#1 Auto News Website on the Net:
The Auto Channel
1 April 2000
PC Data Research Confirms TACH as BEST OF BREED
Auto Central - Top9.com, a web ranking and search directory, has named
THE AUTO CHANNEL.com as the Internet's most popular and heavily visited
automotive news website for the month of March, 2000. This is the second time
in four months that TACH has attained the number one position on the Top9
list: THE AUTO CHANNEL was also at the top in December, third place in January,
and second in February.
The #1 ranking put TACH ahead of all the automotive community's most
recognizable names. The final results, in order, are: TheAutoChannel.com,
CarandDriver.com, Auto.com, MotorTrend.com, PopularMechanics.com, RoadandTrack.com,
YTMag.com, AutomobileMag.com, and AutoRevista.com.
The list, with complete research and methodology information, can be found
at http://www.top9.com/automotive/auto_news.html. Top 9's popularity
directories are compiled and based upon information received by PC Data
Online, one of the leading statistical and research firms. For additional
details, visit PC Data Online at http://www.pcdataonline.com.
"The Top 9 ranking again confirms our position as the Internet's best
automotive information resource, and the Internet users' overwhelming
satisfaction with our presentation style and scope of content. We're very,
very proud to be thought of, and considered ahead of, all those other great
automotive media outlets", said Bob Gordon, THE AUTO CHANNEL's president
and CEO. "This has been a terrific year for receiving accolades", Gordon
added. "Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine called us the Internet's Best Auto
Racing website; Robertson Stephens' eAuto Internet commerce report cited us
as the number five automotive research entity in the world; and we've
consistently placed near the top of the Hot100.com survey of the most
popular automotive websites in the world."
The entire TACH Internetwork can be accessed at http://www.theautochannel.com.
Other more direct points of entry to some of THE AUTO CHANNEL's specific
sections are:
New Car Information - http://www.newcarbuyersguide.com
Used Car Price Guide - http://www.usedcarbuyersguide.com
Streaming Media Library - http://www.theautochannel.com/media/
New Car Showroom - http://www.theautochannel.com/vehicles/new/showroom/images/showroomicon.jpg
4 Car Compar-a-graph - http://www.theautochannel.com/db/comparagraph.html?DB
Auto Aftermarket - http://www.aftermarketbusiness.com
Off Road - http://www.outdoorwire.com
In total, THE AUTO CHANNEL offers:
· Over 300,000 pages of Information
· 16 Searchable Databases & Price Guides
· 2,500 New Vehicle Reviews - text, video & audio
· 4,000 Streaming Video Programs
· 6,000 Streaming Audio Programs
· Nearly 50,000 Archived News Stories
· Live Internet TV & Radio Broadcasts
THE AUTO CHANNEL and TACH are trademarks of The Auto Channel, Inc., all
rights reserved.