comScore, Inc.: comScore Releases Top French Web Rankings for August 2008

PARIS, France, Oct 02, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- SCOR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its August rankings of the largest and fastest-growing Internet properties and site categories inFrance based on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service.

The month saw an 18-percent increase in visitation to the sports category, as France focused its attention on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Other site categories achieving gains included religion, lotto/sweepstakes, photos and consumer goods. Facebook.com broke into the top 25 properties for the first time in August, growing 12 percent over July to 6.3 million visitors.

Top Gaining Site Categories in France for August 2008 ______________________________________________________________________

Top 10 Gaining Site Categories by Number of French Unique Visitors

August 2008 vs. July 2008

Total France, Age 15+ - Home and Work Locations*

Source: comScore World Metrix ______________________________________________________________________ Property Total Unique Visitors (000)

Jul-2008 Aug-2008 % Change

Total Internet : Total Audience 31,842 32,227 1%

Sports 9,518 11,238 18%

Religion 723 853 18%

Lotto/Sweepstakes 1,838 2,004 9%

Photos 10,215 10,890 7%

Consumer Goods 5,567 5,928 6%

Instant Messengers 17,192 18,111 5%

Car Rental 2,659 2,796 5%

Financial Information/Advice 8,440 8,772 4%

Flowers/Gifts/Greetings 2,313 2,402 4%

Social Networking 17,806 18,395 3%

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* Excludes traffic frompublic computers such as Internet cafes or access frommobile phones or PDAs.

Top Gaining Properties in France for August 2008

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Top 10 Gaining Properties by Number of French Unique Visitors*

August 2008 vs. July 2008

Total France, Age 15+ - Home and Work Locations**

Source: comScore World Metrix

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Property Total Unique Visitors (000)

Jul-2008 Aug-2008 % Change

Total Internet : Total Audience 31,842 32,227 1%

Francaise des Jeux 1,445 1,882 30%

Groupe Amaury 3,000 3,704 23%

Spil Games 1,488 1,788 20%

DEEZER.COM 3,054 3,514 15%

United Online, Inc 1,376 1,545 12%

FACEBOOK.COM 5,636 6,311 12%

TOUTELATELE.COM 1,512 1,676 11%

PAROLES.NET 1,554 1,714 10%

Caisse d'Epargne 2,761 3,035 10%

Apple Inc. 4,907 5,319 8%

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*Ranking based on the top 100 French properties inAugust 2008.

** Excludes traffic frompublic computers such as Internet cafes or access frommobile phones or PDAs.

Top 25 Properties in France for August 2008 ______________________________________________________________________

Top 25 Properties by Number of French Unique Visitors*

August 2008 vs. July 2008

Total France, Age 15+ - Home and Work Locations**

Source: comScore World Metrix ______________________________________________________________________

Aug-08 Jul-08 Property Total Unique Visitors

Rank Rank (000) Aug-2008

N/A N/A Total Internet : Total Audience 32,227

1 1 Google Sites 25,205

2 2 Microsoft Sites 22,701

3 3 Orange Sites 15,907

4 8 Yahoo! Sites 11,995

5 7 eBay 11,970

6 5 Iliad/Free.fr Sites 11,754

7 6 Groupe Pages Jaunes 11,486

8 9 Groupe Lagardere 11,048

9 10 Skyrock Network 10,872

10 4 Groupe PPR 10,451

11 11 Groupe PriceMinister 9,053

12 12 Wikimedia Foundation Sites 8,950

13 15 Groupe TF1 8,921

14 13 DAILYMOTION.COM 8,627

15 14 Benchmark Group 8,048

16 17 Groupe M6 7,868

17 16 COMMENTCAMARCHE.NET 7,773

18 19 Otto Gruppe 7,272

19 20 NextRadio TV 7,109

20 22 Lycos Europe Sites 6,957

21 24 Credit Agricole 6,879

22 18 AOL LLC 6,754

23 21 Groupe Spir Communication 6,689

24 28 FACEBOOK.COM 6,311

25 23 Bestofmedia Group 6,125

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*Ranking based on the top 100 French properties inAugust 2008.

** Excludes traffic frompublic computers such as Internet cafes or access frommobile phones or PDAs.

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