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Oct.
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Metrix, a business unit of Jupiter Media Metrix,
provides web site ratings based on a sample of
about 100,000 web surfers worldwide. Most are
home users, but a number of "at work"
users are also in the group. All these web surfers
have meters on their computers, which monitor
the sites they visit. This metered information
is compiled to produce Media Metrix's results.
Media
Metrix is the oldest user-based ratings service
on the web. It has been providing results since
mid-1996. It merged with competitor Relevant Knowledge
in October 1998, and it competes with Net Ratings.
See the link below to a page within Search Engine
Watch about Net Ratings.
Current
Comparison
Below is a look at the latest Media Metrix's ratings.
They show audience reach, which is the percentage
of web surfers estimated to have visited each
search engine during the month. Because a web
surfer may visit more than one service, the combined
totals exceed 100 percent.
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KEY:
YH=Yahoo, MSN=MSN, AOL=AOL, LY=Lycos, GO=Go (Info
seek), NS=Netscape, EX=Excite, AV=AltaVista, LS=LookSmart,
iWN=Iwon, NBC=NBCi (Snap), AJ=Ask Jeeves, GT=Go
To, GG=Google, G2N=Go2Net, DP=Dog Pile, DH=Direct
Hit MC=MetaCrawler, MM=Mamma, NL=Northern Light.
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Keep
in mind that the numbers above may include traffic
that is not specifically search related. For example,
"portal" sites such as Yahoo may include
traffic to non-search areas such as their free
home page building sections. Additionally, some
sites such as Lycos combine the traffic of other
sites they operate, such as Lycos-owned HotBot,
into their figures. In contrast, the Stat Market
Ratings page does give you a better look at search-specific
traffic. |
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