<nettime> B92.NET the most popular Yugoslav site

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B92 most popular Yugoslav site on Internet

12:50 BELGRADE, Wednesday - Congratulations, you are reading the most
popular Yugoslav site on the Internet according to the latest survey
released by the Alex site rating service.

The B92 site ranks in the top 5,000 sites worldwide, according to the latest
figures, coming in at number 4,966.

B92.net is followed among Yugoslav sites by Serbian Café at 5,137 and
Krstarica at 8,282. The next most popular media site is Glas javnosti,
followed by Blic Online.

B92.net is more popular the Le Figaro (5,212), RAI (5,449), and The Times
Online (26,173).

The most popular site in the world is the Yahoo portal, followed by MSN.
Fifth is search site Goggle, followed by Hotmail at 6.
The most popular media site on the Web is CNN, followed by MSNBC, the BBC
and the New York Times.

Table 1. The ranking of Yugoslav sites according to Alexa for May 21, 2002 *

Name of site ranked

B92 4,966
Serbian Cafe 5,137
Krstarica 8,282
Nostalgija 9,542
Glas Javnosti 10,251
Blic Online 19,596
Danas 24,035
Politika 24,271
Fairsources 38,736
Beograd.com 40,199
NIN 43,803
Svet 44,280
Vecernje Novosti 49,306
Balkanmedia 51,368
Drenik NET 52,901
Nedeljni Telegraf 54,147
Beocity 55,072
EUnet 55,718
PTT Srbija NET 55,931
SezamPro 62,090
RTS 63,765
Inet 63,812

*This list is the result of the B92 web team research and it is possible
that it has left out some sites which are ranked higher than those
mentioned. Some inaccuracies are possible because Alexa has still not
released the complete rating list of all sites covered by its service.

At this time the most popular site in the world according to this service is
Yahoo. For ratings of some of the most popular sites worldwide, see Table 2.

Table 2. Ranking of some of the most popular world sites according to Alexa
for May 21, 2002

Name of site Ranked

Yahoo 1
MSN 2
Google 5
Hotmail 6
ESPN 18
AOL 20
Amazon 22
CNN 27
MSNBC 35
Excite 36
BBC 48
NY Times 80
USA Today 161
Bild 298
Guardian 489

Popular international sites which are ranked lower than B92.NET according to
the Alexa survey:

Name of site Ranked

Le Figaro 5,212
RAI 5,449
Observer 6,032
Virgin 6,382
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 8,794
Times Online 26,173

The Alexa service bases its rankings on a sample of over a million viewers
who have the Alexa toolbar installed in their Internet Explorer browser.
This does not cover the entire Internet population, but the approximate
values arrived at by means of this sample can give relevant information on
the popularity of sites on the Internet. For more information on the Alexa
service see http://info.alexa.com

Popularity as a result of innovations

This extremely high rating of B92.net is a result of constant efforts to
improve the site in line with the wishes of visitors which B92 learns of
through forums, comments, direct communication via email, etc. The B92.net
community comprises more than 13,000 visitors who open more than 90,000
pages of this site each day. Table no. 3 is a review of the most popular
pages (daily review of pages).

Table 3. The most popular B92.net* pages

1. News service in Serbian  35,976
2.  Front page of the site in Serbian language 15,651
3. Sports 13,303
4. Site in English language 7,139
5. Forum  6,404
6. News comments  6,395

*These statistics were arrived at with the help of the HitBox service for
site ranking which is also one of the best and most reliable services of
this kind on the World wide web. (http://www.hitboxcentral.com) B92.net also
recommends this service to other sites which feel the need to analyse their
popularity and number of visits in detail thus to adjust their site in line
with the statistical results. In its basic form, this service is available
for free, which is why is it recommended as a solution having in mind the
conditions of Internet business in Yugoslavia.

B92.net's great popularity is confirmed by Web marketing -campaigns on our
site for prominent clients such as: Western Union, Societe Generale,
Raiffeisenbank, Coca-Cola, UNICEF, Wrigley etc. All these clients still
advertise with B92.net because advertisements on our site help them achieve
excellent results.

B92.net will continue to improve the services offered on its site and
maintain the leading position that is has on the Yugoslav Internet.

Veran Matic,
B92 editor-in-chief
(veran.matic@b92.net)

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