AlertSite Market Index

AlertSite Information Services Benchmarks


Week of Monday, 11/30/2009 through Sunday, 12/06/2009

Information Services
Response Time
Measures how quickly the home page is presented, in seconds.
 
RankSiteResponse
Time
Rank Last Week
1United Media1.36861
2OCLC1.74632
3Factiva2.59123
 Benchmark Average3.1624 
4Baker & Taylor3.79214
5Thomson Reuters6.31385

Elapsed time for all objects including images, JavaScript, Flash and third party objects. Collected from geographically dispersed locations and aggregated.

Information Services
Percent Available
Measures percent of time website is accessible by users.
 
RankSitePercent
Available
Rank Last Week
1Factiva100.001
1OCLC100.001
1Thomson Reuters100.001
1United Media100.001
 Benchmark Average99.99 
5Baker & Taylor99.955

Measure includes accessibility from multiple global locations. Complete page must be rendered in less than 60 seconds without error.

Information Services
Stability (Standard Deviation)
Measures consistency and uniformity of customer experience.
 
RankSiteStability(Standard Deviation)Rank Last Week
1United Media0.90691
2OCLC1.66842
3Factiva1.85243
 Benchmark Average2.9611 
4Baker & Taylor4.04604
5Thomson Reuters6.33185

Measures how widely spread are the response time values for the week. Websites should attempt to reach the lowest number possible here as an indicator of a more stable web site.