ABA Audited Website Rankings


Information Technology Websites Report - November 2009

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On average over 237,000 Australians visited sites in the Information Technology Category each day during November, which was slightly down from October with 5.5% less Unique Browsers visiting this category compared to the previous month. CNET Australia (+ 6.5%) and PC World (+6.6%) were the only sites in the top ten to defy the trend and show positive growth in November. GoodGearGuide had the most growth (+22.2%), moving up three places into the #16 position. Atomic MPC was the most engaging audited site in November with the highest average session duration of 5 min 37 secs.

Rank

Website Name

Audit Status

Publisher

Ave Daily
Unique
Browsers

Monthly
Unique
Browsers

UB
Change %

Page
Impressions

Frequency

Session
Duration

1

smh.com.au/technology/

Not Audited

Fairfax Digital

65727

983201

-6.12

2

news.com.au - Technology

Not Audited

News Digital Media

32856

552308

-10.42

3

theage.com.au/technology/

Not Audited

Fairfax Digital

32300

493289

-9.07

4

CNET Australia

 Audited

CBS Interactive

30371

698796

6.48

4396769

1.48

04:27

5

Gizmodo [Allure]

Not Audited

Allure Media Network

16426

289809

-19.87

6

ZDNet Australia

 Audited

CBS Interactive

15400

347952

-9.44

1182139

1.47

02:42

7

Australian IT

Not Audited

News Digital Media

11984

231850

-14.92

8

Lifehacker [Allure]

Not Audited

Allure Media Network

8415

150465

-19.99

9

TechRepublic

 Audited

CBS Interactive

7487

183104

-10.14

613126

1.32

02:29

10

PC World

 Audited

IDG Communications

6379

168710

6.56

583381

1.21

02:51

11

iTnews

 Audited

Haymarket Media

6298

111351

0.05

573993

1.99

03:31

12

PC Authority

 Audited

Haymarket Media

6029

145462

-7.97

552050

1.36

03:10

13

Smarthouse [4sqm]

 Audited

4Square Media

5612

142623

2.71

471705

1.29

03:00

14

itwire.com.au

Not Audited

Fairfax Digital

5290

114635

9.39

15

apcmag.com

Not Audited

ninemsn

4897

114169

-6.94

16

GoodGearGuide

 Audited

IDG Communications

4569

122125

22.2

424054

1.19

03:30

17

Atomic MPC

 Audited

Haymarket Media

4153

89693

-4.12

999663

1.89

05:37

18

Computerworld

 Audited

IDG Communications

4056

91034

0.16

231520

1.44

02:25

19

brisbanetimes/technology

Not Audited

Fairfax Digital

3636

74565

-23.07

20

ARN

 Audited

IDG Communications

2702

52028

-2.53

228097

1.85

02:45

21

BBC Technology

Not Audited

BBC

2225

32648

-5.24

 

 

 

22

Watoday.com.au/technology

Not Audited

Fairfax Digital

2184

46670

-15.04

 

 

 

23

xpmediacentre.com.au [PClk]

Not Audited

Xpmediacentre  Aust.

2032

45152

-2.33

 

 

 

24

CRN

 Audited

Haymarket Media

1907

37515

-5.9

139975

1.74

02:37

25

pcuser.com.au

Not Audited

ninemsn

1430

38787

-13.09

 

 

 

26

channelnews.com.au

Not Audited

4Square Media

835

13496

9.74

 

 

 

27

CIO

 Audited

IDG Communications

788

20256

-0.69

57809

1.26

03:01

28

TechWorld

 Audited

IDG Communications

759

21119

-6.26

37601

1.12

01:59

29

MIS Australia

 Audited

Fairfax Digital

457

8719

-24.84

28228

1.76

01:46

30

SC Magazine

 Audited

Haymarket Media

408

9724

-7.43

26883

1.34

03:18

Source: Nielsen Market Intelligence – Domestic Traffic, November 2009.

* Non-audited sites have not requested to be independently verified by the ABA for measurement rules compliance, therefore these sites appear in this ABA report with only indicative unaudited figures..


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