comScore Ranks Top Web Sites in Germany for September


LONDON, October 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- Back to School Rush Boosts Traffic to Online Retail Properties

- ProSiebenSat1 Sites Breaks into Top Ten Online Properties in Germany

comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world,
today released its report on the top Internet properties and fastest growing
properties in Germany for September, based on data collected through the
comScore World Metrix audience measurement service.

Google was the most visited property in Germany with 23.2 million unique
visitors age 15 or older, reaching 70 percent of the total German Internet
audience. Google was followed by eBay, which last month overtook Microsoft
Sites to become the second most visited property from within Germany. The
online marketplace served 17.7 million unique visitors in September, having
grown 2.1 percent from the previous month.

Boosted by back-to-school shopping at the beginning of the month, online
retail sites proved particularly popular in September. One such site, Otto
Gruppe, was the fastest growing of the Top 10 German properties, increasing
total traffic by 8.8 percent to 13.7 million unique visitors. It was joined
by Arcandor AG, a property which controls a number of online retail channels
including Quelle.de and Neckermann.de.

Bob Ivins, EVP of International Markets at comScore, observed: "With the
German summer holiday coming to a close and the coinciding back-to-school
rush beginning, online retail sites performed well in September. As we move
into the winter months, it will be interesting to see if the online retail
sector can carry this momentum into the Christmas shopping season."

Following their acquisition of a 70 percent share in MyVideo.de, a German
video sharing site that received traffic of 8.3 million unique visitors from
within Germany in September, ProSiebenSat1 Sites became the eighth largest
property in Germany. The property, which represents the online presence of
Germany's largest commercial TV broadcaster, attracted 13.3 million unique
visitors in September.

Top 10 German Online Properties
    Ranked by Number of German Unique Visitors
    September 2007 vs. August 2007
    Total Germany, Age 15+ - Home and Work Locations(i)
    Source: comScore World Metrix

                                   Total Unique Visitors (000)      % Reach 
                             August        September                September
    Property                  2007           2007         % Change    2007    
    Total German Internet    32,991         33,174          1 %        100 %
      Audience                                                    
    Google Sites             23,146         23,216          0 %         70 %
    eBay                     17,361         17,730          2 %         53 %
    Microsoft Sites          17,189         17,133          0 %         52 %
    Time Warner Network      15,495         15,655          1 %         47 %
    United-Internet Sites    15,627         15,581          0 %         47 %
    Otto Gruppe              12,619         13,724          9 %         41 %
    Wikipedia Sites          12,840         13,433          5 %         40 %
    ProSiebenSat1 Sites      13,397         13,284         -1 %         40 %
    T-Online Sites           12,477         12,782          2 %         39 %
    Arcandor AG              12,012         12,138          1 %         37 %

    (i) Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or
        access from mobile phones or PDAs.

The fastest growing property in Germany in September was auction and
retail site, Yatego GmbH. The site grew 33 percent to reach 2.6 million
unique visitors. It was joined by two popular consumer electronics sites,
Apple Inc. and Sony Online. Apple Inc. grew 22 percent to reach 4.5 million
unique visitors -- a sign that the forthcoming European release of the Apple
iPhone (due for November) is being eagerly awaited in Germany. Meanwhile,
traffic to Sony Online increased 15 percent in September to reach 1.7 million
unique visitors.

Axel Springer Verlag was the largest of the fastest growing properties in
Germany. The online media property, which controls a variety of media
channels including Computerbild.de and Rollingstone.de, grew 16 percent to
reach 5.9 million unique visitors.

Another notable gaining property was WordPress, a blogging site that
provides downloadable software for Internet bloggers. The site grew 
32 percent in September to reach 2.7 million unique visitors, which is
consistent with the site's Europe-wide trend, where it grew 27 percent to
reach 21.6 million unique visitors.

Top 10 German Gaining Properties
    Ranked by German Unique Visitors
    September 2007 vs. August 2007
    Total Germany, Age 15+ - Home and Work Locations(i)
    Source: comScore World Metrix

                                                Total Unique Visitors (000)   
    Property                            Aug 2007      Sep 2007       % change
    Total German Internet Audience       32,991        33,174             1 %
    Yatego GmbH                           1,941         2,585            33 %
    WordPress                             2,049         2,706            32 %
    Apple Inc.                            3,719         4,543            22 %
    GULLI.COM                             2,367         2,878            22 %
    Zylom                                 1,681         1,984            18 %
    FUNPIC.DE                             2,848         3,314            16 %
    RapidShare AG                         2,995         3,485            16 %
    Axel Springer Verlag                  5,067         5,873            16 %
    auFeminin.com Network                 2,233         2,584            16 %
    Sony Online                           1,460         1,685            15 %

    (i) Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or
        access from mobile phones or PDAs.

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