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Published: March 14, 2006
MapQuest Ranks Top Visited Travel Site
 

NetView data shows the map site receiving the highest unique audience, but visitors spend the most time on American Airlines' site. Find out more.

Weekly NetView and AdRelevance data from Nielsen//NetRatings.

Top 10 Online Travel Destinations

Brand or Channel Unique Audience
(000)
Active Reach
(%)
Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss)
MapQuest 14,566 11.22 0:09:26
Expedia 5,606 4.32 0:10:25
Southwest Airlines 4,606 3.55 0:20:18
Travelocity 4,587 3.53 0:11:37
Orbitz 3,877 2.99 0:10:32
American Airlines 2,673 2.06 0:20:47
AOL Travel 2,604 2.01 0:06:42
Yahoo! Travel 2,435 1.88 0:01:58
Marriott 2,139 1.65 0:12:34
Delta 2,039 1.57 0:19:32
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings


Top 10 Online Education & Careers Destinations
Brand or Channel Unique Audience
(000)
Active Reach
(%)
Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss)
CareerBuilder 7,136 5.5 0:07:30
Monster 3,682 2.84 0:11:28
Yahoo! HotJobs 1,947 1.5 0:06:45
MSN Encarta 1,914 1.48 0:05:22
U.S. Dept. of Education (ED) 1,336 1.03 0:14:05
Merriam-Webster 1,267 0.98 0:08:12
U.S Federal Student Aid (FSA) 1,192 0.92 0:42:17
About Homework Help 1,183 0.91 0:01:39
AOL Research & Learn 1,170 0.9 0:05:56
Google Scholar 969 0.75 0:02:29
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings

Week Ending February 26, 2006
US, Home and Work

Note: NetView traffic figures incorporate AOL Proprietary Channels and Internet Applications Tracking with regular web traffic data. This data CANNOT be trended against data prior to week ending Nov. 10, 2002.



Top 10 Travel Advertisers
Company Impressions
(000)
InterActiveCorp 131,870
Extended Stay America, Inc. 112,784
Caesar's Entertainment, Inc. 98,518
General Electric Company 81,643
Orbitz 81,458
American Express Company 53,980
Hilton Hotels Corporation 49,145
The Walt Disney Corporation 40,037
Best Western International, Inc. 33,366
VacationsToGo.com 32,153
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings


Top 10 Entertainment Advertisers

Company Impressions
(000)
Skill Jam 713,887
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. 489,373
The News Corporation Limited 421,942
General Electric Company 135,945
Sony Corporation 98,206
Time Warner Inc. 97,135
The Walt Disney Corporation 66,429
Viacom Inc. 65,076
Speed Channel Network Inc. 62,930
XM Satellite Radio, Inc. 61,531

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance
Week Ending February 26, 2005
US, Home and Work

Note: All online advertising data excludes house ads which are advertisements run on an advertiser's own web property.

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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