Net newbie.Broadcaster.com, the recently launched online entertainment content community, is already ranked 156 among online entertainment communities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , 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. Web site tracking service Alexa. That's a long way from Yahoo, MySpace.com or Google, but still a good showing for a Net newbie A first-time user. A newbie may be a novice in anything; using a computer, a video game, a particular operating system, the Internet, etc. Also called a "newb," "noob" or "nub." (jargon) newbie . The site, launched in November, also posted an 88 percent month-over-month increase in the number of monthly 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. , which grew from 13.5 million in December to 25.4 million in January, according to Google Analytics Google Analytics (GA) is a free service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to a website. Its main highlight is that a webmaster can optimize his/her AdWords advertisement and marketing campaigns through the use of GA's analysis of where the . The free entertainment site allows users to create, view and organize original rich-media content using a variety of applications. Broadcaster's library includes full-length movies, music videos, news feeds, original and proprietary content, and the company says it is pursuing content licenses from major movie studios, cable and television networks and music labels. Broadcaster Inc. is headquartered in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , and the company stock is traded over-the-counter. International Microcomputer Software Inc. acquired the company from an investor group last year and changed its name to Broadcaster Inc. The company reported revenue of $3.15 million last quarter, down from $4.64 million the previous quarter, and posted net losses of $3.97 million, widening the previous quarter's $1.96 million loss. Staff reporter Anne Riley-Katz can be reached at ariley-katz@labusinessjournal.com or at (323) 549-5225, ext. 225. |
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