Nielsen//NetRatings reports July 2007 data for the Top Sites by Parent Company and Top Brands. In addition, Nielsen//NetRatings reveals the Top Advertisers by Company for July 2007.
Nielsen//NetRatings Top 10 Web Sites by Parent Company and Top 10 Web Sites by Brand, July 2007
Table 1. Top 10 Parent Companies,
Combined Home & Work (U.S.)
| Parent |
Unique Audience |
Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss) |
| 1. Microsoft |
121,499 |
2:07:26 |
| 2. Google |
117,705 |
1:34:07 |
| 3. Yahoo! |
111,390 |
2:58:43 |
| 4. Time Warner |
104,946 |
4:05:58 |
| 5. News Corp. Online |
76,705 |
2:26:30 |
| 6. eBay |
68,203 |
1:44:26 |
| 7. InterActiveCorp |
61,580 |
0:22:03 |
| 8. Amazon |
50,747 |
0:26:23 |
| 9. Wikimedia Foundation |
44,763 |
0:18:20 |
| 10. New York Times Company |
44,704 |
0:15:43 |
Table 2. Top 10 Brands,
Combined Home & Work (U.S.)
| Brand |
Unique Audience |
Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss) |
| 1. Google |
111,609 |
1:08:08 |
| 2. Yahoo! |
110,377 |
2:59:13 |
| 3. MSN/Windows Live |
100,523 |
1:56:13 |
| 4. Microsoft |
94,247 |
0:40:19 |
| 5. AOL Media Network |
91,919 |
4:16:36 |
| 6. Fox Interactive Media |
68,421 |
2:36:02 |
| 7. eBay |
59,835 |
1:46:03 |
| 8. YouTube |
55,135 |
0:49:59 |
| 9. Wikipedia |
44,639 |
0:18:12 |
| 10. Amazon |
43,090 |
0:23:44 |
Example: The data indicates that 44.7 million home and work Internet users visited at least one of the New York Times Company-owned sites or launched an New York Times Company-owned application during the month, and each person spent, on average, a total of 15 minutes and 43 seconds at one or more of their sites or applications.
A parent company is defined as a consolidation of multiple domains and URLs owned by a single entity. A brand is defined as a consolidation of multiple domains and URLs that has a consistent collection of branded content.
Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance Top 10 Advertisers, July 2007
Top advertisers, ranked by estimated spending, are based on data from AdRelevance, Nielsen//NetRatings' advertising research service. An impression is counted as the number of times an ad is rendered for viewing.
Top 10 Advertisers by Estimated Spending (U.S.)
| Advertiser |
Total Estimated Spending |
Impressions |
| 1. Low Rate Source |
$46,321,200 |
22,059,921 |
| 2. NexTag, Inc. |
$43,715,300 |
21,409,913 |
| 3. Experian Group Limited |
$43,405,900 |
15,674,399 |
| 4. Countrywide Financial Corporation |
$34,776,800 |
17,091,495 |
| 5. InterActiveCorp |
$27,873,800 |
6,784,473 |
| 6. Netflix, Inc. |
$18,813,600 |
5,572,255 |
| 7. AT&T Corp. |
$18,241,000 |
5,681,139 |
| 8. Privacy Matters |
$16,878,100 |
5,558,021 |
| 9. Verizon Communications, Inc. |
$15,715,000 |
4,016,248 |
| 10. Reunion.com L.L.C. |
$14.113.300 |
6,830,167 |
Estimated spending reflects CPM-based advertising online, and excludes search-based advertising, paid fee services, performance-based campaigns, sponsorships, barters, partnership advertising, advertorials, promotions and e-mail. Impressions reported exclude house ads, which are ads that run on an advertiser’s own or related property and co-branding relationships.
Example: An estimated 6.8 billion Reunion.com L.L.C. ads were rendered for viewing at the cost of approximately $14.1 million during the surfing period.