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- by February 5, 2001
Walmart.com increased online advertising, from 37 million impressions in November 2000 to 178 million in December to gain seven million unique visitors and enter the Top 50 web sites for the first time at number 41 according to a recent release from Media Metrix. And, winter storm watchers flocked to the Weatherchannel.com
Additional highlights from the Media Metrix December 2000 Top 50 include E-greetings Network with a 35 % increase, eToys Sites with 16 %, Barnes & Noble with a 12 % increase, and The AOL proprietary shopping channel with an 8 % increase. The Weather Channel had the second highest increase at 37%.
Here’s some of the “visitor” numbers ranked by growth:
+-----------------------+----------+----------+--------+ | | November | December | % | | | 2000 | 2000 | Growth | | |
Visitors | Visitors | | | | (x000) | (x000) | | +-----------------------+----------+----------+--------+ | WalMart.com | 4,599 | 7,074 | 54%
| | Weather Channel | 9,092 | 12,461 | 37% | | eUniverse Network | 11,163 | 15,134 | 36% | | E-greetings Network | 4,315 | 5,810 | 35% | | Uproar Network
| 8,868 | 11,889 | 34% | | Focalex.com | 5,431 | 6,657 | 23% | | NetZero Sites | 5,016 | 5,866 | 17% | | eToys Sites | 5,520 | 6,381 |
16% | | Google.com | 6,407 | 7,386 | 15% | | Barnes & Noble | 6,574 | 7,344 | 12% | | Grab.com | 12,087 | 13,479 | 12% | | Amazon
| 19,111 | 21,053 | 10% | | EBay | 17,735 | 19,536 | 10% | | Colonize.com | 7,943 | 8,496 | 7% | | Homestead.com | 6,003 | 6,410 |
7% | +-----------------------+----------+----------+--------+
Read more at Media Metrix.
