Japan Has Population Problem
Government stats confirm that the population in Japan is contracting. This was reported by Internet World Stats several months ago. You can see that the 2011 estimated population figure of 126,475,664 is espected to decrease to 93,673,826 by the year 2050.
Government projections show the birth rate will hit just 1.35 children per woman within 50 years, well below the replacement rate. Academics have created a population clock to highlight the population fall and encourage public debate on the issue.
Africa Internet Stats
Sometimes its good to know how the Internet World Stats are being used. Here is a good example of a blog from Africa by our friend Michael Ouma, a Journalist from Kenya.
Of course other people and other companies are also doing excellent Internet market research in Africa. For example, Google has been working with UK market research firm Basis Research Ltd. the last two years to understand behaviors and attitudes regarding the Internet in Africa.
They interviewed over 13,000 people in six cities of Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda – to find out how and why people use the internet, what prevents non-users from coming online, and much more. The results are available at InsightsAfrica (www.insightsafrica.com)
The Global Village
It was Marshall McLuhan the man who coined the term “Global Village” in the early 1950s. Today, the term is a noun in most dictionaries and it refers to the shrinking world, home to all nations and peoples living interdependently.
Top 20 Countries in Internet
IWS has updated the Top Twenty Countries in Internet list. There are some surprises, view it here.
The Google Penguin
Every month or two Google updates it’s search algorithm. The latest update was on April 24, 2012 and it is called Google Penguin. This change was designed to avoid “spamming pages” which are pages that have little content, that are built in quantity merely to pass an anchor link, pages with keyword stuffing, pages with cloaking, and other bad quality sites, the list is long.
Facebook Growth Worldwide 2011 – 2012
Facebook keeps on growing worldwide. Internet World Stats has published the FB growth and penetration by geographic world regions. The penetration in each region is also shown.
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