Hottest Online Destinations In Europe

13 Sep 06: Recent research released by ComScore places Google on top of the list of most popular online destinations in Europe. The list provides ranking of the leading websites according to number of unique visitors from the entire European Internet audience aged 15 and over during the month of July.

1. Google sites - 156,334,000 visitors
2. Microsoft sites - 144,065,00
3. Yahoo sites - 99,464,000
4. eBay - 86,201,000
5. Time Warner Network - 59,475,000
6. Wikipedia sites - 46,492,000
7. Amazon sites - 40,098
8. Adobe sites - 31,550,000
9. Ask Network - 30,073,000
10. Vodafone Group - 29,727,000

The most striking thing about this popularity ranking report is the fact that Google commands the attention of over three quarters of Europe's Internet population, more than even in the USA where it's current reach is 60%.

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