May 21, 1998

In 3MR:

HotWired Seeing Paltry Portion of Web Traffic

Internet World reported this week that Wired Digital -- which includes HotBot, HotWired, Wired News and other assorted sites -- had 5.9 million unique visitors in April. The search engine HotBot had 5.2 million alone, leaving a tiny 700K visitors among the rest of the sites. This doesn't bode well for HotWired, which has "become primarily a 'how-to' center for Web developers," according to the article. With HotBot getting the lion's share of traffic (and advertiser attention), that could leave other Wired Digital properties in also-ran status.