http://bit.ly/rmAT44 (PRWEB) May 2, 2005 San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 2, 2005 – GameDAILY, a leading video game media company, today announced that comScore Media Metrix, the industry-leading Internet audience measurement service, ranked GameDAILY highest among users who search for games online. According to comScore Media Metrix AiM, GameDAILY has the highest composition, within the Games category, of users who have searched for game information online (with an index of 375 and a composition of 31.6%). GameDAILY also reported that in Q1 2005, video game downloads nearly doubled on the site, and visitors downloaded games and visited gaming sites in record force.
"GameDAILY's continued development of our site services and advertising products is clearly making us the preferred choice for video game entertainment and information for the mainstream game enthusiast," states Mark Friedler, chief executive officer. "We are committed to building the premiere video game portal for the mainstream gamer, giving consumers the most comprehensive video game information and entertainment to support their buying decisions. In turn, we are making more meaningful connections between gamers, publishers and leading consumer brands by delivering the elusive 14-34 male audience."
GameDAILY.com is the first one-stop resource for everyone interested in the game industry, from entertainment enthusiasts to game industry professionals alike. The company operates websites targeting video game entertainment and is staffed by over 20 editors, writers and contributors. All of GameDAILY content will continue to be free including the Gigex-powered game downloads. The GameDAILY consumer site reaches mainstream, casual, core and hardcore gamers through an extensive syndication network of 100 affiliated sites and portals which includes content partners such as Earthlink, Game Revolution, Game Trailers.com , Lycos Gamesville, Vibe and Yahoo! Games. The popular GameDAILY Biz trade newsletter is available free at http://bit.ly/pNVdVu

About GameDAILY
GameDAILY is a leading video game media company that reaches over 6.8 million US gamers each month through its destination site, http://http://bit.ly/5XWYub , and a network of over 100 affiliated sites and portals. Founded as Gigex, GameDAILY has unrivaled experience promoting hundreds of major game titles for leading publishers including Atari, Disney, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, TakeTwo, THQ, UbiSoft, Vivendi Universal and others. The GameDAILY newsletter is the leading video game trade publication and is available at http://bit.ly/pNVdVu. The website is owned and operated by Gigex, Inc which was founded in 1995 and is privately held with offices in San Francisco and New York City.
About comScore Media Metrix
comScore Media Metrix, a division of comScore Networks, provides industry-leading Internet audience measurement services that report - with unmatched accuracy - details of online media usage, visitor demographics and online buying power for the home, work and university audiences across local U.S. markets and across the globe. comScore Media Metrix continues the tradition of quality and innovation established by its Media Metrix syndicated Internet ratings - long recognized as the currency in online media measurement among financial analysts, advertising agencies, publishers and marketers - while drawing upon comScore's advanced technologies to address important new industry requirements. All comScore Media Metrix syndicated ratings are based on industry-sanctioned sampling methodologies.
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