These statistics were gathered from across the
Internet (October 2006) and paint an interesting snapshot of the
state of the Internet, its traffic levels, commerce estimates, and
user behaviors.
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The number of people using the Internet has
risen 200% since 2000
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An estimated 1.08 billion people use the
Internet as of September 18th, 2006
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English is the most used language on the
Internet at 29.7%, followed by “Chinese 13.3%, Japanese 7.9%,
Spanish 7.5%, German 5.4%, and French 4.6%”
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The most widely used web browser is Internet
Explorer 6 at 56%, followed by Foxfire at 27%
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The search engine of choice is Google with a
43.7% usage rate, followed by Yahoo (28.8%) and MSN (12.8%)
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Email is second only to telephones for the
most used form of communication
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An estimated 171 billion emails are being sent
each day with 2 million going out every second
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Twenty-nine percent of emails sent are
genuine; the rest are spam
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According to comScore, Google alone receives
91 million search requests a day
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Sixty-three percent of U.S. Internet users
(approx. 109 million people) performed a local search online in
July 2006
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Google and Yahoo! receive the most local
searches followed by Microsoft and Time Warner Network
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Forty-one percent of those conducting a local
search were searching for something in their home area, as
opposed to searching for information on businesses in locales
that they intended to visit
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During the second quarter of 2006, 47 percent
of local searchers visited a local merchant as a result of their
search behavior and more than one-third made contact online
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Approximately $984.9 billion ($26.3 billion
adjusted) in total retail e-commerce sales were made during the
2nd quarter of 2006
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Millions of items available through auction
and fixed-price trading at eBay every day
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eBay has 203 million confirmed register users,
78 million of which are active
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As of the 2006 2nd quarter, eBay has posted
596 million new listings and showed a gross merchandise volume
of $13 billion
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On August 8, 2006, eBay motors sold its 2
millionth passenger vehicle
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PayPal has 114 million registered payments
accounts and is accepted by millions of merchants worldwide, on
and off eBay
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$9 billion in transactions were made through
PayPal during the 2nd quarter of 2006
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Windows XP is the most popular operating
system (see Table 5). The windows family counts for nearly 90%”
of the OS used, including XP, 2000, Win09, WinNT, and 2003. Mac
OS platforms hold 3.8% and Linux holds 3.5%
