200 New Armenian Websites Registered on Circle.am

In February 2010, there were 8.75 million visits and 45.6 million page views in websites registered on Circle.am, an Armenian web sources rating system, according to a study called Internet in Armenia and jointly prepared by Circle.am and B24.am website.

According to the study, the growth rate of internet visits in Armenian web sources registered last autumn were maintained this year, which the authors of the study say is mainly accounted for by seasonal spurt of visits and by the growth in the internet retail market.

Compared to the summer, according to the study, there is a 30-35% worldwide growth in internet visits during the winter months.

Since April 2009, the number of websites registered in Circle.am has increased by 200, of which only 20% has had a significant impact upon the overall number of internet visits.

In February 2010, 1.2 million visits have been registered in these 200 new websites, and they have brought about a 35% growth in internet visits.