Traffic Climbs, And So Does Apple.com's Ranking

Afte r a steep drop last week, Apple experienced an equally sharp climb back into the number two spot on the PC Data Top 10 Hardware Sites list. After dropping below the magically 1 million visitor mark last week, Apple again drew over 1 million visitors and finished second only to Compaqis 1.5 million visitors. The rest of the Top 10 remained mostly in tact, with Dell, HP, Gateway, IBM, Intel, and Sun carrying over from last week. This weekis lone newcomer was 3Com, who has been on this list before. Surprisingly, however, 3Comis presence led to Outpostis absence. Outpost.com had been a mainstay on the Top 10 list for the last few months.

This Week

Last Week

Hardware

% of Total Web Audience Reached

Unique Users (000)

1
2
compaq.com
1.7
1,568
2
5
apple.com
1.2
1,134
3
1
dell.com
1.2
1,083
4
4
hp.com
1.1
1,013
5
3
gateway.com
0.9
817
6
6
egghead.com
0.5
485
7
7
ibm.com
0.5
466
8
8
intel.com
0.4
393
9
*
3com.com
0.4
333
10
9
sun.com
0.3
286