ABCNEWS.com, the Fastest Growing News Site On the Web, Experiences a Traffic Surge On Election Day, Tuesday, November 3.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1998--ABCNEWS.com experienced a traffic surge on Tuesday, November 3, Election Day. ABCNEWS.com received nearly four million impressions (page views), nearly 750,000 visits and nearly 600,000 unique users. Early indications show traffic today will exceed yesterday's. "Our mission on Election Day was to provide our users credible, accurate, timely information that was useful and accessible," said Katherine Dillon, Vice President and General Manager, ABCNEWS.com. "Clearly, our traffic indicates that users took advantage of ABCNEWS.com's comprehensive election coverage and continue to make ABCNEWS.com the fastest growing news site on the Web." The following is the ABCNEWS.com traffic breakdown for Tuesday, November 3: -0-
Tuesday, Daily Averages Percentage increase
November 3 (as of 10/25/98) over daily averages
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Impressions: 4 million 2 million 100%
(page views)
Visits: 750,000 500,000 50%
Users: 600,000 400,000 50%
-0- ABCNEWS.com 1998 Election Coverage included extensive interactive databases, live audio and video from around the country, in-depth analysis and reporting, and a host of live auditorium events throughout the evening. ABCNEWS.com conducted several live chats with ABC News
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