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Yahoo Tops Portal Market In Visitors

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the way-more-than-us dept.

linumax writes "Yahoo Inc. continues to lead the portal market in the number of unique visitors, and is also the top destination for news, a market research firm says. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company led the top 10 Web sites among U.S. home and work Internet users with 101.3 million visitors in August, EMarketer Inc., said. Second was Microsoft Corp.'s site with 95.6 million, followed by its MSN portal, 92.1 million; Google, 80.4 million; America Online Inc., 75.7 million; EBay Inc., 55.2 million; MapQuest, 39 million; Amazon.com, 37.6 million, RealNetworks, 36.4 million; and the Weather Channel, 31.2 million."

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  1. Re:Obvious question... by Sad+Loser · · Score: 2, Funny

    All their applications phoning home of course. No spyware though, I am sure. If you can't trust Real, who can you trust?

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  2. Re:Obvious question... by Frankie70 · · Score: 3, Funny


      How did real networks get so high. I never have visited their website.

    That's why they are at #9. Once you start visiting they'll probably hit Top 5.

  3. One word by winkydink · · Score: 2, Funny

    If Yahoo is so much better than Google, than why does GOOG have more than double the market capitalization [yahoo.com] of YHOO ?


    Greed.

    Need two?

    Irrational exuberance.

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  4. Re:Does Yahoo filter spam from rankings better? by Micropolis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Google is a better spell checker then a search tool at this point. If you type in words incorrectly and search Google will suggest correct spelling.

  5. Re:An outgrowth of different approaches by Cocteaustin · · Score: 2, Funny
    >average Internet users may start moving from AOL to Yahoo in droves

    Your prediction started coming true like five years ago. Bravo!

  6. Re:Irony by prostoalex · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's because a third-party magazine posts its stuff on Yahoo! News.

    At least now we know why your Dad always brings up "he's not the brains of the family, but he's still our son" point, whenever he talks about you.