The last week saw some remarkable developments taking place in 123Greetings.com. It all started with a comScore Media Metrix announcement revealing that, for the second year in a row, 123Greetings.com featured in their Top 10 gaining properties in December, 2007. In fact, in terms of total unique visitors, 123Greetings.com is among the top 250 properties on the Internet. We are the only ecard company in the world at this level, both in worldwide traffic and unique visitors. We’re pretty proud of that.
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| comScore Top 10 Gaining Properties by Percentage Change in Unique Visitors* (U.S.)December 2007 vs. November 2007Total U.S. Home, Work and University Internet UsersSource: comScore Media Metrix | ||||
| Total Unique Visitors (000) | ||||
| Nov-07 | Dec-07 | % Change | Rank by Unique Visitors | |
| Total Internet : Total Audience | 182,362 | 183,619 | 1 | N/A |
| OfficeMax | 5,687 | 15,339 | 170 | 59 |
| JibJab Media | 1,718 | 4,404 | 156 | 239 |
| Intuit | 3,154 | 7,096 | 125 | 140 |
| FrontierNet.net | 4,037 | 8,028 | 99 | 122 |
| Visa | 2,833 | 5,196 | 83 | 195 |
| Buzznet | 3,100 | 4,973 | 60 | 210 |
| DicksSportingGoods.com | 3,493 | 5,093 | 46 | 205 |
| 123Greetings.com | 3,659 | 5,116 | 40 | 202 |
| Infospace Network | 3,727 | 5,151 | 38 | 197 |
| Pronto.com | 5,489 | 7,505 | 37 | 131 |
*Ranking based on the top 250 properties in December 2007
http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2000
Series A Funding Secured From Intel CapitalThis was followed by another big piece of news from the business world. Intel Capital finalized the Series A investment in 123Greetings.com. The investment fund will be used to support product launches, sales and marketing, and expansion of infrastructure worldwide. http://www.intel.com/capital/news/releases/080117.htm