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NetRatings’ measurement service for online media community
NEW YORK: NetRatings which provides Nielsen//NetRatings, the global standard for Internet audience measurement and analysis, has launched SiteCensus. This is a census-based site measurement service that arms marketers and sales teams with trusted third-party validation of web site circulation. SiteCensus provides a focused, site-centric approach to audience analysis, delivering detailed information for niche and local market research needs.
As part of the Nielsen//NetRatings family of Internet research services, SiteCensus addresses the emerging business needs of media companies, content publishers and other Internet companies with in-depth measurements of key metrics, including visitors, page views, time spent and site demographics. SiteCensus expands the Nielsen//NetRatings product line by providing an intelligent solution for companies that are looking for comprehensive data and research metrics about their own sites or network of sites. The service sets a new standard for small Web site audience reporting through the following benefits:
— It provides focused and detailed research analysis for sites with smaller audience sizes
— In addition, it complements the Nielsen//NetRatings NetView Random Digit Dial measurement service and supplements larger size Web sites with different levels of site-centric analysis.
— Offers complete Web site total network circulation, reporting on data for content area audiences — within a site or network of sites.
— It justifies ad rates by showing prospects how client Web sites reach specific demographics.
— It tracks a site’s entire audience, including traffic from wireless and hand-held devices, Internet appliances, shared home and office computers, university PCs, as well as public terminals including libraries and Internet cafes.
An official release informs that the service’s census-based measurements are provided through a page-tagging system. When encoded in any Web site page, the tag provides an accurate and direct count of every page view and visitor, while also selecting and surveying a representative sample of the audience.
Nielsen//NetRatings created SiteCensus in partnership with SelectMetrics a technology research and development company that creates advanced online audience measurement technologies.
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YES Bank hands the keys to SBI veteran Vinay Tonse as it bets on a new era
Former SBI managing director appointed as YES Bank’s new MD and CEO
MUMBAI: YES Bank is done rebuilding. Now it wants to grow. The private sector lender has appointed Vinay Muralidhar Tonse as managing director and chief executive officer-designate, with RBI approval secured and a start date of April 6, 2026 confirmed. The three-year term signals the bank’s intent to shift gears from crisis recovery to full-throttle expansion.
Tonse, 60, is no stranger to scale. Most recently managing director at State Bank of India, he oversaw a retail book of roughly $800bn in deposits and advances, one of the largest in the country. Before that, he ran SBI Mutual Fund from August 2020 to December 2022, a stint that saw assets under management surge from Rs 4.32 lakh crore to Rs 7.32 lakh crore across market cycles. Add stints in Singapore and four years leading SBI’s overseas operations in Osaka, and the incoming chief arrives with a genuinely global CV.
His academic grounding is equally solid: a commerce degree from St Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bengaluru, and a master’s in commerce from Bangalore University.
The appointment follows an extensive search and evaluation process by the bank’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee. NRC chairperson Nandita Gurjar said the committee unanimously backed Tonse, citing his leadership track record, governance credentials and ability to drive the bank’s next phase of transformation.
Non-executive chairman Rama Subramaniam Gandhi was unequivocal. “I am certain that Vinay Tonse, with his vast experience as a senior banker, will propel YES Bank to its next phase of growth,” Gandhi said, adding that the bank remains focused on strengthening its retail and corporate banking franchises and expanding its branch network.
Rajeev Kannan, non-executive director and senior executive at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, the bank’s largest shareholder, said Tonse’s experience across retail, corporate banking, global markets and asset management positioned him well to lead the lender. SMBC said it looks forward to working with Tonse and the board as YES Bank pursues its ambition of becoming a top-tier private sector lender anchored in strong governance and sustainable growth.
Tonse succeeds Prashant Kumar, who took the helm in March 2020 when YES Bank was in freefall following a severe financial crisis, and spent six years painstakingly stabilising the institution, rebuilding governance and restoring operational scale. Gandhi was generous: “The bank remains indebted to Prashant Kumar, who is responsible for much of what a strong financial powerhouse YES Bank is today.”
Tonse, for his part, struck a purposeful note. “Together with the board and my colleagues, I remain deeply committed to creating long-term value for all our stakeholders,” he said, pledging to build on Kumar’s foundation guided by his personal motto: Make A Difference.
Beyond the balance sheet, Tonse played cricket at college and club level and represented Karnataka in archery at the national championships — sports he credits with teaching him teamwork, situational leadership, discipline and focus. In quieter moments, he reaches for retro Kannada music, classic Hindi songs, and the crooning of Engelbert Humperdinck, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar.
YES Bank has its steady-handed rebuilder in Kumar to thank for survival. Now it has a scale-obsessed growth banker at the wheel. The next chapter starts April 6.
