April 13th, 2000

[3:00 PM] Apple Sees 1.4 Million Unique Visitors To Web Site Last Week by Staff Apple has once again claimed the top spot in PC Data's Top 10 Hardware Sites rankings. Apple gives a strong showing this weak claiming 2% of the total web audience with some 1.4 million visitors, far ahead of second place Compaq. We also see a couple of new players in the ranks this week. Outpost.com is out (somewhat surprisingly), and googlegear.com is in. The rest of the Top 10 is comprised of the usual suspects jockeying for position. The rankings according to PC Data: Week Ending 4/8/2000 This Week Last Week Hardware Sites % of Total Web Audience Reached Unique Users (000) 1. 1. apple.com 2.0% 1,441 2. 2. compaq.com 1.6% 1,104 3. 4. dell.com 1.3% 944 4. 6. hp.com 1.2% 864 5. 5. egghead.com 1.0% 732 6. 3. gateway.com 0.9% 667 7. 9. ibm.com 0.7% 500 8. 7. googlegear.com 0.6% 399 9. * Intel.com 0.5% 327 10. * ecost.com 0.4% 259 The Mac Observer Spin: This is a strong showing for Apple representing the biggest week since we started reporting these results. Apple's iTools are a big hit that have produced sticky visitors, a prized possession in the Web market. Apple - PC Data