Yahoo sites remain as top Internet property in March

Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) Inc.'s family of Web sites continued to lead as the top Internet property in March, with 139.5 million visitors, followed by Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) sites with 137.5 million visitors and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) sites with 121 million visitors, according to results released Monday by comScore Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR)

Overall, March saw traffic increase to online radio, gambling and retail-health care sites, comScore said.

'American sports factored in prominently for the top gaining categories and properties in March,' said Jack Flanagan, executive vice president of comScore
Media Metrix, in a news release. 'The NCAA tournament drove substantial traffic to online gambling sites during the month, while the start of spring training made MLB.com one of the top gaining properties. Both events also contributed to
ESPN.com's surge in the top properties rankings.'
ESPN.com is owned by Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DCQ) (NYSE:DIS)

Shares of Yahoo fell 34 cents to $27.99, Google shares dipped $6.90 to $450.60, Microsoft shares fell 26 cents to $28.06, and Disney shares lost 16 cents to $30.02.

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