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    College Searching Online

    The majority of teens and nearly half of online adults use the internet to search for colleges or schools.

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    Search Queries About Social Security

    A recent PIP report found that on any given day 38 million Americans consult a search engine. So it stands to reason that, as the national debate about Social Security continues, internet users may turn to search engines for links to sites that m…

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    Men, Women, and Money

    Our November 2004 telephone survey brought some interesting data about women, men, and financial activities online.

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    What people do online

    An overview of our findings about who’s online and what they do on the Web.

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    Search Engine Users

    Internet users are very happy with their experiences searching the internet, but many are naive about how they search and the results they find.

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    Weather Watchers

    Chances are, if you’re reading this post, you’ve used the internet to track the weather at one time or another in your online life.

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    Prescription Drugs Online

    One in four Americans has used the internet to look for information about prescription drugs. Other topics covered: prescription drugs purchases online; drug-related spam.

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    Clinical Trials? Old News to E-Patients

    Medical journal editors are grabbing headlines this week for demanding a registry of clinical trials, but in fact, they are just catching up to savvy e-patients who have been asking for the same thing for years.