Comments on: Apple tops hardware sites in May traffic

New iPhone buzz helps Apple's Web site draw more visitors in May than that of any other computer hardware manufacturer, with 55.7 million unique viewers, according to Nielsen.

[fourthletter]

The only hardware IBM build is for business use like servers why are they on the list ? or should it have said Lenovo ?

[randygrenier]

I wonder how the number of hits on web sites translates into purchases and actual revenue.

[myles taylor]

That's a good question since Apple doesn't get money from ads. However, they spent an hour and 14 minutes on the site on average, so I'd guess that at least some of that was shopping and not just random people visiting and then leaving.

[myles taylor]

That's a lot of visitors. I'm curious to follow this for a few months and see how it goes after the buzz dies down.

[Sausagebiscuit]

LOL @ MagicJack

[Seaspray0]

You can count me as one of the magicjack visitors. I got one. $20 for a year and you get local and long distance. It's not perfect but it is economical. Among the detriments... to have phone service, you must have your computer on and be logged in with the magicjack application running (calls go to a voicemail they provide if your computer is off and get delivered to your email). I'd like to be able to run it as a service (meaning I wouldn't have to be logged on) or see a majicjack appliance (which doesn't require the computer at all) in the future. I do have a desktop which I keep running 24 x 7 so this isn't an issue for me, but it could be for others. The call quality is good on a high speed connection. I tried it on a minimum rated high speed connection with good results. I didn't hear an issue with sound but the other end did mention hearing a beeping on occasion. The only other issue I had was with an RDP session but I resolved that by adjusting the settings to leave the sound local in the RDP session.

It does what it advertises. I figured in the cost of electricity to run 24 x 7 on a desktop, $20/yr for the service, and then subtracted roughly $30/month charge for just basic service (not even counting the long distance). The savings are phenominal. Overall, I give it a good rating. If you want to laugh at it, then go ahead. I won't.

[AppleSuxLeo]

And still has only 2.2% worldwide market share.