Popularity of Tom's Hardware, Tom's Guide and Tom's Games Continue to Surge Worldwide
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Bestofmedia Group, one of the world's leading online media publishing companies for technology, consumer electronics and computer gaming, reports significant increases in online traffic worldwide. The number of unique visitors has doubled in the United States. (Source: XiTi, Dec. 2008 compared to Dec. 2007).
Bestofmedia Group online brands include Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com), Tom's Guide (www.tomsguide.com, www.computing.net), Tom's Games (www.tomsgames.com), and other leading web publications. During the past 12 months, the company has been expanding its premium content and services to readers. In addition to offering consumer-focused content, Bestofmedia Group has expanded into providing technology business content for the IT professional on both Tom's Hardware and Tom's Guide. Tom's Guide, which has grown to 6.4 million unique visitors, now also offers free online IT technical support. On Tom's Games there are now over 5,000 online games that visitors can play for free.
"One of the major contributing factors for the phenomenal increase in unique visitors is our decision to extend our premium content offerings," said Antoine Boulin, CEO of Bestofmedia LLC, the US subsidiary of Bestofmedia Group. "These strategic decisions have proven to be successful in growing our audience."
In addition to the increase in unique visitors in the US, online traffic has also surged worldwide for Bestofmedia Group. The number of unique visitors has more than doubled in United Kingdom. There was a 60% increase in Germany, 50% increase in Italy and 10% increase in France (Source: XiTi, Dec. 2008 compared to Dec. 2007).
About Bestofmedia Group (www.bestofmedia.com/us/)
Bestofmedia Group (www.bestofmedia.com/us/) is one of the top-three online media publishing companies for technology in the world with over 30 million readers a month. It is the publisher of Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com), Tom's Guide (www.tomsguide.com), Tom's Games (www.tomsgames.com) and other leading web publications. Bestofmedia Group provides real-time technology product reviews, forums, news, technical support, and information to millions of IT professionals, technology decision makers, business executives, consumers, corporate buyers, industry analysts, tech enthusiasts and purchasing influencers. Bestofmedia LLC is headquartered in Culver City, California and is owned by Bestofmedia Group.
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