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Top 10 Properties for October

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Microsoft Sites captured the top position in Canada with 22.2 million visitors, followed closely by Google Sites with 22 million visitors. Yahoo! Sites, with 16.8 million visitors, ranked third for the month. Social networking site Facebook.com continued to grow, gaining 4 percent to reach 14.4 million of the 23.7 million Canadians online.

“Facebook has really surged in popularity among Canadians during the past year,” continued Mr. Bernie. “The site has grown from about 1 million visitors last October to 14 million visitors this year, positioning it as the top social networking site and fourth largest property overall in Canada.”

The largest increases in the top 10 were experienced by Wikipedia and Amazon Sites, both gaining 10 percent from the previous month. Source: comScore

Top 10 Properties by Canadian Unique Visitors*
October 2007 vs. September  2007
Total Canada – Home and Work Locations**
Source: comScore World Metrix
Property Total Unique Visitors (000)
Sep-2007 Oct-2007 % Change
Total Internet : Total Audience 23,590 23,678 0
Microsoft Sites 22,094 22,247 1
Google Sites 21,878 22,040 1
Yahoo! Sites 16,321 16,768 3
FACEBOOK.COM 13,841 14,428 4
eBay 13,318 13,876 4
Time Warner Network 12,149 12,259 1
Wikipedia Sites 10,796 11,846 10
Yellow Pages Group 9,185 9,998 9
Amazon Sites 8,857 9,719 10
Canoe Network 7,743 8,273 7

*Ranking based on the top 100 Canadian properties in October 2007.

** Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.

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