CBSSports.com, a leading Internet sports media service and part of
CBS Interactive, announced that according to the September
traffic data from Nielsen//NetRatings, CBSSports.com has again led all
major sports sites* in visits per person and time per person. September
marks the sixth consecutive month that CBSSports.com has led all major
sports sites in those two consumption metrics.
"The dream audience for an Internet advertiser is one that is highly
engaged," said Jason Kint, Senior Vice President and General Manager of
CBSSports.com. "As these numbers indicate, CBSSports.com users visit
our content more often and for longer periods than any other major
sports site on the web. CBSSports.com had been delivering this coveted
audience for quite a while now, a testament to our talented writers,
original video productions and superior fantasy games."
Loyalty Metrics for September 2007
(Nielsen//NetRatings home and work panel, September 2007)
-- Visits per Person: CBSSports.com led all major sports sites with 10.33
Visits per Person (VPP). The next closest competitor had 7.71 VPP
while the average VPP of all the major sports sites, excluding
CBSSports.com was 5.6.
-- Time per Person: CBSSports.com led all major sports sites with one
hour and 36 minutes of Time per Person (TPP). The next closest
competitor had 52 minutes of TPP while the average TPP of all the
major sports sites, excluding CBSSports.com was 35 minutes.
*For purposes of this release, "major sports sites" include
ESPN.com, FoxSports.com, SI.com, Yahoo Sports, AOL Sports, MLB.com and
NFL.com
Not only are CBSSports.com users more loyal, but the multi-platform
CBS Sports brand is seeing growth in all areas. Since rebranding the
service CBSSports.com this past August, users to the site have
increased a healthy 27% - the highest growth rate among major sports
sites over the past month, excluding the obvious seasonal bump
associated with NFL.com. Kint attributes the growth to superior NFL and
College Football coverage along with better integration with CBS Sports
Mobile and TV platforms.
Traffic to the CBS Sports Mobile Web site (wap.cbssports.com) is also starting to see tremendous growth.
CBS Sports Mobile Web Growth Statistics
Total page views increased by 275% in Q3 (July-September) '07 vs. Q3 '06
-- Q3 2006: 10,730,735
-- Q3 2007: 29,471,212
Total unique visitors increased by 280% in September '07 vs. September '06
-- September 2006: 808,994
-- September 2007: 2,264,927
Year-to-date '06 vs. '07 page views is up 197%
-- YTD 2006: 21,038,229
-- YTD 2007: 62,459,584
(Source: Omniture)