Re: UKNM: Most trafficked sites?

[Adam Atkinson]

"Hotmail users, unskilled homepage non-changers and MSN ISP

subscribers do not count, Melanie".


But Ben, perhaps they do, although its not the sort of subscribers we

techies really identify with; basically, MS have struck on the holy grail

for them; passive net surfers, AKA mouse potatoes. Nice work if you can get

it, and its ubiquity, developed by co-branding among the Visps (and not

asking for silly money like the other portals for co-branding) was a smart

move to snare the newbies and keep 'em the way God intended was a move to

make the Jesuits (and AOL) proud.


What irks me is the domination of MSN.com MSN.co.uk, Microsoft.com,

Microsoft.co.uk in the top ten, when it's patently clear that most of the

respondents haven't the foggiest as to which URL their site pertains.

Doesn't do the boys in Redmond any harm though...


----- Original Message -----

From: Hammersley, Ben <

Ben [dot] Hammersleythe-times [dot] co [dot] uk

>

To: <

uknmchinwag [dot] com

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Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 5:10 PM

Subject: RE: UKNM: Most trafficked sites?



> I hate to add to the general Microsoft are Evil meme, but this

> particular issue really annoys me. I'm called on a monthly basis by random

> muppets telling me that the MSN portal is number one and how I should

write

> about it. Bollocks. I know it's technically true, but can someone at MSN

> have a look at the server logs, the http referers etc and tell us how many

> people go there BY CHOICE.

>

> Hotmail users, unskilled homepage non-changers and MSN isp

> subscribers do not count, Melanie.

>

> ><SNIP>

> >Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:51:28 -0700

>

>From: Melanie Clark <melclarkmicrosoft [dot] com>

> >Subject: RE: UKNM: Most trafficked sites?

> >

> >MMXI, NetValue & Netratings are the main places you'll find site

> traffic

> >data - and as an additional comment to Chetan ("Lastminute gets

> more traffic

> >than MSN.com, Microsoft.com "etc) - err, get your facts straight.

> All of the

> >above have MSN rated as the no 1 site in the UK at present. *end of

> rant*

> ><SNIP>



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