123people Takes Top Position In People Search

PR Log (Press Release) – May 07, 2009 – The Austrian Start-Up is also taking lead in Germany: in March 2009, http://www.123people.de was first measured by the German Bureau of Audit Circulations (IVW) and recorded 8,4 Million visits.

Vienna, May 5th 2009: The people search http://www.123people.de reaches 8,4 Million Visits and nearly 25 Million Page Impressions (PIs).


Astonishing start for 123people.de! 8.361.233 Visits on http://www.123people.de generated 24.776.552 Page Impressions, according to the IVW announcement for March 2009 – an very promising start for http://www.123people.de the german offshoot of Austria based people search 123people.com, which was measured for the first time in the German market in March 2009.
Since starting in winter 2008 - which was the most successful launch of a website in the history of Austrian Internet, according to the Internet Service Provider Austria (ISPA) – the European people search hit top marks.


The initiators are very positive about the good start: „We have been online for about a year now, it was the right time to enter the German IVW after having joined the ÖWA (Austrian Web Analysys) for the Austrian presence ( http://www.123people.at ) a few months back. Right now, we reach more than 15 Million Unique Clients per month – with this number, we are the largest people search engine in Europe, probably even worldwide“, Russell E. Perry, CEO of 123people, explains.


Users receive high quality results when using 123people.com – important and relevant data such as online phone directories, social networks and online databases are integrated into the search results. http://www.123people.com gathers information only by searching publicly available online content and displays it in a easy to read way. The search results include e-mail adresses, telephone numbers, images, videos, social network profiles from communities such as Xing, Facebook or Twitter, results from search engines, postal adresses and much more.


Find more Info about IVW at www.ivw.de or www.ifabc.org


About 123people
123people operates local people search in 7 countries: http://www.123people.com (US), http://www.123people.de (GER), http://www.123people.es (ES), www.123people.fr (FR), http://www.123people.at (AT), http://www.123people.ch (CH), http://www.123people.co.uk (UK). 123people fundamentally improves the quality of people search on the Web. www.123people.com locates publicly available people-related information on the Web and aggregates results in a slick and structured user interface. Aside from globally accessible databases and networks, www.123people.com also searches country-specific Web sites.