Hitwise: NBC.com Had Highest Traffic Of Network Web Sites

NBC had the top traffic among network Web sites for the week ending Nov. 8, according to monitoring service Hitwise.

NBC.com claimed a 29.39% share of visits to broadcast network Web sites, followed by PBS.org with 21.78%; ABC.go.com with 27.41%; CBS.com with 20.75%; Fox (an aggregation of several sties) at 13.32%; The CW with 8.35%; and MyNetworkTV at .78%..

The top show site was NBC's Deal Or No Deal (7.28%). Dancing With the Stars was second with 6.08% of traffic, up from third place the week before.

Rounding out the top five show sites were Heroes at 5.54%; America's Most Wanted at 4.84%, and The Office at 4.56%.

Hitwise bases its numbers on a sample of over 10 million Internet users.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.