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comScore Issues Top UK Web Rankings for February

comScore issued its February rankings of the largest UK internet properties, as well as fastest-growing sites and site categories, based on data from its World Metrix audience measurement service.

Among the highlights (also see tables, below):

  • Google Sites remained the leader in number of visitors, with no rank changes in the top 5 from Jan. to Feb. In positions 6-10, however, change was a constant.
  • Valentine’s Day helped drive a strong increase in traffic to the Flowers/Gifts/and Greetings category, which grew 28% from January to nearly 7 million visitors in February.
  • The auto-manufacturer, career-resources and e-cards categories also recorded gains.
  • Uptake of the new Firefox internet browser drove visitors to the Mozilla Organization website, visitors to which increased 48%, to 3.1 million.
  • Fish4Sites visitors increased 24% to 3.3 million, driven largely by a jump in visitors to careers resource property, Fish4jobs.

Top 25 properties for February 2008:

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Top gaining properties for February 2008:

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Top gaining site categories for February 2008:

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