iWon Jumps To The 8th Most Visited Site On The Internet - Topped Only By Yahoo.com, Microsoft And AOL Properties
Destination Portal Ranks as Number One Site People Return to During the Month
Irvington, NY, October 24, 2000 - iWon (www.iwon.com), one of the fastest growing sites in the history of the Internet and the leading loyalty-based portal, today announced that it is the 8th most visited site on the Internet -- exceeded only by Yahoo.com, Microsoft properties and AOL properties (Media Metrix, week of October 15, 2000). Additionally, iWon ranks as the number one site out of the top fifty on the Internet that people return to over the course of the month, topping Yahoo, AOL, Excite, and all other portals (Media Metrix, September 2000).
iWon also remains one of the "stickiest" sites on the Internet. Three criteria for measuring stickiness on the Internet are visits, pages viewed and time spent on site. iWon consistently ranks among the top three sites on the Internet in each of these key measures of stickiness. Other sites regularly occupying the top three spots include Yahoo! and eBay (Nielsen Net//Ratings, week of October 15, 2000).
"It is extraordinarily gratifying to be the number eight site on the Internet at only one year old," commented Bill Daugherty, iWon Founder and co-CEO. "On a week-to-week basis we are exchanging top spots with such long-standing portals as AOL, MSN, and Yahoo."
"Since our October 1999 launch, we have continued to focus on building the best search engine on the Web and evolving our product on a daily basis for our users," said Jonas Steinman, iWon Founder and co-CEO. "The metrics clearly demonstrate that iWon's unique combination of information and entertainment has struck a cord with Internet users."
About iWon
Launched a little more than a year ago, iWon is currently the fifth most trafficked site on the Internet (Media Metrix, September 2000). iWon is also ranked #1 in user site and feature satisfaction among the leading search engines and portal sites (NPD Search and Portal Tracking Study). iWon provides users with world-class content and functionality from leading partners such as Associated Press, CBS, Inktomi, CBS MarketWatch, Standard & Poor's Comstock, Reuters, TheStreet.com, Travelocity, and WeatherNews Inc.
As an added incentive, iWon gives away to users $10,000 every day, 30 prizes of $1,000 every week, $1 million every month and $10 million on Tax Day. By simply using the site to search the Web, check email, go shopping, read the news, or perform other regular Internet activities, iWon users earn entries with practically every click. Through the 3-tiered "Refer-A-Friend" program, iWon users will also earn cash prizes, up to $1 million, if someone in their referral network wins a Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Annual prize. To date iWon has given away more than $27 million in cash prizes.
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