Social Networks have become very popular in the Internet. This can be understood as a natural outcome of the increasing use of the Internet in our daily life. You could say it is people helping other people. Take for example “Social Bookmarking” – someone collects interesting, relevant bookmarks, and then shares them with the community. [...]
Time goes by very fast and constant change seems to be the rule. It appears that we are always updating – and always behind schedule – here at the Internet World Stats. Sorry about that, but we have to wait for others to report results before we can consolidate the figures and produce statistics. We [...]
Since my initiation in the Internet, back in 1997, one of my permanent thoughts has always been the relation between traditional marketing theory and e-marketing practice. Names may change, but on most occasions I have been able to find that relation. For example, Outbound Marketing can be related to the old “push” marketing methods, and [...]
According to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), the Internet population in China reached 338 million users in June 2009, a growth rate of 13.4% since the end of last year. These additional 40 million new users since December 2008 has placed the Internet penetration rate for mainland China at 25.3%. Visit Internet in [...]
Today Colombia celebrates 199 years of Independence and it seems fit to mention that the local regulating agency CRT reported that the number of Internet users is estimated at 18,234,822 for March 31, 2009 and a penetration rate of 40.0%. The current Internet data for Colombia can be seen at Internet in Colombia.
The penetration rate of the Internet in Israel continues to rise, with 4.3 million users over the age of 13 at the end of 2008, Israel’s business dailyGlobes has reported in its online edition. The TIM/Teleseker survey found that 77 percent of Jewish households had Internet access at the end of 2008, up from 73% [...]
Microsoft Office is a very popular software package used worldwide for making presentations, spreadsheets and other documents, and its dominance is in no immediate danger. However Microsoft is trying to defend against a long-developing trend in which software is moving from the desktop to the Web. The new enabling factor is something called “Office Web [...]
The World Internet Project (WIP) Meeting for 2009 will be held at the STDM Auditorium, International Library of the University of Macau (UM) between July 8 and July10. The event will be attended by WIP partners, Internet researchers, industries and policy makers. The conference keynote speakers will include Prof. William H. Dutton, Director of Oxford [...]
Another use or application for the Internet is for spreading humor – no kidding. Believe it or not, entertainment occupies an important place in the Internet. For example, let´s take a look at one of the most favorite entertainment sites Founded in 1998 and established in Beverly Hills, California, Break.com is a leading cross-platform, digital [...]
The following report from Hitwise shows top search engines, ranked by Volume of Searches for the 4 weeks ending 06/27/2009. The following report, also from Hitwise, shows websites for the industry ‘Computers and Internet – Search Engines‘, ranked by Visits for the week ending 06/27/2009. Results speak for themself, there is no doubt that Google [...]