Leading Digital Media Intelligence Provider comScore Ranks GodTube.com as #1 Fastest Growing Website on comScore Media Metrix Top 1000 Web Properties
September 18, 2007: 07:00 AM EST
DALLAS, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, the leading digital media intelligence provider, today ranked the new website GodTube.com the #1 fastest growing U.S. web property for the month of August in its ranking of the Top 1000 Web Properties. GodTube.com showed 973% month-on-month growth in August -- the first month in which the site was officially launched -- according to comScore. Close on the heels of its August 8th launch, GodTube.com attracted 1.7 million unique U.S. visitors in August, placing GodTube.com on its Top 1000 Web Properties list for the first time.
"The fact that GodTube.com, a faith-based website, has been named the #1 fastest growing website, surpassing all mainstream secular websites, marks a major milestone," said Chris Wyatt, CEO and Founder. "GodTube.com's success is proof positive that Jesus 2.0 is the wave of the future. Our entire culture is becoming internet focused. Today, people use the internet to search for practically everything they need in life -- Why not their faith?"
GodTube.com deployed an advanced Content Delivery Network from Limelight Networks Inc. to help provide the best possible viewing and downloading experience for its ever-growing community of users across the globe.
"Consumer demand for all types of media content via the internet is expanding exponentially," David Hatfield, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Services and Marketing at Limelight Networks. "By leveraging our CDN and Web-based management and reporting metrics, GodTube is able to keep track of progress, monitor usage and activity, all the while focusing on giving its user base what it wants without worrying about the delivery infrastructure."
An instant success, GodTube.com has rapidly become the fastest-growing website in the mainstream market. GodTube.com has experienced explosive growth and is currently attracting more than 3 million unique visitors per month. GodTube.com has pioneered the formation of a virtual church community online and has successfully connected with millions of people seeking a new way to experience their faith. Broadcasting over 800,000 hours of video, GodTube.com has becomes a true online community where users can upload, share, watch and comment. With more than 20,000 videos offering a diverse array of content ranging from humorous youth-oriented videos to powerful testimonials, GodTube.com is attracting people of all ages and backgrounds.
About GodTube
GodTube.com is an online community delivering user-generated videos on a diverse array of topics, ranging from comedy to powerful personal testimonials, musical performances to sermons. GodTube.com has become one of the leading online destinations as well as one of the largest providers of Christian programming in the world.
The management team of GodTube.com brings together Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Wyatt (former Executive Producer at CBS), Chief Marketing Officer, Dr. Mike Miller (CEO, NavPress and former Executive Pastor, First Baptist Church of Dallas), Chief Financial Officer, Lloyd Chartrand (former CEO of Mentura, Inc.), and Chief Information Officer, Michael Riddell (former EVP of New Product Development at Spark Networks). GodTube.com is supported by various investors, including Norm Miller, Chairman of Interstate Batteries. For more information, please visit www.godtube.com
About comScore
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