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comScore Media Metrix Releases April Top 50 Web Rankings and Analysis; Real Estate Sites Experience Steady Gains, up 23 Percent Versus Year Ago

RESTON, Va., May 11 -- comScore Media Metrix today released its monthly analysis of consumer activity at top online properties and categories. Among the notable trends during April were the marked increases in traffic to real estate sites, which grew 12 percent from the previous month and 23 percent in the past year. Homestore.com Network and MSN Real Estate led the category with 11.1 and 5.8 million visitors, respectively.
"Americans' interest in real estate sites ballooned recently, due to the general angst in the real estate market and also because of some Web site innovations within the category. While visitation is up 23 percent versus year ago, the most significant gains have occurred during the past few months," said Peter Daboll, president and CEO of comScore Media Metrix. "With the Fed raising rates and inventories on the rise, potential buyers and sellers are looking to the Internet to assess the current housing landscape. Zillow.com, which debuted in February, is already generating high traffic (2.3 million visitors in April) by providing consumers a way to compare real estate properties and obtain in-depth information without the assistance of an agent. Category gains may be symptomatic of a larger trend in real estate - and the Web in general - where the idea of 'consumer control' over information is causing significant shifts in shopping behavior."

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Cottage Holiday In Wales Another noteworthy trend borne out online in April was Americans' intense interest in tracking ever-rising gas prices. Gasbuddy Organization, which includes Gasbuddy.com, where consumers can search for the best local gas rates, saw visitor numbers more than triple in April compared to the previous month (from 755,000 to 2.3 million). In addition, Fueleconomy.gov, the site operated by the U.S. Department of Energy, saw an increase of 172 percent from March to April.

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Camping Holiday Wales Seasonal spikes were evident in April among religion, retail gifts and flowers, and retail healthcare sites, as seen below in Table 2. Also notable was the 66-percent increase (versus March) in traffic to Technorati.com, the self-proclaimed "authority on ... weblogs," as well as increases to MLB.com (58 percent) and NFL Internet Group (29 percent), most likely attributable to the start of the baseball season and the NFL Draft, respectively. Finally, Japanese auto makers Toyota and Honda both showed significant traffic gains, up 49 and 33 percent, respectively during April.

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Holiday Last Minute Wales In April, Yahoo! Sites retained its ranking as the number one property in the U.S. with 128 million visitors, while MSN-Microsoft Sites regained its number two position, attracting more than 120 million visitors. On a worldwide basis, MSN-Microsoft Sites ranked highest in unique visitors in March, followed by Google and Yahoo! Sites, according to comScore's World Metrix, which was previewed for the first time last week.

Catering Holiday Self Wales Wikipedia Sites enjoyed another strong month in the U.S., reaching number 13 in the April ranking with a 17-percent increase compared to March. On a global basis, Wikipedia Sites ranked 7th in the March World Metrix report.

Holiday Wales Walking Domestically, the Real.com Network jumped nine spots to number 24 in April, drawing more than 23 million visitors, a 25-percent increase from March. On a global basis, the Real.com Network ranked number 13, according to comScore World Metrix.

Family Holiday Wales "It is interesting to see the global relationship of the top U.S. Web properties," commented Mr. Daboll. "As the share of the U.S. audience continues to become a smaller percentage of the global universe, it is critically important to understand not only how sites rank domestically, but also how they perform with audiences around the world. Importantly, World Metrix is the only source for this information."

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Adventure Holiday Wales In April, Advertising.com extended its reach to more than 83 percent of Americans online to retail the number one position for the 24th consecutive month. WebMD Health Network moved up five spots to number 30, reaching more than 5 million more Americans in April than in March. Tremor Network entered the Ad Focus ranking for the first time at number 15, reaching 40 percent of the U.S. population online.

