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Hitwise has released election online traffic results that show Yahoo News was the most visited Web site overall among the news and political Web sites grabbing  .72 percent of all U.S. visits representing a 55 percent increase on election day.

CNN.com was the most visited TV network Web site receiving .61 percent of all U.S. Internet visits. CNN.com's visits increased 146 percent on Tuesday compared to Monday. MSNBC.com was the second most visited Web site receiving .40 percent of Internet visits and seeing a 122 percent increase in traffic.

MySpace and Facebook both had a 6 percent increase in traffic on Election Day versus Monday. Twitter Election 2008's visits increased 1100 percent and Twitter.com's traffic increased by 43 percent on Election Day.

Barack Obama's Web site received a 6 percent increase in visits Tuesday, while visits to John McCain's Web site dipped 18 percent.

Google News saw a 58 percent increase on Election Day, while foxnews.com spiked 73 percent and the drudgereport.com increased 29 percent.

Yahoo News Top Web Site On Election Day

 

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CNN.com was the most visited

CNN.com was the most visited TV network Web site receiving .61 percent of all U.S. Internet visits. CNN.com's visits increased 146 percent on Tuesday compared to Monday. MSNBC.com was the second most visited Web site receiving .40 percent of Internet visits and seeing a 122 percent increase in traffic.

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