Comscore Releases Top French Web Rankings for August 2008

Olympics Drives Traffic to Sports Sites, while Facebook.com Breaks into the

Top 25 Most Popular Sites in France

PARIS, France, October 2, 2008 –Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its August rankings of the largest and fastest-growing Internet properties and site categories in France based on data from the Comscore World Metrix audience measurement service.

The month saw an 18-percent increase in visitation to the sports category, as France focused its attention on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Other site categories achieving gains included religion, lotto/sweepstakes, photos and consumer goods. Facebook.com broke into the top 25 properties for the first time in August, growing 12 percent over July to 6.3 million visitors.

Top Gaining Site Categories in France for August 2008

Top 10 Gaining Site Categories by Number of French Unique Visitors
August 2008 vs. July 2008
Total France, Age 15+ - Home and Work Locations*
Source: Comscore World Metrix

Property

Total Unique Visitors (000)

Jul-2008

Aug-2008

% Change

Total Internet : Total Audience

31,842

32,227

1%

Sports

9,518

11,238

18%

Religion

723

853

18%

Lotto/Sweepstakes

1,838

2,004

9%

Photos

10,215

10,890

7%

Consumer Goods

5,567

5,928

6%

Instant Messengers

17,192

18,111

5%

Car Rental

2,659

2,796

5%

Financial Information/Advice

8,440

8,772

4%

Flowers/Gifts/Greetings

2,313

2,402

4%

Social Networking

17,806

18,395

3%

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

Top Gaining Properties in France for August 2008

Top 10 Gaining Properties by Number of French Unique Visitors*
August 2008 vs. July 2008
Total France, Age 15+ - Home and Work Locations**
Source: Comscore World Metrix

Property

Total Unique Visitors (000)

Jul-2008

Aug-2008

% Change

Total Internet : Total Audience

31,842

32,227

1%

Francaise des Jeux

1,445

1,882

30%

Groupe Amaury

3,000

3,704

23%

Spil Games

1,488

1,788

20%

DEEZER.COM

3,054

3,514

15%

United Online, Inc

1,376

1,545

12%

FACEBOOK.COM

5,636

6,311

12%

TOUTELATELE.COM

1,512

1,676

11%

PAROLES.NET

1,554

1,714

10%

Caisse d'Epargne

2,761

3,035

10%

Apple Inc.

4,907

5,319

8%

*Ranking based on the top 100 French properties in August 2008.

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

Top 25 Properties in France for August 2008

Top 25 Properties by Number of French Unique Visitors*
August 2008 vs. July 2008
Total France, Age 15+ - Home and Work Locations**
Source: Comscore World Metrix

Aug-08 Rank

Jul-08 Rank

Property

Total Unique Visitors (000) Aug-08

N/A

N/A

Total Internet : Total Audience

32,227

1

1

Google Sites

25,205

2

2

Microsoft Sites

22,701

3

3

Orange Sites

15,907

4

8

Yahoo! Sites

11,995

5

7

eBay

11,970

6

5

Iliad/Free.fr Sites

11,754

7

6

Groupe Pages Jaunes

11,486

8

9

Groupe Lagardere

11,048

9

10

Skyrock Network

10,872

10

4

Groupe PPR

10,451

11

11

Groupe PriceMinister

9,053

12

12

Wikimedia Foundation Sites

8,950

13

15

Groupe TF1

8,921

14

13

DAILYMOTION.COM

8,627

15

14

Benchmark Group

8,048

16

17

Groupe M6

7,868

17

16

COMMENTCAMARCHE.NET

7,773

18

19

Otto Gruppe

7,272

19

20

NextRadio TV

7,109

20

22

Lycos Europe Sites

6,957

21

24

Credit Agricole

6,879

22

18

AOL LLC

6,754

23

21

Groupe Spir Communication

6,689

24

28

FACEBOOK.COM

6,311

25

23

Bestofmedia Group

6,125

*Ranking based on the top 100 French properties in August 2008.

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

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Ayaan Mohamud
Comscore, Inc.
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