 TABLE 1 Top Ten Gaining Properties by Percentage Change in Unique Visitors* April 2006 vs. March 2006 Total U.S. Home, Work and University Internet Users Source: comScore Media Metrix Rank by Property Mar-06 Apr-06 Percentage Unique (000) (000) Change Visitors Total Internet Population 171,421 171,690 0% N/A TECHNORATI.COM 2,742 4,538 66% 200 MLB.COM 7,932 12,557 58% 62 The Mozilla Organization 4,219 6,603 57% 142 Toyota 3,510 5,228 49% 169 BIDZ.COM 2,562 3,701 44% 233 Hallmark 6,749 9,545 41% 90 Honda 3,720 4,962 33% 178 NFL Internet Group 7,240 9,313 29% 93 Real.com Network 18,920 23,571 25% 24 Shop.com Sites 7,720 9,613 25% 88 *Ranking based on the top 250 properties in April 2006. TABLE 2 Top Ten Gaining Categories by Unique Visitors April 2006 vs. March 2006 Total U.S. Home, Work and University Internet Users Source: comScore Media Metrix Mar-06 Apr-06 Percentage (000) (000) Change Total Internet Population 171,421 171,690 0% Religion 16,350 24,276 48% Retail - Health Care 19,640 24,391 24% Incentives 14,206 16,835 19% Retail - Flowers/Gifts/Greetings 30,085 35,473 18% Hobbies/Lifestyle - Food 34,604 40,081 16% e-cards 34,899 39,540 13% Real Estate 37,989 42,675 12% Retail - Food 12,123 13,596 12% Hobbies/Lifestyle - Home 38,088 42,695 12% Retail - Mall 30,281 33,923 12% TABLE 3 Top 50 Properties April 2006 Total U.S. Home, Work and University Locations Unique Visitors (000) Source: comScore Media Metrix Unique Unique Visitors Visitors Rank Property (000) Rank Property (000) Total Internet Users 171,690 1 Yahoo! Sites 128,073 26 Lycos, Inc. 23,289 2 MSN-Microsoft Sites 120,261 27 Bank of America 22,873 3 Time Warner Network 119,171 28 Disney Online 22,112 4 Google Sites 108,534 29 CBS Corporation 22,044 5 eBay 75,952 30 CareerBuilder LLC 20,919 6 Ask Network 53,767 31 Gannett Sites 20,902 7 Amazon Sites 48,371 32 Shopzilla.com Sites 20,130 8 MYSPACE.COM 48,033 33 ESPN 17,524 9 New York Times Digital 39,435 34 News Corp. Online 17,205 10 Verizon Communications Corporation 35,123 35 E.W. Scripps 16,892 11 Weather Channel, The 35,083 36 Comcast Corporation 16,743 12 United Online, Inc 30,563 37 Cox Enterprises Inc. 16,688 13 Wikipedia Sites 29,921 38 Trip Network Inc. 16,296 14 CNET Networks 29,905 39 iVillage.com: The Womens Network 15,976 15 Apple Computer, Inc. 28,826 40 Weatherbug Property 15,835 16 Monster Worldwide 28,439 41 WhitePages 15,270 17 Viacom Online 28,248 42 ORBITZ.COM 15,197 18 Adobe Sites 27,946 43 ARTISTdirect Network 14,905 19 Expedia Inc 27,319 44 Ticketmaster 14,853 20 AT&T, Inc. 25,543 45 Citysearch 14,800 21 Wal-Mart 24,528 46 Infospace Network 14,752 22 Vendare Media 24,229 47 WebMD Health 14,569 23 Gorilla Nation Media 24,099 48 Dell 13,918 24 Real.com Network 23,571 49 UPS Sites 13,725 25 Target Corporation 23,499 50 OVERSTOCK.COM 13,610 TABLE 4 Ad Focus Ranking April 2006 Total U.S. - Home, Work and University Locations Unique Visitors (000) Source: comScore Media Metrix Unique Unique Visitors Reach Visitors Reach Rank Property (000) % Rank Property (000) % Total Internet Users 171,690 100% 1 Advertising.com** 142,812 83% 26 MSNBC 27,771 16% 2 Yahoo! 125,176 73% 27 Business.com Network 27,587 16% 3 ValueClick** 121,793 71% 28 WEATHER.COM 26,825 16% 4 AOL Media Network 112,457 66% 29 Vendare Media 24,229 14% 5 Google 104,454 61% 30 WebMD Health Network 23,900 14% 6 MSN 102,083 59% 31 Lycos Network 23,204 14% 7 Casale Media Network** 98,831 58% 32 Disney Online 22,112 13% 8 Tribal Fusion** 98,198 57% 33 CareerBuilder Network 21,766 13% 9 Vendare Media - TrafficMarketplace** 93,115 54% 34 CNN 21,023 12% 10 AOL 86,998 51% 35 EXPEDIA.COM* 19,266 11% 11 24/7 Real Media** 82,776 48% 36 IMDB.COM 18,623 11% 12 YAHOO.COM Home Page 82,034 48% 37 SuperPages Network 17,716 10% 13 Burst Media** 76,338 44% 38 ESPN 17,524 10% 14 DrivePM** 69,014 40% 39 REAL.COM* 17,390 10% 15 Tremor Network 68,924 40% 40 CLASSMATES.COM 17,360 10% 16 EBAY.COM 67,993 40% 41 iVillage.com: The Womens Network 15,976 9% 17 Blue Lithium** 60,278 35% 42 WeatherBug 15,552 9% 18 Gorilla Nation Media Network 60,201 35% 43 Travelocity All 15,363 9% 19 MSN.COM Home Page 55,632 32% 44 WhitePages Network 15,198 9% 20 Ask Network 53,767 31% 45 ORBITZ.COM 15,197 9% 21 MYSPACE.COM 48,033 28% 46 ARTISTdirect Network 14,905 9% 22 AdDynamix.com** 38,865 23% 47 CITYSEARCH.COM* 14,657 9% 23 Vibrant Media** 38,703 23% 48 BIZRATE.COM 14,500 8% 24 EBAY.COM Home Page 38,499 22% 49 MONSTER.COM* 14,154 8% 25 ABOUT.COM 34,720 20% 50 FOX Sports on MSN 14,127 8%

Holiday Park South Wales Reach % denotes the percentage of the total Internet population that
viewed a particular entity at least once in April. For instance, Yahoo!
was seen by 73 percent of the more than 171 million Internet users in
April.

Cottage Holiday Wales * Entity has assigned some portion of traffic to other syndicated
entities.

Holiday In Wales ** Denotes an advertising network.

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Cottage Holiday In Wales ComScore Media Metrix, a division of comScore Networks, provides industry- leading Internet audience measurement services that report - with unmatched accuracy - details of online media usage, visitor demographics and online buying power for the home, work and university audiences across local U.S. markets and across the globe. comScore Media Metrix continues the tradition of quality and innovation established by its Media Metrix syndicated Internet ratings - long recognized as the currency in online media measurement among financial analysts, advertising agencies, publishers and marketers - while drawing upon comScore's advanced technologies to address important new industry requirements. All comScore Media Metrix syndicated ratings are based on industry-sanctioned sampling methodologies.

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