With the holidays and the celebration of the New Year, visits to e-card sites jumped 171% to 5.5 mln visitors, making it the top-gaining category for the month. Retail site categories also experienced strong growth, including the Jewelry/Luxury Goods/Accessories category (up 34% to 1.6 mln visitors) and toys (up 25% to 2.1 mln visitors) as people searched for holiday gifts. Teen sites also experienced a surge in traffic in December 2007, up 57% to 2.4 mln visitors for the month, due in large part to increased activity at Disney.co.jp.
November 2007 | December 2007 | Growth, YTY | |
Total Audience | 54,153 | 54,348 | 0 |
e-cards | 2,028 | 5,505 | 171 |
Teens | 1,544 | 2,427 | 57 |
Pharmacy | 295 | 419 | 42 |
Jewelry/Luxury | 1,168 | 1,562 | 34 |
Toys | 1,665 | 2,089 | 25 |
Source: comScore |