Rankings of Top Web Properties released

There were 772 million people online worldwide in May, and the most visited webpages are administrated by Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, according to a study of comScore, Info-Prim Neo reports. In April there were 766 million people online, representing a 16 percent penetration of the worldwide population of individuals aged 15 or older. The ranking excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs. Google continues to lead as the most popular property, reaching almost 70 percent of Internet users or 536 million persons. Both Google and the second-leading property, Microsoft, increased their number of unique visitors by two percent from April to May. The top three properties each boasted more than 20 average visits per visitor in May: Google with 27, Microsoft with 23, and Yahoo! with 22. Microsoft had in May about 520 million unique visitors, while in May they were 528 million. Yahoo! had over 469 million unique visitors in May, being followed in the ranking by Time Warner Network with about 266 million unique visitors in April and May.