2012's Top 17 Websites of the World
#4 Yahoo!
Website: www.yahoo.com
Global rank: 4
Last year's rank: 4
Global reach: 21.533%
Global page views: 1.3239%
Sites linking in to Yahoo: 1,787,700
The major internet portal and service provider, which is travelling through lot of catastrophes recently, is still the fourth most popular website of the world. It offers many things ranging from search results to customizable contents to chat rooms. The website has visitors from all over the world.
According to Alexa, 33% of visitors to the site come from the US, where it is ranked 4. The website is the number 1 in Taiwan. Compared with internet averages, the site's audience tends to be users who browse from school and home.
#3 YouTube
Website: www.youtube.com
Global rank: 3
Last year's rank: 3
Global reach: 32.698%
Global page views: 4.0823%
Sites linking in to YouTube: 3,198,073
YouTube, the world’s favorite video viewing destination is the third most popular website. No matter in which corner of the world they are, people shoot and upload videos to this Google owned service. The website has been online for more than seven years.
According to Alexa, roughly 21% of visitors to the site come from the US.
