in order to make smart investing and trading decisions," said Brad Gunn,
FreeRealTime.com's Founder, President and Co-CEO. "We are thrilled to have
such a loyal membership base, and we will continue to earn and reward that
loyalty by adding valuable content and functionality to the FreeRealTime.com
Web site."
The Nielsen//NetRatings Internet Audience Measurement Service combines 50
years of the best practices and methods in audience research from Nielsen
Media Research and the most advanced Internet measurement technology from
NetRatings. NetRatings' patent pending Internet measurement technology tracks
the entire spectrum of Internet user behavior in three critical areas: site
activity, advertising activity, and user profiles.
About FreeRealTime.com
FreeRealTime.com, Inc. is a leading digital financial media company
providing an array of stock market data, business information and
sophisticated research and management tools for institutional investors,
brokers, and independent investors. FreeRealTime.com has been recognized as a
leader by such notable sources as CNBC, Online Investor, Forbes, The Wall
Street Journal, Nielsen//NetRatings, and The Los Angeles Times. Visit
FreeRealTime.com's Web site at freerealtime.com.
Safe Harbor. Except for any historical information contained herein, the
matters discussed in this news release contain forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Matters
relating to the Company's traffic, business expansion and initiatives,
subscriber growth, and site usage reflect current information and involve
certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, changes in
product demand, changes in competition and other economic conditions. These
statements may or may not be indicative of future demand and developments.
Risks and uncertainties are described in the company's filings with the SEC.
Prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-
looking statements. FreeRealTime.com undertakes no obligation to update or
release publicly the result of any revisions to these statements that may be
made to reflect future events, developments or circumstances.
SOURCE FreeRealTime.com, Inc.
-0- 04/20/2000
/CONTACT: Brad Gunn, Geoff Moore, Co-CEOs of FreeRealTime.com,
949-833-2959; or Alison R. S. Simard of Stern & Co., 212-888-0044, for
FreeRealTime.com/
(FRTI)
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