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Media Metrix Online Shopping Index and Other Metrics


Media Metrix Online Shopping Index, top sites and other online retailing metrics for the holiday season.

Media Metrix Online Shopping Index - 1999 and 2000
Unique Visitors in the U.S. - Home/Work Combined

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                Unique Visitors for the Week Ending   Year-over-Year
                                                     % Traffic Change
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                December 5, 1999 December 3, 2000   12/05/99-12/03/00
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All WWW            53,956,000       60,411,000          12.0 %
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Online
 Shopping Index    27,172,000       35,643,000          31.2 %
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Media Metrix Web Reach for Retail for The Week Ending 12/03/00
Unique Visitors in the U.S. - At Home vs. Work

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                                         At Home Only At Work Only
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Online Shopping Index - Unique Visitors  27,959,000    12,874,000
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Web Reach % for Retail                     52.3%         58.1%
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Media Metrix Top 10 Retail Sites For the Week Ending 12/03/00
Average Daily Unique Visitors in the U.S. - Home/Work Combined

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                             Average         Average    Year-over-Year
                           Daily Unique    Daily Unique     Weekly
                             Visitors        Visitors      Traffic
                           for the Week    for the Week       %
                              Ending          Ending        Change
Rank     Site                12/03/00        12/05/99 
--- --------------------- --------------- ------------- --------------
 1  AMAZON.COM               1,611,000     1,054,000         52.8%
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 2  MYPOINTS.COM             1,352,000       713,000         89.6%
--- --------------------- --------------- ------------- --------------
 3  HALF.COM                   605,000          N/A            N/A
--- --------------------- --------------- ------------- --------------
 4  BIZRATE.COM                514,000       264,000         94.7%
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 5  AMERICANGREETINGS.COM      436,000       109,000        300.0%
--- --------------------- --------------- ------------- --------------
 6  WEBSTAKES.COM              407,000       336,000         21.1%
--- --------------------- --------------- ------------- --------------
 7  MCAFEE.COM                 370,000       229,000         61.6%
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 8  WALMART.COM                359,000        74,000        385.1%
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 9  ETOYS.COM                  338,000       399,000        -15.3%
--- --------------------- --------------- ------------- --------------
10  CDNOW.COM                  330,000       296,000         11.5%
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Media Metrix Top 10 Gaining Retail Sites For The Week Ending 12/03/00
Average Daily Unique Visitors in the U.S. - Home/Work Combined

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                   Average Daily Unique Visitors   Week-over-Week
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Rank Site           Week Ending  Week Ending        % Increase
                     11/26/00     12/03/00
--- -------------- ------------ -------------- ---------------------
 1  HP.COM            155,000       289,000            86.5%
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 2  STAPLES.COM        79,000       142,000            79.7%
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 3  MCAFEE.COM        211,000       370,000            75.4%
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 4  SYMANTEC.COM       94,000       154,000            63.8%
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 5  COOKING.COM        51,000        82,000            60.8%
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 6  SEARS.COM         181,000       283,000            56.4%
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 7  FREESHOP.COM       84,000       129,000            53.6%
--- -------------- ------------ -------------- ---------------------
 8  HALF.COM          397,000       605,000            52.4%
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 9  FINGERHUT.COM      61,000        92,000            50.8%
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10  MYSIMON.COM       219,000       328,000            49.8%
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Media Metrix Top 5 Retail Subcategories with Top Site for Week Ending 12/03/00
Average Daily Unique Visitors in the U.S. - Home/Work Combined

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                                   Average Daily Unique Visitors
Rank  Retail Subcategory            Week Ending December 3, 2000
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   1  Computers                             2,308,000
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        MCAFEE.COM                            370,000
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   2  Books                                 2,227,000
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        AMAZON.COM                          1,611,000
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   3  Mall                                  2,029,000
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        BIZRATE.COM                           514,000
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   4  Consumers electronics                 1,594,000
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        BESTBUY.COM                           252,000
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   5  Flowers/Gifts/Greetings               1,205,000
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        AMERICANGREETINGS.COM                 436,000
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Media Metrix Top 5 Gaining Retail Subcategories For Week Ending 12/03/00
Average Daily Unique Visitors - Home/Work Combined

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                         Average Daily Unique Visitors Week-over-Week
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Rank Retail Subcategory  Week Ending Week Ending        % Increase
                          11/26/00     12/03/00
--- -------------------- ----------- ----------------- ---------------
 1  FRAGRANCES/COSMETICS     79,000       107,000           35.4%
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 2  FOOD                    208,000       273,000           31.3%
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 3  MALL                  1,629,000     2,029,000           24.6%
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 4  CONSUMER GOODS          473,000       564,000           19.2%
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 5  DEPARTMENT STORES       954,000     1,134,000           18.9%
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Media Metrix Definitions

The Media Metrix Online Shopping Index: includes combined home and work traffic to nearly 400 retail Web sites and domains, which are further broken out into 18 retail subcategories, including: Apparel, Books, Computers, Consumer Electronics, Consumer Goods, Department Stores, Flowers/Gifts/Greetings, Food, Footwear, Fragrances/Cosmetics, Furniture, Games, Health Care, Mall, Movies, Music, Sports/Outdoor, and Toys.

Average Daily Unique Visitors: The estimated seven-day average number of different individuals that accessed the Web content of a specific site in a single day among the total number of projected individuals using the web during the past 30 days.

Unique Visitors: The number of total users who visited the reported Web site or online property at least once in the given measurement period. All unique visitors are unduplicated (only counted once).


Source: Jupiter Media Metrix Press Release, December 07, 2000.

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