LoopNet Reaffirmed by Five Leading Online Traffic Monitoring Services as the #1 Commercial Real Estate Marketplace
29 Septembre 2009 - 5:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
- Five Independent Services Report LoopNet Generated 6 To 11 Times
The Unique Visitor Traffic of Its Nearest Competitor in August - -
Google Analytics Reports LoopNet Received More Than 5.1 Million
Unique Visitors In The Last 3 Months - SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LoopNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOOP), which
operates the largest online commercial real estate marketplace,
remains the clear leader in online visitor traffic among commercial
property marketing and information services web sites, according to
reports from five leading Internet traffic measurement services. In
addition, Google Analytics reports that LoopNet.com had more than
5.1 million unique visitors between June 2009 and August 2009,
representing growth of more than 11% compared to the same period in
2008. In the month of August alone, Google Analytics reported,
LoopNet.com had more than 2.04 million unique visitors, an increase
of more than 13% versus the same month last year. For the month
ending August, the five leading traffic monitoring services all
reported LoopNet with a substantial traffic lead relative to
competing web sites: -- comScore: LoopNet #1 with 6.1 times the
traffic of nearest competitor -- Compete: LoopNet #1 with 6.9 times
the traffic of nearest competitor -- Alexa: LoopNet #1 with 6.9
times the traffic of nearest competitor -- Hitwise: LoopNet #1 with
10.1 times the traffic of nearest competitor -- Quantcast: LoopNet
#1 with 11.6 times the traffic of nearest competitor "The facts are
clear," said Thomas Byrne, LoopNet's President and Chief Operating
Officer. "LoopNet is far and away the #1 online commercial real
estate marketplace. For our members, who seek to market commercial
real estate for sale and for lease, LoopNet delivers unparalleled
exposure for their available properties." LoopNet invites
commercial real estate market participants to visit publicly
available sites like Quantcast.com or Compete.com and run the
traffic comparison for themselves. The LoopNet marketplace,
available at http://www.loopnet.com/, covers all commercial
property categories, including office, industrial, retail,
multifamily (apartment properties for sale), hotel, land, specialty
properties, investment properties and businesses for sale. At the
end of June 2009, the LoopNet marketplace featured more than $495
billion of property available for sale and 6.1 billion square feet
of space for lease. About LoopNet LoopNet, Inc. is the leading
online marketplace for commercial real estate and businesses for
sale in the United States. The LoopNet.com online marketplace
enables commercial real estate agents, working on behalf of
property owners and landlords, to list properties for sale or for
lease by submitting detailed property listing information in order
to find a buyer or tenant. Commercial real estate brokers, agents,
buyers and tenants use the LoopNet online marketplace to search for
available property listings that meet their commercial real estate
criteria. By connecting the sources of commercial real estate
supply and demand in an efficient manner, LoopNet enables
commercial real estate participants to initiate and complete
transactions more cost-effectively. LoopNet also delivers
technology and information services to commercial real estate
organizations to manage their online listing presence and optimize
property marketing. LoopNet customers include virtually all of the
top commercial real estate firms in the U.S., including CB Richard
Ellis, Century 21 Commercial, Coldwell Banker Commercial, Colliers
International, The CORE Network, Cushman & Wakefield, First
Industrial Realty Trust, Grubb & Ellis, Jones Lang LaSalle, Lee
& Associates, Lincoln Property Company, Marcus & Millichap,
NAI Global, ONCOR International, ProLogis, Prudential CRES, RE/MAX,
Sperry Van Ness, Staubach Retail and TCN Worldwide. Forward-Looking
Statements This release contains forward-looking statements
regarding LoopNet's online commercial marketplace, visitor traffic,
our customers, our strategic alliances, the continuing adoption of
the Internet to market and search for commercial real estate and
the value we provide to our members. These statements are based on
current information and expectations that are inherently subject to
change and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual
events or results might differ materially from those in any
forward-looking statement due to various factors, including, but
not limited to, economic events or trends in the commercial real
estate market or in general, our ability to introduce new or
upgraded products or services and customer acceptance of such
services, our ability to integrate service partners into our
systems and platforms, our service partners' ability to expand and
manage growth, our ability to continue to attract unique visitors
to our web site, our ability to continue to attract new registered
members, convert them into Premium Members and retain such Premium
Members, our ability to obtain or retain listings from commercial
real estate brokers, agents and property owners, competition from
current or future companies, our ability to receive timely and
accurate sales data from our partners, seasonality and our ability
to manage our growth. Additional information concerning factors
that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from
those in any forward-looking statement is contained in our filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Copies of
filings made by us with the SEC are available on the SEC's web site
or at http://investor.loopnet.com/sec.cfm. LoopNet does not intend
to update the forward-looking statements included in this press
release that are based on information available to us as of the
date of this release. For more information contact: Cary Brazeman,
310-205-3590 DATASOURCE: LoopNet, Inc. CONTACT: Cary Brazeman,
+1-310-205-3590, Web Site: http://www.loopnet.com/
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