Only one panel still measures Internet usage
In Germany, the Netratings panel is being merged with the MMXI panel
In Germany, the Netratings panel is merged with the MMXI panelOnly the MMXI Switzerland panel still measures Internet usage from home computers in Switzerland. Nielsen Netratings (NNR), which has also had a panel on the market since May 2001, closed its panel at the end of May 2002. The May data will no longer be published. This was explained by Sandra Wüest, Communications Manager at ACNielsen Switzerland, who explained that NNR's London head office had not enough customers to justify the closure. The panels in Finland and Norway were also closed for the same reason. Others, such as the one in Austria, are being reviewed. In other countries, such as Germany, the MMXI and NNR panels are currently being merged. NNR is also currently considering a panel for the entire German-speaking region or for Scandinavia as a whole.
At the beginning of May, NNR acquired the patent rights of Jupiter Media Metrix and the European customer contracts of MMXI and is therefore interested in consolidating the Internet panels. In Switzerland, however, the panels were not merged because Jupiter only holds a 20 percent stake in MMXI Switzerland via its subsidiary MMXI Europe. The rest belongs to IHA-GfK. In addition, the licenses are specially regulated until the end of 2005, explained Urs Wolfensberger, Managing Director of MMXI Switzerland. This means that NNR has no power of disposal over MMXI Switzerland. However, Wolfensberger did not rule out future cooperation with NNR. Markus Knöpfli
German Work Pannel
At the beginning of May, NNR acquired the patent rights of Jupiter Media Metrix and the European customer contracts of MMXI and is therefore interested in consolidating the Internet panels. In Switzerland, however, the panels were not merged because Jupiter only holds a 20 percent stake in MMXI Switzerland via its subsidiary MMXI Europe. The rest belongs to IHA-GfK. In addition, the licenses are specially regulated until the end of 2005, explained Urs Wolfensberger, Managing Director of MMXI Switzerland. This means that NNR has no power of disposal over MMXI Switzerland. However, Wolfensberger did not rule out future cooperation with NNR. Markus Knöpfli
German Work Pannel
Nielsen Netratings has launched a panel in Germany that measures Internet usage in the workplace. The first results (for July 2002) will be published in mid-August.
Top 20 domains may 2002 MMXI
Rank Domain Visitor Reach
in 1000 in %
1 bluewin.ch 1 372 50.4
2 msn.ch 919 33.8
3 google.ch 851 31.3
4 msn.com 839 30.8
5 microsoft.com 814 29.9
6 passport.com 708 26.0
7 search.ch 630 23.1
8 sbb.ch 590 21.6
9 yahoo.com 564 20.7
10 sunrise.ch 506 18.6
11 google.com 474 17.4
12 msn.de 339 12.5
13 yahoo.de 337 12.4
14 gmx.de 320 11.8
15 microsoft.de 258 9.5
16 ubs.com 250 9.2
17 microsoft.fr 230 8.4
18 yellownet.ch 217 8.0
19 swissonline.ch 209 7.7
20 amazon.de 206 7.6
Source: MMXI
