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U.S. E-Commerce Spending Falls for Second Straight Quarter

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 6, 2009 - 8:46am.
Reston, Va. - For the first time on record, U.S. e-commerce spending has now seen negative growth for two straight quarters, according to new figures from comScore.

Web Metrics Firm comScore to Acquire Certifica, Cut Jobs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 30, 2009 - 6:46am.
Reston, Va. - Boosting its presence in the fast-growing Latin American market, comScore (NASD: SCOR), a provider of Internet audience measurement services, said it will acquire Chilean Web measurement firm Certifica.

ComScore Launches Tracking Service for Game Publishers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 13, 2009 - 12:17pm.
Reston, Va. - Online research firm comScore has announced the launch of a new service -- called GamePlan -- that provides new audience targeting tools focused on gamers. "Game publishers and developers can use GamePlan to quantify, validate and improve their digital gaming strategies, including the ability to efficiently allocate advertising and marketing expenditure, enhance an understanding of one's target audience, and retool games on the fly," the company said in a statement.

Study: 10% of Display Ads Are Locally Targeted

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 9, 2009 - 9:17am.
Reston, Va. - A new study by Internet audience measurement firm comScore found that about 10% of all display ads are locally targeted.

Report: NBA.com Most Popular U.S. Sports League Website

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 5, 2009 - 10:02am.
Reston, Va. - Of the four major U.S. professional sports Web properties, NBA.com, the site of the National Basketball Association (NBA), attracted the most global interest during a year-long period ending in July, according to new figures from comScore.

Report: Number of People Clicking on Display Ads Drops by 50%

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 1, 2009 - 9:45am.
Reston, Va. - In news that is sure to make waves throughout the advertising industry, new research by comScore and Starcom USA indicates that the number of people who click on display ads has dropped by 50% over the past two years.

Record 161M U.S. Internet Users Watch Web Video in August

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 29, 2009 - 7:21am.
Reston, Va. - About 161 million U.S. Internet users watch a video online in August -- the largest audience ever recorded -- according to new figures from comScore.

Report: U.S. Breaks Web Video Viewing Records in July

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 28, 2009 - 10:12am.
Reston, Va. - Over 158 million U.S. Internet users watched online videos during July -- the largest audience ever recorded -- and streamed a record 21.4 billion videos during the month, according to a report from Internet audience measurement firm comScore.

Record Number of U.S. Internet Users View Online Videos in June

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 17, 2009 - 10:38am.
Reston, Va. - More people watched online videos in June than during any other month since the birth of the Internet, according to new figures from Internet audience measurement firm comScore.

Report: U.S. Online Spending Falls for Just Second Time Ever

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 10, 2009 - 10:33am.
Reston, Va. - Despite other positive signs about the economy, online retail sales continue to flounder, according to new data released by comScore.

Microsoft, ComScore Team on Digital Media Planning Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 30, 2009 - 11:47am.
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) on Thursday announced a partnership with Internet audience measurement firm comScore (NASD: CSOR) to develop a digital media planning platform. The Reach and Frequency Planner, which will combine Microsoft's ad serving data with demographic information from comScore's panel, will help brand advertisers predict reach, frequency and audience composition at the ad placement level, the companies said.

Traffic to Travel, Online Gaming Sites Sees Big Jump in June

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 23, 2009 - 9:43am.
Reston, Va. - With the end of the school year, visits to travel and online gaming sites surged in the month of June, according to new figures from Internet audience measurement firm comScore.

Report: Bing Bumps Microsoft's Share of U.S. Search Market

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 15, 2009 - 8:37am.
Reston, Va. - Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) saw its share of the U.S. search market rise 0.4% in June on buzz around its new Bing search engine, according to data from measurement firm comScore. Microsoft attracted 8.4% of the search market last month, compared with 65% for Google (NASD: GOOG) and 19.6% for Yahoo (NASD: YHOO); while Google remained steady, Yahoo's share dropped from 20.1% in May.

comScore: Microsoft's Bing Search Engine Continues Momentum

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 17, 2009 - 8:26am.
Reston, Va. - Despite initial skepticism by many technology commentators, Microsoft's (NASD: MSFT) new Bing search engine continued to gain market momentum in its second week in public release, according to new figures released by Internet audience measurement firm comScore.

Report: Facebook Overtakes MySpace in U.S. Web Traffic

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 15, 2009 - 11:47am.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook surpassed News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace in U.S. Web traffic for the first time ever in the month of May, TechCrunch reported, citing data from Internet audience measurement firm comScore. Facebook counted 70.278 million unique visitors last month, compared to MySpace's 70.255 million.

New "Bing" Search Engine Giving Microsoft a Boost

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 9, 2009 - 8:46am.
Reston, Va. - The launch of its new "Bing" search engine last week has had a substantial effect on Microsoft's (NASD: MSFT) position in the Internet search market, according to new figures released by Internet audience measurement firm comScore.

Report: U.S. Web Video Views Up 16% in April to 16.8 Billion

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2009 - 9:59am.
Reston, Va. - U.S. Internet users viewed 16.8 billion online videos during April, up 16% from the prior month, according to new figures from comScore, a provider of Internet audience measurement services.

AOL's Platform-A Heads List of Top 25 Online Ad Networks

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 22, 2009 - 7:26am.
Reston, Va. - AOL's (NYSE: TWX) Platform-A remains the nation's largest Internet ad network, based on the number of U.S. Internet users reached in April, according to new figures released by Internet audience measurement firm comScore.

Report: Google Received 64% of Search Market in April

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 18, 2009 - 10:13am.
Reston, Va. - Internet audience measurement firm comScore released its monthly analysis of the U.S. search market on Monday, that shows Americans conducted 14.8 billion searches in April, a 3% gain over March.

Hulu: Nielsen is Undercounting Our Site Visitors

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 15, 2009 - 6:32am.
New York - Hulu, the online video joint venture between News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and Disney (NYSE: DIS), has raised objections to methodologies used to count Web video views, as Internet audience measurement firms Nielsen Online and comScore counted 8.9 million and 42 million visitors to the site in March, respectively, The New York Times reported.