Monster India Traffic Grows 238%

New Delhi, Delhi, India , 2006-12-01

-- Traffic of Monsterindia.com (excluding JobsAhead.com, a property owned by Monster) surged by 238% in July-Sept 06 compared to the same period last year.

-- With more than 13,100 new resumes per day in Jul –Sept 06, Monsterindia.com acquired 62% more new resumes than the nearest competitor’s claimed new resume inflow.

-- Traffic growth driven by the highly successful marketing campaign launched in Apr 06 along with innovations in product & technology.

238% growth in traffic

Monster India announced today that the traffic on the flagship brand Monsterindia.com grew by more than 238 % in July-Sept 06 compared to the same period last year.

Delighted at the achievement, Vice President – Marketing, Dhruvakanth Shenoy stated: “The rapid growth in the traffic of Monster is a reflection of the growing preference towards Monster. Our new marketing campaign “Caught in the wrong job?”, launched in Apr 06, has been successful in driving rapid growth in the traffic, which in turn helps our employers find the right talent”.

62% more new resumes than the nearest competitor
During the quarter of July-Sept 06, Monsterindia.com (excluding JobsAhead) received almost 12.5 lakh new resumes (13,100 new resumes / day), which is 62% more than the nearest competitor’s claimed new resume inflow.

About Monster India:

Monster has been present in India since March 2001. Headquartered in Hyderabad, Monster is present in 7 other cities viz., Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.

Monster India launched a complete make over of the site in February 2006 through which Monster introduced a cutting edge search technology yielding very accurate search results. Monster also introduced Magic Search, a revolutionary and innovative search tool for the employers to enable accurate search for high quality resumes. Monster’s consumer advertising can be seen on all the prominent Indian Internet sites and also on Television.

About Monster Worldwide

Monster Worldwide, Inc. is the parent company of Monster(R), the leading global online careers and recruitment resource. Headquartered in New York with approximately 4,600 employees in 35 countries, Monster Worldwide (NASDAQ: MNST) is a member of the S&P; 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100. More information about Monster Worldwide is available at www.monsterworldwide.com.

About Monster

Monster(R) is the leading global online careers and recruitment resource. A division of Monster Worldwide, Monster works for everyone by connecting quality job seekers at all levels with leading employers across all industries. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Maynard, Mass., Monster has 34 local language and content sites in 32 countries worldwide.

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