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Most Visited in June ? Microsoft Sites

A Web metrics firm said the most visitors from all over the world in June were attracted to the Microsoft`s Web sites, overcoming Google and Yahoo. However, Yahoo led all global properties in terms of page viewers (with 116 billion), followed by Google (84 billion) and Microsoft sites (75 billion). 713 million people 15 years old or older used the Web in June, with 21 percent coming from the United States, followed by 11 percent from China and 7 percent from Japan. Microsoft sites had the highest number of unique visitors with 500 million. Yahoo sites were second with 481 million and Google sites third with 454 million.

Bob Ivins, managing director for ComScore Europe, said in a statement: "The big three properties continue to aggregate the largest worldwide audiences, dominating the rankings. MSN, Yahoo and Google ranked as the top three respectively, each drawing more than 450 million visitors in June, approximately 200 million more than the next closest property."

While the three Web giants continued to rule, a couple of upstarts found their way into the top 15. Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia was ranked eighth with 128 million visitors, and social network MySpace was ranked 15 with 66 million visitors.