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To: Jing Qian who wrote (20623)	3/31/1999 10:00:00 AM
From: Billy Joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

FYI: Yahoo Generates Nearly Half of All Traffic From Search Engines to Web Sites WebSideStory's StatMarket Reports Top Ten Referring Search Engines Based on Real-Time Data from More Than 20 Million Unique Visitors Daily SAN DIEGO, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- WebSideStory (http://www.websidestory.com), the leader in Internet traffic analysis, traffic building and user trends, today reported that nearly half of all traffic generated from search engines to Web sites originates with Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO - news). According to StatMarket (http://www.statmarket.com), the Internet's most comprehensive source of data on user trends, Yahoo generates more than twice as much traffic to Web sites as the nearest competitor, Excite (Nasdaq: XCIT - news). The information published on StatMarket reflects real-time data gathered from more than 20,000,000 unique visitors a day to over 50,000 Web sites using the HitBOX® Tracker. As of Tuesday, March 30, 1999, Yahoo generated 45.92% of traffic to Web sites from search engines, while Excite accounted for 21.68%. The top ten referring search engines are as follows: 1. Yahoo -- 45.92% 2. Excite -- 21.68% 3. Alta Vista -- 9.70% 4. Infoseek -- 5.32% 5. Web Crawler -- 3.35% 6. HotBot -- 3.42% 7. Snap -- 3.09% 8. MSN -- 2.32% 9. Lycos -- 1.83% 10. GoTo -- 1.69% ''StatMarket and the HitBOX Tracker provide data that anyone who is serious about promoting a Web site should know,'' said Blaise Barrelet, president and CEO of WebSideStory. ''Knowing which search engines are sending the most traffic is key to properly promoting a Web site.'' About StatMarket StatMarket data represents the largest sampling of Internet users and the most accurate depiction of user trends available. WebSideStory updates StatMarket daily, publishing Internet user trends and statistics vital to Webmasters by combining information from the independent Web sites that have joined the HitBOX.com community (http://www.hitbox.com) and use the HitBOX Tracker, the Internet's most widely used free Web traffic analysis tool. Statmarket gathers raw data mined from actual visitors, rather than information manually reported by individuals in a sample group; therefore, StatMarket reports facts about Internet traffic, not estimates or hypotheses. All information published on StatMarket is gathered by the HitBOX Tracker and is stored and managed on the WebSideStory proprietary network operations center.