MEDIA-I: Webstats - Yahoo popularity dominates sites

<p>Internet giant Yahoo continued to take the lead as the most popular </p><p>site among internet users in Hong Kong and Singapore, according to </p><p>findings by research company, NFO World Group - Hong Kong. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Following its acquisition of Taiwan portal Kimo.com, it also dominated </p><p>the Taiwanese market, visited by six out of 10 web browsers - three </p><p>times as many as its closest competitors. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Portal HongKong.com took the second place in the SAR, followed by news </p><p>website AppleDaily.com. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>In Taiwan, local site Yam.com.tw took second place, followed by </p><p>Yahoo.com.tw, suggesting users there preferred localised content. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>In mainland China, top websites varied according to major cities. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>In Guangzhou, 163.com was the most popular site, while Sina.com led the </p><p>Shanghai market and Sohu.com was found to be the most popular portal in </p><p>Beijing. All three were visited by just under half of all web users. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>TOP 5 WEBSITES VISITED </p><p>HONG KONG % SINGAPORE % TAIWAN % </p><p>Yahoo.com 25 Yahoo.com 24 Kimo.com 60 </p><p>HongKong.com 7 Yahoo.com.sg 20 Yam.com.tw 20 </p><p>AppleDaily.com.hk 4 Hotmail.com 14 Yahoo.com.tw 16 </p><p>Netvigator.com 8 Singnet.com.sg 7 Hinet.net 9 </p><p>Hotmail.com 5 Singtel.com/ 5 Sina.com.tw 6 </p><p> Asiaone.com/ </p><p>Guangzhou % Shanghai % Beijing % </p><p>163.com 44 Sina.com.cn 47 Sohu.com 43 </p><p>21CN.com 30 Sohu.com 31 Sina.com.cn 25 </p><p>Sohu.com 25 Eastday.com/ 25 Chinaren.com 16 </p><p> 163.com / 263.net </p><p>Sina.com.cn/ 21 China.com/ 16 163.com 14 </p><p>Chinaren.com Yahoo.com </p><p>China.com/ 19 Chinaren.com 6 FM365.com 13 </p><p>163.net / FM365.com </p><p><BR><BR> </p>