Facebook and other social media, such as Twitter and YouTube, enable businesses to announce events, sales and specials and get instant feedback from patrons, as merchants have discovered. LA Times has confirmed that Merchants are using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other online outlets to connect with customers, build relationships and save money. The social sites [...]
After several consecutive years of modest but consistent growth, broadband adoption slowed dramatically in 2010. Two-thirds of American adults (66%) currently use a high-speed internet connection at home, a figure that is not statistically different from what The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found at a similar point in 2009, when 63% [...]
Internet World Stats has published new Internet indicators for Central America. The 2010 population estimate for the region is 154,298,120 and the estimated Internet users are 38,012,400 with a penetration rate of 24.6%. Mexico alone, has 30,600,000 million internet users, according to AMIPSI, the Mexican Internet Association.
The number of Internet users who visited a social network or a blog increased by 24 percent, from April 2009 to April 2010, while the average person spent 66 percent more time on those sites during that period, according to new statistics from the Nielsen Company. About 75 percent of all Internet users visited a [...]
In the last 24 hours 81,733 Top Level Domains (TLD) have been registered in the United States, according to Domain-Daily.com The break-down is as follows: 57,816 .com (70.7%) 8,582 .net (10.5%) 7,965 .info (9.7%) 5,032 .org (6.2%) 1,346 .biz (1.6%) 992 .us (1.2%) 81,733 Total (100%) Besides browsing very interesting domain statistics, at Domain-Daily.com you can [...]
According to the Pew Research Center, the Internet ranks high among sources of information and advice that people are seeking during hard times, especially when it comes to their personal finances and economic circumstances. Broadband users are particularly likely to use the Internet more than some other sources. The Pew report is based on the [...]
comScore released on August 19,2009 a study on broadband growth in rural, micropolitan and metropolitan areas in the United States. The results of the analysis indicate that while broadband penetration is much higher in the metropolitan and micropolitan areas, broadband has experienced the most significant gains in rural areas during the past two years. “Across [...]
The latest entry into the blogosphere is President Lula of Brazil. Here is his blog. Click here to see Brazil Internet Stats.
Mexico According to eMarketer estimates, Mexico had 27.4 million Internet users and a 24.9% penetration rate at year-end 2008, based on a population of 109,955,400. Read more at Internet in Mexico…
CRT, the Colombian Telecommunications Regulation Agency, reported that Internet users increased 46.4% last year, recording the impresive figure of 17,478,505 Internet users at year-end 2008. CRT indicated that broadband access represents 77.4% of Internet subscribers in Colombia. Regarding mobile Internet, there are 3,926,181 subscribers, a 9.6% of the 40,871,184 total mobile phone subscribers at year-end [...]