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  COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1"
  NOSHADE WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the
  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 4, 2002 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE WIDTH="17%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
  ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>NetRatings, Inc. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>0-27907</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>77-0461990</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"
  COLOR="#000000"><B>incorporation)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Commission File Number)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(IRS Employer</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Identification
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>890 Hillview Court, Suite 300</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000"><B>Milpitas, California</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>95035</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Zip Code)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
   </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>(408) 941-2900 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
  FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left">
  
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B></B><B><I>Item 5:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Events. </I></B><B></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">On November 4, 2002, the Conseil des March&eacute;s Financier, Paris France, issued a statement announcing that NetRatings, Inc.
  (&#147;<U>NetRatings</U>&#148;) had acquired 2,857,940 shares of NetValue, S.A., a French company traded on the &#147;Nouveau March&eacute;&#148; of the Euronext Paris exchange (&#147;<U>NetValue</U>&#148;) in the recently completed simplified
  all-cash take-over bid, which ended on October 28, 2002. The purchase price in the offer was &#128;2 per share . An English translation of the official French language announcement is attached as <U>Exhibit 99.1</U> hereto and is incorporated herein
  by reference. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">This offer followed NetRatings&#146; acquisition on August 5, 2002 of majority control of NetValue
  whereby NetRatings acquired an approximate 52 percent ownership position in NetValue through the direct purchase of 4,603,069 shares of common stock at &#128;2 per share. The payment for this initial transaction was made approximately 80 percent in
  cash, while the rest was paid in NetRatings&#146; common stock. The initial investment on August 5, 2002, combined with open market purchases for cash following that time, and the shares acquired in the simplified all-cash take-over bid, has
  resulted in NetRatings owning 8,011,463 shares of NetValue representing approximately 86% of the capital and 87.5% of the voting rights of NetValue. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000"><B></B><B><I>Item 7. </I></B><B></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><I>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits. </I></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Notice of Information and Decisions issued by the Conseil des March&eacute;s Financiers of France, dated November 4,
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  STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
  authorized. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="44%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">NETRATINGS, INC.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="2%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Date:</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="44%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">November 4, 2002</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="2%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">By:</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="44%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W<SMALL>ILLIAM</SMALL>
  P<SMALL>ULVER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="44%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">William Pulver</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><I>President and Chief
  Executive Officer</I></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><U>EXHIBIT INDEX</U> </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Notice of Information and Decisions issued by the Conseil des March&eacute;s Financiers of France, dated November 4,
  2002.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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text: Current Report on Form 8-K
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  Pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 4, 2002
  NetRatings, Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  0-27907
  77-0461990
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)
  (IRS Employer
  Identification
  No.)
  890 Hillview Court, Suite 300
  Milpitas, California
  95035
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
  (408) 941-2900
  (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  Item 5:    Other Events.
  On November 4, 2002, the Conseil des Marchés Financier, Paris France, issued a statement announcing that NetRatings, Inc.
  ("
  NetRatings
  ") had acquired 2,857,940 shares of NetValue, S.A., a French company traded on the "Nouveau Marché" of the Euronext Paris exchange ("
  NetValue
  ") in the recently completed simplified
  all-cash take-over bid, which ended on October 28, 2002. The purchase price in the offer was €2 per share . An English translation of the official French language announcement is attached as
  Exhibit 99.1
  hereto and is incorporated herein
  by reference.
  This offer followed NetRatings' acquisition on August 5, 2002 of majority control of NetValue
  whereby NetRatings acquired an approximate 52 percent ownership position in NetValue through the direct purchase of 4,603,069 shares of common stock at €2 per share. The payment for this initial transaction was made approximately 80 percent in
  cash, while the rest was paid in NetRatings' common stock. The initial investment on August 5, 2002, combined with open market purchases for cash following that time, and the shares acquired in the simplified all-cash take-over bid, has
  resulted in NetRatings owning 8,011,463 shares of NetValue representing approximately 86% of the capital and 87.5% of the voting rights of NetValue.
  Item 7.
  (c)  Exhibits.
  EXHIBIT
  DESCRIPTION
  99.1
  Notice of Information and Decisions issued by the Conseil des Marchés Financiers of France, dated November 4,
  2002.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
  authorized.
  NETRATINGS, INC.
  Date:
  November 4, 2002
  By:
  /s/    W
  ILLIAM
  P
  ULVER
  William Pulver
  President and Chief
  Executive Officer
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  EXHIBIT
  DESCRIPTION
  99.1
  Notice of Information and Decisions issued by the Conseil des Marchés Financiers of France, dated November 4,
  2002.