Yahoo tops in the U.S. in January, ComScore finds2011-02-23 09:37 by DanielaTags: Yahoo, U.S., ComScore
Yahoo reigns supreme in the U.S. The company attracted 178.9 million unique U.S. Web visitors last month, according to research firm ComScore, barely besting Google's 178.5 million unique users. Microsoft's sites came in third place, attracting 176.8 million unique users. Facebook and AOL rounded out the top five with 153 million and 111 million unique visitors in January, respectively. All told, nearly 212 million people in the U.S. were online last month, according to ComScore. Although Yahoo led the way in overall traffic, the company couldn't best Google in ads. According to ComScore, Google's advertising reached 93.1 percent of the entire U.S. audience. Yahoo's ad network was able to reach 85.5 percent of all U.S. Web users, while AOL's ads were seen by 85 percent of the U.S. Web audience. Facebook found its way into the top 10 in advertising reach, with its ads targeting 72.3 percent of the entire U.S. Web audience. Seasonality plays a crucial role in how traffic is dispersed around the Web. January was a busy month for taxpayers and travel-seekers. Read more -here-
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