• October 6, 2000

The Internet ratings report for the week ending October 1 from Nielsen//NetRatings shows a 230% spike in U.S. home traffic to PCH.com, the online version of Publishers Clearing House.

Traffic to PCH.com totaled 851,000 unique visitors for the week, compared to 258,000 during the previous week. PCH.com attracted surfers hoping to ride the wave to instant riches with their national 1 million dollar sweepstakes giveaway set for later this month. Five of the top fifteen fastest growing sites at home for the week were sweepstakes and gaming sites. Other big gainers included Troppolotto.com, Netflip.com, Winfreestuff.com, and Grouplotto.com. Troppolotto.com ended the week with 379,000 unique visitors, an increase of 9%, while 549,000 surfers visited Netflip.com, an increase of 8%. Winfreestuff.com's traffic rose 86% to 328,000 unique visitors and Grouplotto.com jumped 63% to 978,000 visitors for the week.