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CricInfo traffic hits new heights, and passes one billion CricInfo Press Release - 4 February 2000
For immediate release CricInfo, www.cricket.org, the global cricket website, delivered 87,883,956 page impressions for the period 1st - 31st January 2000. This record figure represents year-on-year growth of 118%, and a 13% increase on the December 1999 figure. The site passed the landmark 1,000,000,000 total page impressions during December 1999. These figures come at a time when CricInfo is supplementing its management team, with a number of key significant commercial, marketing and operational appointments now made. Former Compaq Internet Solutions Architect Hillary Corney joins as Chief Technical Officer following a period at Computer Science Corporation, and Andrew Hall, previously Client Services Manager at the Press Association, joins as Marketing Manager. Simon King, CEO of CricInfo Ltd, said "This figure is particularly impressive in the light of high-profile advertising campaigns from general sports sites. It is a testament to the loyalty of our users, and to the unique content that the site offers. Our new appointments are of the highest-calibre, and should ensure that we build rapidly on this success." Notes to editors About CricInfo CricInfo Ltd. is the world's leading digital cricket publisher. CricInfo's web site, www.cricket.org, is the most popular cricket site in the world and the Internet's most popular single-sport site, reaching more than eight million fans in 180 countries. CricInfo works with cricket boards and cricket organisations, blue chip companies and the media to deliver cricket content for a wide range of different platforms. Among CricInfo's recent initiatives are Baggy Green www.baggygreen.com, a joint-venture with the Australian Cricket Board and NineMSN, which was launched in September 1999, and has quickly established itself as Australia's leading sports site. CricInfo was the only media organisation to provide live coverage of January's Under 19 World Cup in Sri Lanka, with a team of 12 providing live scores and commentary direct from the grounds. In the UK, CricInfo builds and manages www.channel4.com/cricinfo, the site that accompanies Channel 4's broadcast coverage. CricInfo produces CricInfo365, the free daily email newsletter, which has more than 150,000 subscribers, making it the world's most popular cricket subscription publication. More than 50,000 people have participated in cricket fantasy games on www.cricket.org in the last year. For further information, please contact: Andrew Hall, Marketing Manager, CricInfo Ltd. Telephone: 01249 700721 Email: andrew.hall@cricinfo.com
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