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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 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.

  2. 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.