The Austrian Start-Up is also taking lead in Germany: in March 2009, http://www.123people.de was first measured by the German Bureau of Audit Circulations (IVW) and recorded 8,4 Million visits.
Vienna, May 5th 2009: The people search http://www.123people.de reaches 8,4 Million Visits and nearly 25 Million Page Impressions (PIs).
Astonishing start for 123people.de! 8.361.233 Visits on http://www.123people.de generated 24.776.552 Page Impressions, according to the IVW announcement for March 2009 – an very promising start for http://www.123people.de the german offshoot of Austria based people search 123people.com, which was measured for the first time in the German market in March 2009.
Since starting in winter 2008 – which was the most successful launch of a website in the history of Austrian Internet, according to the Internet Service Provider Austria (ISPA) – the European people search hit top marks.
The initiators are very positive about the good start: „We have been online for about a year now, it was the right time to enter the German IVW after having joined the ÖWA (Austrian Web Analysys) for the Austrian presence ( http://www.123people.at ) a few months back. Right now, we reach more than 15 Million Unique Clients per month – with this number, we are the largest people search engine in Europe, probably even worldwide“, Russell E. Perry, CEO of 123people, explains.
Users receive high quality results when using 123people.com – important and relevant data such as online phone directories, social networks and online databases are integrated into the search results. http://www.123people.com gathers information only by searching publicly available online content and displays it in a easy to read way. The search results include e-mail adresses, telephone numbers, images, videos, social network profiles from communities such as Xing, Facebook or Twitter, results from search engines, postal adresses and much more.
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About 123people
123people operates local people search in 7 countries: www.123people.com (US), www.123people.de (GER), www.123people.es (ES), www.123people.fr (FR), www.123people.at (AT), www.123people.ch (CH), www.123people.co.uk (UK). 123people fundamentally improves the quality of people search on the Web. www.123people.com locates publicly available people-related information on the Web and aggregates results in a slick and structured user interface. Aside from globally accessible databases and networks, www.123people.com also searches country-specific Web sites.