eBay keeps its grip on top shopping/travel site in AugustEven though growth in unique visitors to eBay.com grew only 2% in August over August 2006, eBay is in no danger of losing it standing as the top shopping/travel destination on the web, say the latest figures from Nielsen/NetRatings. eBay hosted 60.1 million unique visitors in August, up from 59.1 million a year earlier. No. 2 Amazon.com hosted 42.6 million, up 4% from a year earlier and Target.com was a distant third with 24 million. The Top 10 shopping/travel sites in August, ranked by unique visitors in millions this August and last, with year-over-year growth, according to Nielsen/NetRatings, were: eBay, 60.11, 59.15, 2% Amazon, 42.67, 40.99, 4% Target, 23.99, 21.42, 12% Wal-Mart Stores, 22.24, 19.17, 16% Shopzilla.com Network, 19.04, 17.96, 6% Dell, 18.32, 21.73, -16% Shopping.com Network, 17.57, 16.80, 5% Orbitz Worldwide Network, 14.09, 11.71, 20% Expedia, 14.04, 15.48, -9% Yahoo! Shopping, 13.64, 12.62, 8% (Unique visitors count only once each shopper who came to a site, no matter how many times that shopper visited.) © InternetRetailer.com |