WEB SITES – AUSTRALIA

News adds racing site to stable

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 21 : 6-Oct-16

Media giant News Corp Australia will increase its exposure to the wagering industry with the acquisition of punters.com.au. The website features horse racing news and a free digital form guide, and boasts some 375,000 unique visitors each month. The British division of News Corporation established a wagering joint venture with Tabcorp earlier in 2016.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, PUNTERS.COM.AU, SUNBETS, TABCORP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TAH

eBay is Australia’s top shopping website but OzBargain’s community forum is the fastest growing

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Sep-16

More Australians than ever are shopping online. A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 7.8 million Australians aged 14+ visited eBay in an average four weeks in the 12 months to June 2016 – more than double its nearest competitor Amazon (3.8 million). Kogan.com and Groupon reach just over 1.3 million visitors each. OzBargain is Australia’s fastest-growing shopping-related website, now with 948,000 unique monthly visitors.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, EBAY AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND PTY LTD, AMAZON.COM INCORPORATED, KOGAN.COM LIMITED – ASX KGN, GROUPON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, SCOOPON.COM.AU PTY LTD, CATCH-OF-THE-DAY.COM.AU, OZBARGAIN, LIVINGSOCIAL, DEALSDIRECT.COM.AU PTY LTD, GRAYSONLINE AUCTIONEERS, CUDO PTY LTD, DEALS.COM.AU PTY LTD, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, LASOO PTY LTD, SPREETS PTY LTD

Census battle to convince millions

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Original article by Primrose Riordan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 12-Aug-16

The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ census website was accessible again on 11 August 2016, after being shut down for 40 hours due to a denial of service attack. It is estimated that about 2.3 million households have completed the census form to date, but the Federal Government requires at least 10 million households to do so in order for the census to be "statistically significant". Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has blamed the ABS and IT giant IBM for the census website’s failure.

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, IBM AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Zomato makes a meal of Melbourne, but Sydney’s foodies don’t yet have the appetite

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Aug-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 5.3 per cent of Australians aged 14+ (1,046,000 people) visited the Zomato restaurant review website in an average four weeks during the year to March 2016. Visitation to Zomato is highest in Melbourne (8.9 per cent), Canberra (7.8 per cent) and Perth (7.5 per cent). Brisbane’s appetite is spot-on average (5.3 per cent), just ahead of Adelaide’s (5.0 per cent). However, just 4.0 per cent of Sydneysiders visit Zomato, the lowest rate of all mainland capitals.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, ZOMATO, URBAN SPOON PTY LTD, EATABILITY PTY LTD

Realestate.com.au still leads with 4.5m visitors vs 3.2m going to Domain – but 2.2m Australians use both

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 7-Jul-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 28 per cent of Australians aged 14+ (or 5.5 million people) used the website or app of Domain or Realestate.com.au in an average four weeks during the year to March 2016. About 4.5 million visited Realestate.com.au via website or app and 3.2 million visited Domain, while almost 2.2 million (11 per cent) accessed both property sites. The survey also shows that the Realestate.com.au website gets 4.3 million unique visitors in an average four weeks, ahead of almost 3.1 million for Domain. Meanwhile, a combined 1.5 million Australians use the app for either or both, including 1.2 million tapping into Realestate.com.au and 700,000 into Domain on their mobiles or tablets.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, REALESTATE.COM.AU, DOMAIN.COM.AU, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ

SEEK invests in online sidekick for temp staff

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 37 : 4-Jul-16

Australian-listed SEEK has acquired a stake in Sidekicker, a start-up that enables businesses to hire temporary staff at short notice. The online marketplace was founded in 2012, and now offers a database of some 3,000 temporary workers. SEEK’s Michael Ilczynski stresses that the types of positions that are advertised on Sidekicker are rarely advertised on his company’s website.

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SEEK LIMITED – ASX SEK, SIDEKICKER, NIMBLE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

Destination cyberspace: Australia’s most popular travel and tourism websites

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 21-Jun-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 13.7 per cent of Australians aged 14+ (2.7 million people) visited the Qantas website in an average four weeks during the year to March 2016. This was followed by the Booking.com and Jetstar websites, which each attracted 9.7 per cent of the population (or 1.9 million people) in an average four weeks. Besides the airlines and the Flight Centre website, the Top 15 travel websites are dominated by online-only businesses: mainly booking sites, but also News Corp-owned news.com.au/travel (5.3 per cent) and Fairfax-owned Traveller.com.au (3.8 per cent).

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, BOOKING.COM BV, JETSTAR AIRLINES PTY LTD, VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX VAH, TRIPADVISOR LLC, FLIGHT CENTRE TRAVEL GROUP LIMITED – ASX FLT, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, WOTIF.COM HOLDINGS LIMITED

LinkedIn pips Seek on total website visitor numbers, but job-seekers are yet to get networking

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 19-Apr-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 3,332,000 Australians aged 14+ (17 per cent) visited the LinkedIn website in an average four weeks in the year to December 2015 (up 60 per cent compared with 2012). Meanwhile, 3,197,000 visited Seek (up 28 per cent). Just over a million Australians visit both websites within the same four-week period, leaving each with over two million exclusive visitors. The survey also shows that 23 per cent of satisfied workers visit LinkedIn in an average month, while 17 per cent of them visit Seek. However, 36 per cent of dissatisfied workers visit Seek and 27 per cent visit LinkedIn.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, LINKEDIN LIMITED, SEEK LIMITED – ASX SEK, INDEED INCORPORATED, CAREERONE PTY LTD, MYCAREER.COM.AU, ADZUNA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ

Seasonal highs and lows of the Top 10 sports websites

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 8-Apr-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 31 per cent of Australians aged 14+ visited sports websites in an average four weeks during the year to December 2015. This ranged across rolling quarters from a peak of 34 per cent in June to August down to 29 per cent in October to December. The official AFL website is the most-visited sports website in Australia, with 1,457,000 visitors in an average four-week period in 2015. Monthly visitation peaked at 1,826,000 during the May-July quarter. The number two website is Fox Sports, which 1,043,000 Australians visited in an average four weeks in 2015, with visitation peaking from May to September.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, CRICKET AUSTRALIA, NINEMSN PTY LTD, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, ESPN CRICINFO, YAHOO!7 COMMUNICATIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Flying cross: most of each airline’s website visitors also check out one (or more) of their competitors

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 8-Mar-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 4.23 million Australians aged 14+ (22 per cent) visited one or more airline’s websites in an average four weeks during the year to December 2015. Some 2.73 million visit the Qantas website in an average four-week period, ahead of Jetstar (1.93m), Virgin Australia (1.87m) and Tiger (572,000). Visitors to the Qantas website are the most loyal: 45 per cent do not visit any other airline’s website, while 28 per cent will check out one other airline’s website and eight per cent visit all four. In contrast, just 19 per cent of visitors to the Tiger website do not visit any other airline’s website, while 38 per cent also check out every single one of its domestic competitors.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH CENTRE PTY LTD, QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, JETSTAR AIRLINES PTY LTD, VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX VAH, TIGER AIRWAYS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD