Top Web Properties For December 2006

comScore Networks, a digital measuring firm has released a report on the top Web properties for December, ranked by unique visitors and who the biggest gainers were for 2006. Worldwide Internet usage increased 10 percent from December 2005 to December 2006. In the search category the top three sites that have the largest global audience grew 9 percent. Google the number two site worldwide increased visitors to their site by 13 percent. "Google's popularity has been driven in part by its international appeal as well as the rapid uptake of some of Google's applications beyond traditional Web search," said Bob Ivins, managing director of comScore Europe. "Examples include the 40-percent year-over-year growth in visitors to Google Image Search, the 71-percent growth in visitors to Gmail, and the 62-percent growth in visitors to Google Maps." Both Microsoft and Yahoo sites grew 5 percent worldwide in 2006. Microsoft sites held the top position with Yahoo ranking third. Multimedia was the leader in the top-gaining category in 2006 growing 37 percent followed by Community, which grew 33 percent. MySpace and murdok. Visit