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WWE(R) Dominates Leading Internet Search Engines in 2007
In a year where WrestleMania® 23 shattered
records and Raw®’s
15th anniversary special brought legends such as Hulk Hogan back to the
ring, World Wrestling Entertainment® has been
ranked among the top 10 Internet searches of 2007. On leading portals
AOL, Yahoo! and Lycos, WWE bested such household, Hollywood and sports
terms as Paris Hilton, Beyonce, Lindsay Lohan, Tiger Woods, NASCAR, MLB,
NFL, and NBA.
On AOL, WWE was the No. 1 most searched sports term, beating out all
other major sports leagues, the New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys and
others. WWE Superstar John Cena® was the No. 1
searched term among athletes, surpassing popular athletes David Beckham,
Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, Michael Vick, Michael Jordan and Derek
Jeter. Overall, WWE placed 10th among all AOL search terms.
On Yahoo!, WWE placed No. 2 on the site’s "Top
10 Searches in 2007,” behind Britney Spears.
On Lycos, WWE placed 10th among top search terms of 2007.
2007 has been a banner year for WWE with many great accomplishments
through successful partnerships with Google, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook,
IGN, Millions of Us, The Electronic Sheep Company and Gaia Online. This
year, WWE.com averaged the highest-ever trend for monthly unique
visitors per month with approximately 18 million, compared to 16 million
in 2006. The day after this year’s
Wrestlemania marked WWE.com’s highest one-day
page view total ever with 68 million, compared to only 31.6 million in
2006.*
*Source: Omniture
Additional information on World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
(NYSE: WWE) can be found at wwe.com
and corporate.wwe.com. For
information on our global activities, go to http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/.
Trademarks: All WWE programming,
talent names, images, likenesses, slogans, wrestling moves, and logos
are the exclusive property of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ECW is
a trademark of WWE Libraries, Inc. All other trademarks, logos and
copyrights are the property of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements: This
news release contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which
are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These risks and
uncertainties include the conditions of the markets for live events,
broadcast television, cable television, pay-per-view, Internet, feature
films, entertainment, professional sports, and licensed merchandise;
acceptance of the Company's brands, media and merchandise within those
markets; uncertainties relating to litigation; risks associated with
producing live events both domestically and internationally;
uncertainties associated with international markets; risks relating to
maintaining and renewing key agreements, including television
distribution agreements; and other risks and factors set forth from time
to time in Company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Actual results could differ materially from those currently expected or
anticipated. In addition to these risks and uncertainties, our dividend
is based on a number of factors, including our liquidity and historical
and projected cash flow, strategic plan, our financial results and
condition, contractual and legal restrictions on the payment of
dividends and such other factors as our board of directors may consider
relevant.
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