ComScore Media Metrix AiM Ranks GameDAILY Top Video Game Website in Online Search for Games
According to comScore Media Metrix AiM, GameDAILY has the highest composition, within the Games category, of users who have searched for game information online.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) May 2, 2005 – GameDAILY, a leading video game media company, today announced
that comScore
Media Metrix, the industry-leading Internet audience measurement service, ranked
GameDAILY highest among users who search for games online. According to comScore
Media Metrix AiM, GameDAILY has the highest composition, within the Games category, of
users who have searched for game information online (with an index of 375 and a
composition of 31.6%). GameDAILY also reported that in Q1 2005, video game
downloads nearly doubled on the site, and visitors downloaded games and visited
gaming sites in record force.
"GameDAILY's continued development of our
site services and advertising products is clearly making us the preferred choice
for video game entertainment and information for the mainstream
game enthusiast," states Mark Friedler, chief executive officer. "We are
committed to building the premiere video game portal for the mainstream gamer,
giving consumers the most comprehensive video game information and entertainment
to support their buying decisions. In turn, we are making more meaningful
connections between gamers, publishers and leading consumer brands by delivering
the elusive 14-34 male audience."
GameDAILY.com is the first one-stop
resource for everyone interested in the game industry, from entertainment
enthusiasts to game industry professionals alike. The company operates websites
targeting video game entertainment and is staffed by over 20 editors, writers
and contributors. All of GameDAILY content will continue to be free including the
Gigex-powered game downloads. The GameDAILY consumer site reaches mainstream,
casual, core and hardcore gamers through an extensive syndication network of 100
affiliated sites and portals which includes content partners such as Earthlink,
Game Revolution, Game Trailers.com , Lycos Gamesville, Vibe and Yahoo! Games.
The popular GameDAILY Biz trade newsletter is available free at http://biz.GameDAILY.com
About GameDAILY
GameDAILY
is a leading video game media company that reaches over 6.8 million US
gamers each month through its destination site, http://www.GameDAILY.com, and
a network of over 100 affiliated sites and portals. Founded as Gigex, GameDAILY
has unrivaled experience promoting hundreds of major game titles for leading
publishers including Atari, Disney, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, TakeTwo, THQ,
UbiSoft, Vivendi Universal and others. The GameDAILY newsletter is the leading
video game trade publication and is available at http://biz.GameDAILY.com. The
website is owned and operated by Gigex, Inc which was founded in 1995 and is
privately held with offices in San Francisco and New York City.
About
comScore Media Metrix
comScore Media Metrix, a
division of comScore Networks, provides industry-leading Internet audience
measurement services that report - with unmatched accuracy - details of online
media usage, visitor demographics and online buying power for the home, work and
university audiences across local U.S. markets and across the globe. comScore
Media Metrix continues the tradition of quality and innovation established by
its Media Metrix syndicated Internet ratings - long recognized as the currency
in online media measurement among financial analysts, advertising agencies,
publishers and marketers - while drawing upon comScore's advanced technologies
to address important new industry requirements. All comScore Media Metrix
syndicated ratings are based on industry-sanctioned sampling methodologies.
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