Comscore Releases Top Canadian Web Rankings for December, 2007

Holiday Shopping Drives Traffic to Retail Sites

Microsoft Sites Ranks as Top Canadian Web Property, Followed Closely by Google Sites

TORONTO, CANADA, January 21, 2008 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its December rankings of the largest and fastest-growing Internet properties and site categories in Canada based on data from the Comscore World Metrix audience measurement service.

“Retail sites showed strong growth as online holiday shopping reached a fevered pitch in December,” said Brent Bernie, president of Comscore MMX, Comscore Canada. “Online commerce has become an increasingly important component of total consumer spending, and retailers have also been offering very attractive incentives this season to draw even more online consumers to their sites.”

Top Gaining Site Categories for December

With holiday shopping on Canadians’ minds, retail sites dominated the top-gaining site category rankings for December. The consumer goods category rose 70 percent to nearly 5 million visitors, while the consumer electronics category jumped 15 percent to 9.4 million visitors, led by Futureshop.ca Sites with 5.4 million visitors (up 39 percent).

Greetings sites also grew in December. The e-cards category experienced a 25-percent increase to 8 million visitors, while the flowers/gifts/greetings category gained 12 percent to 6.3 million visitors.

Top 10 Gaining Site Categories by Number of Canadian Unique Visitors
December 2007 vs. November 2007
Total Canada – Home and Work Locations*
Source: Comscore World Metrix

Total Unique Visitors (000)

Nov-2007

Dec-2007

% Change

Total Internet : Total Audience

23,767

23,784

0

Consumer Goods

2,897

4,929

70

e-cards

6,423

8,020

25

Consumer Electronics

8,175

9,366

15

Online Gambling

4,695

5,328

13

Flowers/Gifts/Greetings

5,662

6,339

12

Shipping

4,527

5,044

11

Gay/Lesbian

330

367

11

Weather

9,001

9,921

10

Personals

5,071

5,574

10

Retail - Food

1,774

1,937

9

* Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.

Top Gaining Properties for December

Bolstered by the popularity of its viral holiday greeting site ElfYourself.com, OfficeMax surged 395 percent to 2.7 million visitors, making it the top-gaining property for the month.

Photo-sharing site Slide.com increased 39 percent to 2.1 million visitors in December, while social networking destination Skyrock Network jumped 32 percent to 1.9 million visitors.

Online holiday shopping activity saw Best Buy Sites jump 32 percent to 6.8 million visitors, while Wal-Mart saw a 15-percent increase to 4.2 million visitors. The preparation of holiday meals also seemed to be foremost on Canadian minds, with Kraft Foods increasing by 27 percent to 2.9 million visitors.

Top 10 Gaining Properties by Number of Canadian Unique Visitors*
December 2007 vs. November 2007
Total Canada – Home and Work Locations**
Source: Comscore World Metrix

Property

Total Unique Visitors (000)

Nov-2007

Dec-2007

% Change

Total Internet : Total Audience

23,767

23,784

0

OfficeMax

551

2,727

395

Astral Media

2,573

3,781

47

Slide.com

1,530

2,125

39

Best Buy Sites

5,164

6,812

32

Skyrock Network

1,459

1,920

32

Kraft Foods

2,316

2,947

27

RDA Digital Network

1,879

2,228

19

EC.GC.CA

2,485

2,893

16

Canadapost.ca

3,012

3,471

15

Wal-Mart

3,643

4,184

15

*Ranking based on the top 100 Canadian properties in December 2007.

** Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.

Top 25 Properties for December

Microsoft Sites maintained its position as the top property with nearly 22.5 million visitors, reaching 94 percent of the Canadian online population. Microsoft was followed closely by Google Sites with 22.3 million visitors, Yahoo! Sites with 16.3 million visitors and Facebook.com with 15.4 million visitors.

Driven by holiday shopping, Apple Inc. and Best Buy Sites both gained several spots in the December rankings, while The Weather Network Meteomedia (#12) and Telus Sites (#24) also moved up several positions.

Top 25 Properties by Number of Canadian Unique Visitors*
December 2007 vs. November 2007
Total Canada – Home and Work Locations**
Source: Comscore World Metrix

December Rank

November Rank

Property

Total Unique Visitors (000) Dec-07

N/A

N/A

Total Internet : Total Audience

23,784

1

1

Microsoft Sites

22,449

2

2

Google Sites

22,274

3

3

Yahoo! Sites

16,331

4

4

Facebook.com

15,378

5

5

eBay

13,770

6

6

Time Warner Network

12,070

7

7

Wikipedia Sites

10,585

8

9

Yellow Pages Group

9,788

9

8

Amazon Sites

9,418

10

13

Apple Inc.

8,776

11

10

Canoe Network

8,388

12

18

The Weather Network Meteomedia

7,900

13

11

CNET Networks

7,678

14

16

Fox Interactive Media

7,670

15

14

Ask Network

7,485

16

12

CTVglobemedia

7,396

17

15

New York Times Digital

6,964

18

22

Best Buy Sites

6,812

19

19

Viacom Digital

6,702

20

17

Adobe Sites

6,226

21

20

CBC-Radio Canada Sites

5,894

22

24

WhitePages

5,294

23

23

Gorilla Nation

5,160

24

30

Telus Sites

4,945

25

25

TD Bank Financial Group

4,547

*Ranking based on the top 100 Canadian properties in December 2007.

** Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.

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