Media sites grew in January

 Most media portals recorded growth in usage figures in January compared to the previous month. In the top ten, however, the ranking did not change, as the Net-Metrix audit figures for January show: In terms of visits, i.e. the number of visits to a website, Blick Online continues to lead ahead of 20minuten.ch, NZZ Online and Tagesanzeiger.ch. In terms of unique clients, 20minuten.ch maintained pole position among the media sites, followed by Blick Online, NZZ Online and Tagesanzeiger.ch. Unique clients refers to the number of different computers from which a particular website is accessed. The winner in terms of growth in terms of visits is Handelszeitung Online: The business newspaper's website gained a full 166.6 percent compared to December. Liechtensteinisches Volksblatt (78.8 percent), Finanz und Wirtschaft (45.7 percent), Gesundheit Sprechstunde (47.5 percent), Cash.ch (38.8 percent) and Corriere del Ticino (35.5 percent) also recorded strong growth. The four major news portals also enjoyed growth in terms of visits. 20minuten.ch increased by 15.4 percent, Tagesanzeiger.ch by 14.4 percent, NZZ Online by 12.0 percent and Blick Online by 5.0 percent.
Net-Metrix collected usage data from a total of 171 websites in January.
Top ten websites with advertising in January 2008 by unique clients:
Bluewin: 4'116'000
Search.ch: 2'676'000
Directories.ch: 2'078'000
Scout24: 1'812'000
20minuten.ch: 1'579'000
Blick Online: 1'430'000
Moneyhouse: 1'337'000
NZZ Online: 1'307'000
Tagesanzeiger.ch: 912,000
MySwitzerland.com: 909,000
Top ten websites with advertising in January 2008 by visits:
Bluewin: 48'017'950
Blick Online: 10'836'937
Search.ch: 10'110'983
Netlog: 9'418'137
20minuten.ch: 8'661'498
Directories.ch: 7'227'789
NZZ Online: 6'981'685
Scout24: 6'448'760
Tagesanzeiger.ch: 5'529'234
PartyGuide.ch: 3'917'081