FIFA website counts 5 million hits per day
The World Cup in Germany is a media event - on the Internet too. Fifa's official World Cup website already recorded over 1.2 billion visitors in the first week of play.
The World Cup in Germany is a media event - on the internet too. The official Fifa World Cup website http://www.fifaworldcup.com already had over 1.2 billion page views in the first week of play. By comparison, the 2002 World Cup attracted a total of 2 billion visitors to the site. Fifa announced that the website, which provides information in nine languages and is compiled by 50 Fifa editors, currently has around 5 million visitors per day.
Fifa now offers highlights from the matches as free streams on its website. These have already been downloaded 31 million times. The World Cup manager game, which is offered on the site in collaboration with Yahoo, has also recorded over 600,000 registrations, according to FIFA. Fifa now intends to publish the weekly access figures for the official World Cup site on Mondays with immediate effect.
Fifa now offers highlights from the matches as free streams on its website. These have already been downloaded 31 million times. The World Cup manager game, which is offered on the site in collaboration with Yahoo, has also recorded over 600,000 registrations, according to FIFA. Fifa now intends to publish the weekly access figures for the official World Cup site on Mondays with immediate effect.
