AccuWeather, ESPN, The Weather Channel and Yahoo! Weather Have Stronger Reach Among Mobile Internet Users Than Among PC Internet Users
SAN FRANCISCO and RESTON, VA – November 28, 2006 –Telephia and Comscore Networks today announced the launch of a joint service that compares and combines Internet usage data from the two firms. MobileWeb Metrix is designed to provide media companies, advertisers, and agencies with a detailed comparison of audiences who view Internet content using PCs and mobile phones.
“We are thrilled to bring together our companies’ resources and expertise to deliver an important new measurement capability to our clients,” said Sid Gorham, President and CEO, Telephia. “Robust measurement is the key to making the mobile Web successful with consumers and advertisers. By working together, Telephia and Comscore have delivered an important piece of this new media measurement toolkit.”
“As Internet usage continues to spread across multiple access devices, we’re delighted to provide our clients with an integrated, cross-platform view of consumer behavior,” said Gian Fulgoni, Chairman, Comscore Networks. “We are excited to be working with Telephia to deliver a detailed comparison of the mobile and PC Internet audiences.”
Weather Brands Establish Stronger Reach via Mobile; Search Brands Still Offer Stronger Reach on PCs
According to inaugural results from the MobileWeb Metrix service, The Weather Channel, Yahoo! Weather and AccuWeather achieved mobile reach that outpaced their PC reach. All three sites had mobile-to-PC reach index scores above 120, pointing to significantly stronger reach among mobile Web users than among PC Web users (see Table 1). With an index of 190, ESPN also has stronger reach among mobile Web users. By comparison, Google Search and Yahoo! Search have index scores of 23 and 25, respectively, indicating that their reach is higher among PC Web users, compared to mobile users. Among the four leading Web e-mail applications – Yahoo! Mail, MSN Hotmail, Gmail and AOL Mail – only Gmail over indexed on mobile reach.
“The first results from MobileWeb Metrix highlight the value of evaluating a Web property’s performance among both the mobile and the PC audiences,” said Kanishka Agarwal, VP of New Products, Telephia. “This type of analysis will allow mobile media companies to better target their investments in promotion, content, and user experience improvements.”
Top Web Sites Ranked by Mobile-to-PC Reach Index (U.S.)September 2006Source: MobileWeb Metrix, a service of Telephia and Comscore Networks
% Mobile Reach
% PC Reach
Index*
AccuWeather
7.5
1.7
435
ESPN
17.9
9.4
190
The Weather Channel (Weather.com)
22.1
12.7
174
Yahoo! Weather
9.0
5.7
157
Gmail
6.7
5.6
119
CitySearch
7.8
7.3
107
CNN
11.5
14.1
82
Yahoo! Games
9.3
12.0
78
Yahoo! Mail
29.4
44.4
66
Yahoo! Driving Directions
7.2
11.6
62
MSN Hotmail
15.3
26.6
57
AOL Mail
13.7
24.0
MapQuest
13.2
27.8
48
Yahoo! Search
11.1
43.8
25
Google Search
13.0
56.7
23
*Note: Mobile-to-PC Reach Index for a Web site is defined as the site’s reach among mobile Web users divided by its reach among PC-based Internet users.
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About Telephia
Telephia is the world’s largest provider of syndicated consumer research to the telecom and mobile media markets. Telephia is your connection to the digital consumer. Since 1998, executives at service providers, device manufacturers, content providers, and retailers have relied on Telephia data to make confident competitive strategy, marketing and resource allocation decisions. Telephia uses its unique measurement tools and large-scale consumer panels to completely understand the digital consumer’s behavior, attitudes and experience.
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