Most online Americans view online shopping as a way to save time and a convenient way to buy products. At the same time, most internet users express discomfort over a key step in online shopping – sending personal or credit card information over the internet.

Today, comScore released its December rankings of the largest and fastest-growing Internet properties and site categories in Canada based on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service.  “Retail sites showed strong growth as online holiday shopping reached a fevered pitch in December,” said Brent Bernie, president of comScore Media Metrix, comScore Canada.

comScore, Inc., today released an update of holiday season e-commerce spending for the first 57 days of the 2007 holiday season (November 1 – December 27). Nearly $28 billion has been spent online during the season-to-date, marking a 19-percent gain versus the corresponding days last year.

2 out of 5 Downloaders are Willing to Pay an Average of $6 for “In Rainbows” Album.  U.S. Downloaders are Willing to Pay More than International Counterparts.

Nielsen//NetRatings, a global leader in Internet media and market
research, announced today that the leaders in three key Web categories – search, career development and multi-category travel – enjoyed high month-over-month visitor retention rates from June to July, but also experienced significant audience overlap with the other top players in their categories.