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Visitor and Ad Details on Online Financial News Sites

Visitor and Ad Details on Online Financial News Sites

Top Online financial sites, visitor demographics, advertisers, ad sizes, types and delivery technology.

Top 10 Online Financial News and Information DestinationsWeek ending May 21, 2006 US, Home and Work

Unique Audience (000)

Active Reach (%)

Yahoo! Finance

6,691

5.08

MSN Money

5,294

4.02

AOL Money & Finance

3,593

2.73

Dow Jones Online

3,112

2.36

Reuters

2,750

2.09

CNNMoney

2,731

2.08

Forbes.com

1,984

1.51

Motley Fool

1,304

0.99

ConsumerInfo.com

1,208

0.92

BusinessWeek Online

1,176

0.89

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings NetView

Demographic Data for Financial News and Information CategoryMonth of April 2006 US, Home and Work

Target

Unique Audience (000)

Audience Composition (%)

Total

49,403

100

Male

27,285

55.23

Female

22,118

44.77

Age

2 - 11

724

1.47

12 - 17

1,890

3.83

18 - 24

1,586

3.21

25 - 34

7,057

14.28

35 - 49

18,994

38.45

45+

26,360

53.36

55+

13,169

26.66

65+

5,013

10.15

HH Income

$ 0 - 24999

2,220

4.49

$ 25000 - 49999

9,166

18.55

$ 50000 - 74999

12,126

24.55

$ 75000 - 99999

9,786

19.81

$ 100000 - 149999

9,495

19.22

$ 150000+

5,587

11.31

No Response

1,023

2.07

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings NetView

Data on the Web Media Industry, Finance and Economy Segment

Week ending May 21, 2006 US, Home and Work

Top 15 Advertisers

Impressions (000)

Share of all Impressions

LowQuotes, Inc.

18,774

23.3%

INVESTools

16,656

20.7%

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

12,348

15.3%

The Motley Fool, Inc.

4,559

5.7%

FutureSource

3,688

4.6%

SpendOnLife.com

3,529

4.4%

Quote.com

3,440

4.3%

CountryWatch.com

2,888

3.6%

Investor's Business Daily

2,475

3.1%

Salary.com

2,372

2.9%

Zacks Investment Research, Inc.

1,430

1.8%

The Options Clearing Corporation

1,006

1.3%

Bankrate, Inc.

998

1.2%

Global Investment Research Corp

892

1.1%

SmartMoney Magazine

820

1.0%

Total

80,453

100.0%

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance

Top Ad Sizes

Dimensions

Impressions (000)

Share of all Impressions

Leaderboard

(728x90)

33,783

42.0%

Medium Rectangle

(300x250)

18,404

22.9%

Button #2

(120x60)

5,221

6.5%

Half Banner

(234x60)

4,795

6.0%

Full Banner

(468x60)

3,197

4.0%

Non-Standard Dimension

2,732

3.4%

Unspecified

1,857

2.3%

Skyscraper

(120x600)

1,774

2.2%

Square

(250x250)

1,570

2.0%

Wide Skyscraper

(160x600)

1,552

1.9%

Button #1

(120x90)

1,225

1.5%

Rectangle

(180x150)

1,219

1.5%

Micro Bar

(88x31)

1,037

1.3%

Large Rectangle

(336x280)

1,000

1.2%

Vertical Banner

(120x240)

786

1.0%

Square Button

(125x125)

303

0.4%

Total

80,455

100.0%

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance

Ad Delivery Types

Impressions (000)

Share of all Impressions

Inline

79,297

98.6%

Pop-Under

790

1.0%

Pop-Up

366

0.5%

Interstitial

1

0.0%

Total

80,454

100.0%

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance

Note: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance reporting data reflects advertising activity served on pages accessible via the World Wide Web and not within AOL's proprietary service.

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