Another Picture-Perfect Month for PhotoPoint.com.Business Editors Spring Internet World 2000 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2000 Internet's Largest Photo-Sharing Community Enjoys Enormous Growth, Climbing Past Fortune 500 Names, According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Report Released by Media Metrix Solidifying so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. its position as the world's largest free photo-sharing Web site, PhotoPoint.com today announced record-breaking figures from Media Metrix Inc. Already a Media Metrix top 500 Digital Media Website, PhotoPoint attracted 1,453,000 unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. in February (most recent data), increasing its traffic by 41 percent since December, and making it the most-visited photo-sharing Web site in existence. Benefiting from the explosive growth of digital photography and an enthusiastic market looking to the Internet to share, distribute and view photos online, PhotoPoint now hosts more than 8 million photos and receives more than 60,000 new photos per day for posting. The latest data from Media Metrix also ranks PhotoPoint.com (in terms of unique visitors) ahead of some of the Web's most recognizable brand names and Fortune 500 companies, a remarkable accomplishment since PhotoPoint is less than 2 years old. These include Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , ameritrade.com, etoys.com, hotjobs.com, playboy Playboy monthly magazine renowned for nude photographs. [Am. Pop. Cult.: Misc.] See : Eroticism .com and staples staples U-shaped stainless steel or vitallium units with sharp points used for surgical fixation. epiphyseal staples used to staple epiphysis to metaphysis; have metal bracing at the corners. .com. "PhotoPoint's steady rise to the top of the photo-sharing food chain is in some ways no surprise," said Ron Tussy, principal analyst at Imerge Consulting Group LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a market research firm. "Its emergence ahead of some of the world's most-respected companies and brands is a testament to the rapid growth of online photo sharing Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others (whether publicly or privately). This functionality is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images. . PhotoPoint.com is emblematic em·blem·at·ic or em·blem·at·i·cal adj. Of, relating to, or serving as an emblem; symbolic. [French emblématique, from Medieval Latin embl of what online 'communities' are all about, and its wide range of services with solid industry partners furthers its viral Meaning "related or caused by a virus," with regard to computers and information technology, the term refers less to a computer virus than it does to information that spreads quickly via the Internet. See viral marketing and viral video. popularity." "It means a lot to have Media Metrix confirm our explosive growth," said David Rowley, president of PhotoPoint. "This validates the fact that sharing stories online through images is the 'next big thing'; we've only scratched the surface of what's possible." Media Metrix, the leader and pioneer in Internet and Digital Media measurement, is the industry's source for the most comprehensive, reliable, and timely audience ratings, e-commerce, advertising and technology measurement services. The Media Metrix 500 ranks the top 500 Digital Media sites, including Commercial Online Services, Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , e-commerce and other ad-supported sites and applications that attract the most "unique" visitors(a) over the course of one month. PhotoPoint.com earned national attention recently, after announcing it will award $1 million to the person who submits the world's best photo to its "Million Dollar Moment" photo contest, which ends April 2. The award will be handed out live on network television May 11. Information about the contest can be obtained at www.photopoint.com/gomillion/pc_main.html. Photopoint.com will be exhibiting at Imagescape 2000 -- "E-Commerce and Imaging" at Spring Internet World on April 6. Information about this media breakfast can be obtained at www.infotrends-rgi.com/imagescape. About PhotoPoint PhotoPoint.com, a Media Metrix Top 500 Digital Media Site, is the Internet's largest free photo sharing community where members have showcased more than 8 million photos. The site features a uniquely easy way for anyone to post photos, add captions, organize them into albums and then send out e-mail announcements to share their albums with friends and family -- completely free of charge. PhotoPoint.com member services include a comprehensive members' photo gallery organized into Yahoo-style categories, an e-commerce store for buying digital products, a customized gift-buying partnership with iPrint.com, and a way to send "real" postcards via U.S. mail through a partnership with AmazingMail.com. The site also sports a popular "Photo of the Day" section, lists of the most popular albums, discussion forums and a chat room where individuals can discuss their photos and albums, and offers editorial content from an exclusive online partnership with Digital Camera Magazine. PhotoPoint launched in 1998 and has headquarters in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . NOTE: PhotoPoint, PhotoPoint.com and the PhotoPoint logo symbol are registered trademarks of PhotoPoint Corp. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners. (a) Total unique visitors -- the estimated number of total users who visited the Web site once in a given month. All unique visitors are unduplicated (only counted once). |
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