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Top 25 Web sites in Europe
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Unique Visitors per Month
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Description
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1. Yahoo
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9,005,000 |
Yahoo and all its local European language sites provide B2B services and audio and video streaming, plus free e-mail and chat and message boards.
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2. MSN
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7,307,000 |
MSN aims to be the "Everyday Website" by making the Internet a natural part of the user's life. MSN.com lets users customize information from the Web: free Internet access, e-mail, instant messaging, and chat and message boards.
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3. AOL
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6,386,000 |
ISP, instant messaging, chat rooms, reference, news, and entertainment.
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4. Microsoft
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6,312,000 |
Microsoft's corporate Website: product information, customer service, software downloads, recent press coverage, and employment opportunities.
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5. T-Online
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6,078,000 |
Deutsche Telekom's ISP and Internet portal Website, T-Online.de provides the usual mix of online search capabilities; chat rooms; and community, reference, shopping, and news channels.
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6. Lycos
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6,014,000 |
About to be acquired by Spain's Terra Networks for $12 billion, Lycos offers free Net access and services from shopping to travel info.
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7. AltaVista
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3,257,000 |
Provides free Internet access, e-mail, and a highly regarded search engine. Also features a finance channel as well as B2B.
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8. Freeserve.co.uk
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3,109,000 |
Europe's first free ISP offers e-mail and free space for your own Website. This British portal has business, news, career, and entertainment channels.
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9. Netscape
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2,845,000 |
Portal site with free search, e-mail, B2C and B2B services, online communities, and 17 Web channels.
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10. Real.com
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2,415,000 |
Real Networks' software allows users to send and receive audio, video, and other multimedia services online.
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11. Amazon
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2,364,000 |
The Internet's first true superstore, with the "Earth's biggest selection."
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12. Passport
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2,234,000 |
Owned by Microsoft, this site makes online purchasing easier, faster, and more secure by giving users a single sign-in name and password.
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13. Excite
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2,140,000 |
Available via Palm, wireless phone, and PC, this portal has free e-mail, home pages, a search engine, shopping, and online auctions.
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14. Tripod
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1,914,000 |
In partnership with Lycos.com, this user-friendly site lets you build your own Web page for free. Tripod will then host the site for you.
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15. Xoom
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1,811,000 |
Another popular portal, Xoom features free home pages, chat rooms, message boards, html, e-mail, greeting cards, and downloadable software.
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16. Wanadoo
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1,786,000 |
France Telecom's ISP and portal provides community resources and reference, news, and entertainment functions. So what do you Wanadoo?
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17. Demon
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1,775,000 |
British-based ISP and portal features Web hosting and e-commerce, news, sports, entertainment, finance, and shopping channels.
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18. BBC
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1,712,000 |
Best of Britain's beloved "Beeb" comes to the Web. BBC online includes news, education, and BBC television and radio program-related sites.
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19. Come.to
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1,644,000 |
The "Internet identity company" will allow you to rent a catchy URL to boost traffic to your Website.
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20. ICQ
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1,410,000 |
"I Seek You" features chat and message boards, Web search and navigation tools, software downloads, and lifestyle and news channels.
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21. Web.de
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1,354,000 |
One of Germany's largest Internet portals, it includes online communities, instant messaging, free e-mail, and search tools.
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22. Go.com
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1,323,000 |
Owned by Disney, this portal features news and reference channels with partners ABC.com, ABCNews.com, ESPN.com, and Disney.com.
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23. Multimania
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1,323,000 |
France's user-friendly Internet portal provides free e-mail, chat, and all the normal portal stuff.
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24. Virgin
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1,281,000 |
Richard Branson Inc. hits the Web. Visitors can book flights on Virgin Atlantic, listen to Virgin Radio, watch V2 Music, or plan a Virgin holiday.
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25. WindowsMedia
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1,203,000 |
WindowsMedia is MSN's audio-video Website, which features software downloads as well as broadband audio and video.
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