The Web at 25 in the U.S.
The overall verdict: The internet has been a plus for society and an especially good thing for individual users
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The overall verdict: The internet has been a plus for society and an especially good thing for individual users
The Pew Internet Project recently updated our top three Latest Trends charts: Who’s Online, Internet Activities, and Daily Internet Activities.
Online banking is holding steady as a mainstream internet activity, growing along with internet use generally, though not accelerating as have some other forms of online activities.
A profile of those who say they have sampled porn online.
OK, so a high-stakes financial decision faces a big group of consumers. Most experienced Internet users might say, “So what, I got a great deal on my car last year based on Web research…”
Pew Internet Project surveys tracked a 164% increase in online banking and a 90% increase in travel purchases between 2000 and 2002. Convenience and cost savings were the top reasons cited by Internet users who have switched to online banking.
85% of American Internet users have ever used an online search engine to find information on the Web and 29% of Internet users rely on a search engine on a typical day. Only the act of sending or reading email outranks search-engine queries as an on…
The “Love Bug” virus, which interrupted online life in many places around the world in the first week of May 2000, afflicted a surprisingly small number of American Internet users.
Women surge online and are even more enthusiastic than men about the way email improves their connections and increases their communication with key family members and friends
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