Lake Forest, IL: boats.com has announced its manufacturers' rankings for March based on the most popular consumer searches by brands, new and pre-owned, on boats.com the marine industry's number one online marketplace.

Commenting on the rankings Paul Rabe, President, CEO and co-founder, boats.com Inc. said "The number of page views we serve on boats.com Inc. has almost doubled to over 60 million a month compared to the same period last year. As the traffic increases on our site these rankings become more reflective of the consumers need for information and the products they are looking at".

The boats.com Top 20 list is published monthly and reflects traffic data on all manufacturers and models available on boats.com Inc.'s Net Access Program.

NetAccess is a program used by boat builders to link dealers and their full product range information via zip code locators to potential buyers researching boat products utilizing the boats.com, Inc websites (www.boats.com) and (www.yachtworld.com).

On the boats.com Power Top 20 List, New: Tracker retains 1st place while Lund remains in 2nd place with Lowe in 3rd. Tahoe moves up 4 places into 7th and Sun Tracker up 3 into 9th place. The three new entries this month are Malibu in 10th position, Starcraft in 17th and Sea Fox in at #19.

On the boats.com Power Top 20 List, Pre-Owned: No change in the top seven places, Sea Ray 1st, Bayliner 2nd, Wellcraft 3rd, Carver 4th, Chris-Craft 5th with Boston Whaler in 6th and Grady White in 7th place.

On the boats.com Sailing Top 20 List, New: Beneteau moves back into 1st place, Hinckley enters in 2nd and Hunter moves up into the 3rd spot. The other new entries this month are World Cat in 11th place, Topper in at 15th, CNB in 18th place and Dufour in 19th.

The boats.com Sailing Top 20 List, Pre-Owned: Catalina retains 1st place, with Hunter in 2nd and Beneteau in 3rd. Pearson in 4th place and C&C in 5th round out the top five.

In its ongoing campaign to grow boating, boats.com properties are expanding at a market leading pace. Current and potential boat owners visiting the boats.com properties view more than 50 million pages of boat listings, specifications and content related to boating every month. Such traffic to the Internet's leading boating properties is helping the industry broaden the awareness of boat brands and manufacturers, as evidenced by the Top 20 Lists, and enabling customers to find dealers selling new and pre-owned boats.

Following are the complete boats.com Top 20 lists. boats.com will update these proprietary lists monthly thus providing the industry with a snapshot of what's hot in the consumer's mind. boats.com Affiliates, Manufacturers and Dealers can tap into additional consumer activity that is updated in real time and which will help to illustrate coming trends in the market place.

The boats.com Power Top 20 List: New illustrates the real time data representing searches for new boat information on specific boat brands.

boats.com Power Top 20 List: New

1. Tracker
2. Lund
3. Lowe
4. Fisher
5. Glastron
6. Nitro
7. Tahoe
8. Crestliner
9. Sun Tracker
10. Malibu
11. Larson
12. Four Winns
13. Azimut
14. Grady White
15. Wellcraft
16. Ranger
17. Starcraft
18. Parker
19. Sea Fox
20. Seaswirl

The boats.com Top 20 Power List: Pre-Owned represents searches for pre-owned boat information and listings from dealers and brokers on specific boat brands. This data is driven by the presence of dealers and brokers in the market place.

boats.com Power Top 20 List: Pre-Owned

1. Sea Ray
2. Bayliner
3. Wellcraft
4. Carver
5. Chris-Craft
6. Boston Whaler
7. Grady White
8. Four Winns
9. Regal
10. Maxum
11. Silverton
12. Baja
13. Lund
14. Chaparral
15. Larson
16. Tracker
17. Bertram
18. Formula
19. Mako
20. Rinker

The boats.com Sailing Top 20 List: New illustrates real-time data representing searches for new boat information on specific boat brands. This data indicates that early participants in the boats.com website have already established a strong following.

boats.com Sailing Top 20 List: New

1. Beneteau
2. Hinckley
3. Hunter
4. Jeanneau
5. Laser
6. American Sail
7. X-Yachts
8. Cornish Crabbers
9. Northshore
10. Lagoon
11. World Cat
12. Leopard
13. Oyster
14. Corsair
15. Topper
16. Island Packet
17. Cabo Rico
18. CNB
19. Dufour
20. Catana

The boats.com Sailing Top 20 List: Pre-Owned represents searches for pre-owned boat information and listings from dealers and brokers on specific boat brands. This data is driven by the presence of dealers and brokers in the marketplace.

boats.com Power Top 20 List: Pre-Owned

1. Catalina
2. Hunter
3. Beneteau
4. Pearson
5. C&C
6. J Boats
7. Jeanneau
8. Morgan
9. CAL
10. O'Day
11. Cape Dory
12. Columbia
13. Irwin
14. Ericson
15. Tartan
16. Cheoy Lee
17. Bristol
18. Macgregor
19. Islander
20. Gulfstar

Written by: James Nolan
James Nolan is a former General Manager of YachtWorld.com and Boats.com. He has managed a number of well known companies including Autohelm, Barlow and Navtec. He has his own PR/marketing agency and writes a monthly column for Boating Business in the U.K.