E-Commerce Law: E-Commerce Law Briefs: Weeks of July 9, 2007 and July 16, 2007

E-Commerce Law Briefs: Weeks of July 9, 2007 and July 16, 2007

Though it may not be authoritative enough to cite in school or in court, Wikipedia is increasingly relied upon by the average Internet user. According to NetRatings, Wikipedia has added 20 million unique visitors this year and is now the Internet’s top news and information resource.

(Link: Wikipedia tops net ratings at AustralianIT)

With the increasing importance of online video, the number of page views to a particular website is becoming a much less meaningful measure of website popularity. Thus, NetRatings has announced that it will stop ranking sites by page views but will instead measure how long visitors spend on those websites.

(Link: Web Rankings to Focus on Time Spent at Sites at The Wall Street Journal Online (subscription required to view full article))

E-Commerce Law Briefs is a weekly feature appearing each Friday afternoon on E-Commerce Law. Each week, E-Commerce Law Briefs will provide a brief summary and commentary on recent legal news affecting e-commerce businesses.