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Infoseek's Position as Internet Leader Confirmed by New Research
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Infoseek is one of the top
five most widely used Internet sites, and ranked second in audience
reach among the major search and navigation brands, according to a
recently released RelevantKnowledge study.
The study showed Infoseek as serving 7.9 million unique users during the
month of August, placing the service just behind America Online and
ahead of both Excite and Lycos during the same period.
Atlanta-based RelevantKnowledge conducted the research with a Java meter
that records usage patterns of panel members at home, at work and at
college. By measuring these three primary access points and expanding
beyond Internet usage in the home, RelevantKnowledge has completed one
of the most accurate assessments of Web traffic today.
Relevant Knowledge released the following list of rankings using
panel-based national audience projections from the month of August.
Rank
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<tr><td>1. Yahoo! </td><td>14,822,302</td></tr>
<tr><td>2. Microsoft </td><td>12,012,202</td></tr>
<tr><td>3. Netscape </td><td>10,824,802</td></tr>
<tr><td>4. America Online </td><td>8,251,103</td></tr>
<tr><td>5. Infoseek </td><td> 7,946,467</td></tr>
<tr><td> 6. Excite </td><td>7,597,988</td></tr>
<tr><td> 7. Geocities <td></td> 7,127,869<td></td></tr>
<tr><td> 8. MSN </td><td> 6,170,267</td></tr>
<tr><td> 20. Compuserve </td><td>1,720,862</td></tr>
<tr><td> 19. Tripod </td><td>1,754,563</td></tr>
<tr><td> 18. ESPN </td><td> 1,931,467</td></tr>
<tr><td> 15. Four11 </td><td>2,202,307</td></tr>
<tr><td>17. Hotmail </td><td>1,936,296</td></tr>
<tr><td> 16. Pathfinder </td><td>2,129,904</td></tr>
<tr><td> 14. RealAudio </td><td>2,260,248</td></tr>
<tr><td> 13. Webcrawler </td><td>3,233,339</td></tr>
<tr><td> 12. ZDNet </td><td>3,521,996</td></tr>
<tr><td> 11. CNET </td><td>3,976,232</td></tr>
<tr><td> 10. AltaVista </td><td>4,657,826</td></tr>
<tr><td> 9. Lycos </td><td>4,883,459</td></tr>
</table>
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"Independent research that measures unique users and total audience
reach is essential in this market," said Infoseek CEO Harry Motro. "We
support the efforts made by these researchers, and endorse the growing
trend toward getting reliable audience measurement data on the
Internet."
Infoseek's service has enjoyed an impressive growth rate in traffic
since its inception, including a quarterly increase of 29 percent from
March 1997 to June 1997. |
