ABCNEWS.com, the Fastest Growing News Site On the Web, Experiences a Traffic
Surge On Election Day, Tuesday, November 3
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1998--ABCNEWS.com experienced
a traffic surge on Tuesday, November 3, Election Day. ABCNEWS.com
received nearly four million impressions (page views), nearly 750,000
visits and nearly 600,000 unique users. Early indications show traffic
today will exceed yesterday's.
"Our mission on Election Day was to provide our users credible,
accurate, timely information that was useful and accessible," said
Katherine Dillon, Vice President and General Manager, ABCNEWS.com.
"Clearly, our traffic indicates that users took advantage of
ABCNEWS.com's comprehensive election coverage and continue to make
ABCNEWS.com the fastest growing news site on the Web."
The following is the ABCNEWS.com traffic breakdown for Tuesday,
November 3:
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Tuesday, Daily Averages Percentage increase
November 3 (as of 10/25/98) over daily averages
Impressions: 4 million 2 million 100%
(page views)
Visits: 750,000 500,000 50%
Users: 600,000 400,000 50%
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ABCNEWS.com 1998 Election Coverage included extensive interactive
databases, live audio and video from around the country, in-depth
analysis and reporting, and a host of live auditorium events
throughout the evening. ABCNEWS.com conducted several live chats with
ABC News reporters and analysts including George Stephanopoulos, Bill
Kristol, George Will, Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts, Lynn Sherr and
Jeffrey Toobin, as well as Professor Alan Dershowitz, Professor Stuart
Ewen, Mindy Tucker, spokeswoman for George Bush's campaign. In
addition, ABCNEWS.com reporters reported live on various gubernatorial
and congressional races from around the country, including California,
Texas, Pennsylvania, Mississippi and Illinois. ABCNEWS.com users were
able to access results and information on all national races and
referenda votes through a comprehensive interactive database in which
the information was accessible by looking up candidates by name or
state, and data down to the county level was available.
In addition, ABCNEWS.com streamed live several network video
feeds including New York Senator-Elect Charles Schumer's acceptance
speech, outgoing New York Senator Alfonse D'Amato's concession speech
to Schumer, Massachusetts' Acting Governor Paul Cellucci's acceptance
speech, Texas Governor George Bush's acceptance speech, New York
Governor George Pataki's acceptance speech and California
Governor-Elect Gray Davis' acceptance speech.
In an ABCNEWS.com interactive poll posted Tuesday, November 3,
more than 30,000 users responded to the question "Are you voting
today?" Of those who responded, more than 85% indicated they had voted
or intended to vote on Election Day.
Part of the ABC Internet Group, ABCNEWS.com is the fastest
growing news site on the Web and provides 24-hour comprehensive
coverage of international, national and local news, as well as sports,
entertainment, business, technology, science and health reporting. The
site has received many awards including the 1998 Excellence in
Software Awards, 1998 Webby for "Best News Site" and 1998 Real
Networks' Streamers Award for "Best Online Newsroom." ABCNEWS.com can
be found on the Web at www.abcnews.com and on America Online (keyword:
ABC News). In addition, ABCNEWS.com has distribution partnerships
with, among others, Infoseek, Alta Vista, and Palm Pilot. Netscape is
a premier promotional partner and preferred provider of browser and
server software for ABCNEWS.com. ABC Internet Group is part of the
Buena Vista Internet Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company.
CONTACT:
ABC Internet Group Media Relations
Michelle Bergman, 212/456-2478
e-mail: bergmam@abc.com |
