Web Users Surf Beyond National Boundaries
Web measurement firm Media Metrix examines where Web surfers in the US and Europe go when they are visiting sites not in their own country.
Web measurement firm Media Metrix examines where Web surfers in the US and Europe go when they are visiting sites not in their own country.
US Internet users visited more than 30 portals, free email, and entertainment sites in 15 countries outside the US in November of 1999, according to Media Metrix. Internet users in the UK, France, and Germany also paid a number of visits to sites located in other countries.
Below are the top non-US sites visited by US Internet users:
Top International Sites Among US Users | ||
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Site | Type of Site | Unique Visitors (000) |
Total WWW Visitors | 64,412 | |
Top Australian Sites (.au) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
ozemail.com.au | ISP/Portal | 452 |
iinet.net.au | ISP/Portal | 122 |
lasseters.com.au | Casino | 103 |
Top Brazilan Sites (.br) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
summer.com.au | Portal | 122 |
Top Czech Sites (.cz) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
mujweb.cz | Portal | 111 |
toplist.cz | Community | 113 |
mageo.cz | 80 | |
Top Danish Sites (.dk) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
tele.dk | Corporate | 516 |
get2net.dk | Portal | 193 |
chart.dk | Portal | 118 |
Top French Sites (.fr) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
multimania.fr | Portal | 193 |
club-internet.fr | Portal | 136 |
wanadoo.fr | Portal | 155 |
Top German Sites (.de) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
T-online.de | Portal | 646 |
tripod.de | Portal | 258 |
Top Italian Sites (.it) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
tin.it | Portal | 64 |
Top Japanese Sites (.jp) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
canon.co.jp | Corporate | 258 |
asahi-net.or.jp | ISP | 129 |
Top Netherland Sites (.nl) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
xs4all.nl | ISP | 387 |
demon.nl | Portal | 323 |
A2000.nl | ISP | 258 |
Top Russian Sites (.ru) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
da.ru | Portal | 387 |
list.ru | Portal | 387 |
newmail.ru | 193 | |
Top Singapore Sites (.sg) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
asia1.com.sg | News | 100 |
singnet.com.sg | Portal | 109 |
pacific.net.sg | Portal | 92 |
Top Spanish Sites (.es) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
arrakis.es | Portal | 323 |
Top Swedish Sites (.se) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
swipnet.se | ISP | 1,033 |
algonet.se | Portal | 258 |
Top Taiwanese Sites (.tw) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
asus.com.tw | Computer Products | 99 |
fic.com.tw | Computer Products | 84 |
Top UK Sites (.uk) Visited by US Internet Users | ||
demon.co.uk | Portal | 2,067 |
freeserve.co.uk | Portal | 1,356 |
bbc.co.uk | Portal | 839 |
Source: Media Metrix |
Top International Sites Among European Internet Users* | ||
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Site | Type of Site | Unique Visitors (000) |
Total Internet Users in Europe | 7,821 | |
Top International Sites Among UK Users | ||
yahoo.es | Spanish Portal | 320 |
yahoo.it | Italian Portal | 308 |
claranet.fr | French ISP | 230 |
toycity.dk | Danish E-Commerce | 82 |
Top International Sites Among French Users | ||
yahoo.es | Spanish Portal | 62 |
lycos.de | German Portal | 59 |
Top International Sites Among German Users | ||
yahoo.it | Italian Portal | 154 |
yahoo.es | Spanish Portal | 137 |
da.ru | Russian Portal | 98 |
demon.co.uk | UK Portal | 78 |
freeserve.co.uk | UK Portal | 65 |
swipnet.se | Swedish Portal | 63 |
* Among home Internet Users Source: Media Metrix |