Reuters.com Leads Online Financial Website Derby
November 20, 2007 by Douglas A. McIntyreAccording to Hitwise numbers for October, Reuters.com and CNNMoney.com had the largest web audiences of financial sites which are not part of larger portals like Yahoo!. Reuters.com grew much more quickly. Among other sites reviewed were Forbes.com Dow Jones (DJ) WSJ.com, TheStreet.com (TSCM), The Motley Fool, Portfolio.com, McGraw-Hill (MHP) BusinessWeek.com and Bloomberg.com
The figures are based on percent of US market share of total visits.
Site Percent of US Visits Year-over-Year Change
CNN Money .0224% (16%)
Reuters.com .0220% 95%
TheStreet.com .0185% 33%
TheFool.com .0165% 59%
Bloomberg.com .0129% 38%
Forbes.com .0126% 14%
WSJ.com (paid) .0111% 58%
Portfolio.com .0058% NA
BusinessWeek.com .0049% 18%
Douglas A. McIntyre
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