A look at the top global Internet domains among Internet users in the UK, Germany, and France by MMXI Europe reveals that many of the same Internet properties that dominate US Web traffic are holding their own abroad.
The global domain rating used by MMXI Europe is based on the number of unique visitors to all same name site regardless of the type of domain or online service, for instance www.xyzco.uk plus www.xyz.net can be ascribed to “XYZ.”
Top 10 Global Domains in Three European Nations March 2000 |
UK |
Germany |
France |
Rank |
Domain |
Unique Visitors (000) |
Percent Reach |
Rank |
Domain |
Unique Visitors (000) |
Percent Reach |
Rank |
Domain |
Unique Visitors (000) |
Percent Reach |
1. |
Yahoo |
3,971 |
42.1 |
1. |
T-Online |
5,944 |
69.5 |
1. |
Wanadoo |
1,655 |
48.4 |
2. |
MSN |
3,932 |
42.1 |
2. |
Yahoo |
3,441 |
40.2 |
2. |
Yahoo |
1,589 |
46.2 |
3. |
Freeserve |
2,964 |
32.1 |
3. |
Lycos |
2,957 |
34.6 |
3. |
Multimania |
1,096 |
31.9 |
4. |
Microsoft |
2,826 |
29.8 |
4. |
AOL |
2,896 |
33.9 |
4. |
MSN |
1,095 |
31.8 |
5. |
AOL |
2,404 |
26.1 |
5. |
Microsoft |
2,397 |
28.0 |
5. |
Microsoft |
1,089 |
31.7 |
6. |
Lycos |
2,178 |
23.6 |
6. |
MSN |
2,337 |
27.3 |
6. |
AOL |
1,085 |
31.6 |
7. |
BBC |
1,695 |
17.7 |
7. |
Netscape |
1,694 |
19.8 |
7. |
Lycos |
872 |
25.4 |
8. |
AltaVista |
1,642 |
17.1 |
8. |
Bigbrother-haus |
1,419 |
16.6 |
8. |
Voila |
867 |
25.2 |
9. |
Demon |
1,550 |
16.4 |
9. |
Web |
1,353 |
15.8 |
9. |
Club-Internet |
838 |
24.4 |
10. |
Excite |
1,473 |
16.2 |
10. |
Puretec |
1,273 |
14.9 |
10. |
Chez |
825 |
14.9 |
Source: MMXI Europe |