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Subject: Internet Growth Research
Category: Business and Money > eCommerce
Asked by: mattmcal-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 30 Jul 2002 00:51 PDT
Expires: 29 Aug 2002 00:51 PDT
Question ID: 46778
I need to back up the following statement with current research and
statistics from well-known data sources:

"The Internet is still growing.  More people sign up for Internet
access daily.  The amount of time spent using the Internet increases. 
New web sites continue to appear.  And current web sites continue to
evolve."

Please provide data with sources.
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Subject: Re: Internet Growth Research
Answered By: lot-ga on 30 Jul 2002 03:11 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello mattmcal-ga,
Here are some statistic links from well-known sources which back up
the statement that you have posted.


MORE PEOPLE:
Internet in Europe - May 2002 Netstatisica
( http://www.netstatistica.com/reports/europe/demographics/may2002/index.html
)
Evolution of non-English Speaking Population Online - Global Reach
( http://global-reach.biz/globstats/evol.html )
More Canadian households online - Jul 29 2002 nua.com
( http://www.nua.com/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905358218&rel=true )
More broadband connections in the US - Jul 24 2002 nua.com
( http://www.nua.com/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905358204&rel=true )
US Internet traffic set to grow - Jul 24 2002 nua.com
( http://www.nua.com/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905358201&rel=true )
Broadband to be big in Latin America Jul 26 2002 - nua.com
( http://www.nua.com/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905358214&rel=true )
Asia to experience rise in users and revenues - Jul 26 2002 nua.com
http://www.nua.com/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905358211&rel=true

MORE TIME:
European’s time spent online increases by up to 225% - Mar 03 2001
Europemedia.net

( http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=2234 )
Online retail sales continue to rise in UK - Jul 26 2002 nua.com
( http://www.nua.com/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905358212&rel=true )
Europeans take a gamble online - Jul 25 2002
( http://www.nua.com/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905358207&rel=true )
Telecommuting Gains Ground - Jul 19 2002 Robyn Greenspan Cyberatlas
( http://cyberatlas.internet.com/markets/professional/article/0,,5971_1429771,00.html
)
More Work, Less Play for American Internet Users - Mar 4 2002
Cyberatlas
( http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/demographics/article/0,,5901_984721,00.html
)
Forrester Projects $6.8 Trillion for 2004 - Global Reach
( http://glreach.com/eng/ed/art/2004.ecommerce.php3 )

NEW WEBSITES:
Internet Domain Survey Host Count - Source: Internet Software
Consortium (http://www.isc.org/)
( http://www.isc.org/ds/hosts.html )

WEB SITES EVOLVE:
Shop As your Portfolio Drops, Online consumers still spend, even as
Wall Street slides - Jon Surmacz Jul 24 2002 cio.com
( http://www2.cio.com/metrics/index.cfm )
US SMEs increasingly purchasing online - Jul 26 2002 nua.com
( http://www.nua.com/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905358210&rel=true )
Ebusiness is alive and well - Jul 17 2002
( http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905358176&rel=true
)
Recruitment sites popular with Canadians - Jul 25 2002 nua.com
( http://www.nua.com/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905358206&rel=true )
House hunting online popular in UK - Jul 24 2002 nua.com
( http://www.nua.com/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905358203&rel=true )

Search Strategy:
Yahoo! - Computers and Internet:Internet:Statistics and Demographics
http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/Statistics_and_Demographics/
Google Web Directory - Computers > Internet > Statistics and
Demographics
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/Statistics_and_Demographics/
Yahoo! - Computers and Internet:Internet:World Wide Web:Statistics and
Demographics
http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Statistics_and_Demographics/
GVU's WWW User Survey: Other Sources
http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/others/

I  hope that helps, if you need further information please do not
hesitate to ask. In the meantime I will see if I can locate any other
information to fully round off the data, as one site I usually access
is offline or down at the moment. I will post some addtional links
later.
kind regards
lot-ga

Clarification of Answer by lot-ga on 30 Jul 2002 18:55 PDT
Hello, here are some more data sources to fully furnish the answer as
promised. The nua.com server may time out. Access to it seems
intermittent at the moment which is why I couldn’t access it for all
links earlier. It may still time out, so try again later if you do
experience it.

MORE PEOPLE:
U.S. Internet Population Continues to Grow - Feb 6 2002 Internet
news.com
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/print.php/12_969541
Internet Continues to Grow - Feb 11 2002 Online Publishing News
( http://www.onlinepublishingnews.com/htm/n20020211.046113.htm )
EMarketer assesses the true size of the Internet Market - Feb 25 2002
Online Publishing News
( http://www.onlinepublishingnews.com/htm/n20020225.048029.htm )
Korea reaching Internet Saturation Point Jul 23 2002
( http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905358198&rel=true
)
China’s Net Population on the Increase
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905358195&rel=true
The World’s Online Populations - Mar 21 2002 CyberAtlas (projections
for 2004)
( http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/geographics/article/0,1323,5911_151151,00.html
)


MORE TIME:
Broadband Users Pull Ahead in Online Hours - Jan 2002 Michael Pastore
CyberAtlas
( http://cyberatlas.internet.com/markets/broadband/article/0,,10099_985891,00.html
)
Broadband Internet Usage Surpasses Narrowband - Apr 2002 Tips Online
http://www.tipsnews.org/newsletter/02-04/off_the_wire.html

NEW WEBSITES:
Internet Growth Reports - Netsizer.com (This source looks pretty
impressive!)
There appears to be a slight levelling off for growth after 6-25-02
( http://www.netsizer.com/ )
The reason why there might be fewer sites is detailed in this article
It’s a Smaller World Wide Web after all - Jan 2 2002 Gwendolyn Mariano
cnet news.com
( http://news.com.com/2100-1023-801088.html?legacy=cnet )
WEBSITES EVOLVE
Report: Four Web Sites Control Half of Surfing Time - Jun 4 2002 Keith
Regan E-commerce Times
( http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/10222.html )
Faster Growth Heightens Web Class Divide - Jun 12/19 2002 Kimberly
Patch TRN News
( http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2002/061202/Faster_growth_heightens_Web_class_divide_061202.html
)
More revenue generated 1996 - 2002 - nua.com
( http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/graphs_charts/comparisons/total_revenue_generated_2002.html
)

Search Strategy:
"hours spent online"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22hours+spent+online%22&btnG=Google+Search
"number of web sites" world

://www.google.com/search?q=%22number+of+web+sites%22+world&btnG=Google+Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1
There doesn’t appear to be much data sources for the ‘evolution’ part
of the question in relation to internet growth in a quantative way, or
expressed as figures. Perhaps you can elaborate on this part of the
question, if you require more information.
thanks, regards lot-ga

Clarification of Answer by lot-ga on 20 Sep 2002 07:37 PDT
Hello mattcal-ga,

Just to top it off, I came across this interesting article
"Is the Internet shrinking? Nonsense!" By Carolyn Duffy Marsan
Network World Jan 28, 2002
http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/0128notshrinking.html

kind regards
lot-ga
mattmcal-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
fantastic.  you covered everything I needed, plus more.  thanks for your help.

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