Internet Video is the Future in China
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

As huge broadband networks spread through out China, there will be an expected growth of on Internet video users as well a demand on online video services. There is an expected growth of 63 million viewers who are willing to pay a premium on broadband services.
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WalMart Getting To Much Internet Traffic !
Records were broken on this years Thanks Giving Sale. Walmart attributes the huge surge in traffic to bargain hunters who woke up early in the morning to check out the sale. Numerous plans were setup before the start of the holiday season due to the expected growth of online shoppers.
Walmart was not the only one that felt the surge in traffic, Amazon.com which is considered as a model for all online retailers had their website hit with record breaking traffic due to rumors on deeply discounted Xbox 360.

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New Top Sites From North America
Monday, October 09, 2006

Here are some of the latest top sites from the States. Please note that audience are persons at U.S. home,work and college university locations.

Top General News Site



Unique
visitors1
(thousands)

Total Internet audience171,690

General News category96,294
1.Yahoo! News29,597
2.MSNBC27,771
3.AOL News22,663
4.CNN21,023
5.Internet Broadcasting10,120
6.Knight Ridder Digital8,645
7.Tribune Newspapers8,607
8.The New York Times Brand8,572
9.ABC News Digital8,091
10.USATODAY sites7,619

Top Entertainment Sites

RankEntertainment siteUnique visitors1
(thousands)

Total Internet audience171,690

Entertainment category137,664
1.AOL Entertainment32,859
2.Viacom Online28,248
3.Gorilla Nation Media24,099
4.Real.com Network23,571
5.MSN Entertainment23,276
6.Yahoo! Music23,062
7.Disney Online22,112
8.CBS Corporation22,044
9.iTunes Software (App)19,376
10.IMDB.COM18,623

Top Education Sites

RankWebsite Unique visitors
(thousands)
Total
1.Fastweb4,063
2.Learning Network Property3,674
3.Berkeley.edu3,049
4.UTexas.edu2,868
5.UIUC.edu2,675
6.UMich.edu2,534
7.Cornell.edu2,486
8.Harvard.edu2,437
9.MIT.edu2,394
10.Thinkquest Sites2,319
11.Upromise.com2,272
12.Stanford.edu2,167
13.K12.ca.us2,063
14.Virginia.edu2,050
15.About Homework Help2,042

Top Government Sites

RankWebsite Unique visitors
(thousands)
Total
1.IRS.gov8,560
2.Governmentguide.com5,388
3.NASA.gov4,324
4.CA.gov4,132
5.ED.gov4,031
6.NIH.gov3,696
7.NOAA.gov2,996
8.State.tx.us2,347
9.Army.mil2,343
10.Navy.mil2,334
11.LOC.gov2,183
12.USTreas.gov2,008
13.State.gov1,978
14.USGS.gov1,885
15.SSA.gov1,866

note:
source - mediametrix
period - 2006 - one month period

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Huge Growth in Blog Traffic in the US
Monday, August 07, 2006

There's a huge growth in blog related Internet traffic. In the US alone there is a recorded growth of 56% over the past year to 58.7 million.

Statistic Data Sample:
- While 55% of new bloggers are still posting 3 months later, 45% are not. [Source: Greg Jarboe, SEO-PR/Technorati, Search Engine Strategies Presentation, June 2006]
- 35% of large companies plan to start corporate blogs by the end of 2006, in addition to the 34% of large companies who are already doing it. [Source: JupiterResearch report, Corporate Weblogs: Deployment, Promotion, and Measurement, June 2006].
- According to a US report, combined spending on Blog, Podcasting and RSS advertising channels rose by 198% in 2005 to a total of $20.4 million. Spending is expected to grow by another 145% in 2006 to reach nearly $50 million. [Source: PQ Media, April 2006]

more on this story: Link


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Internet Global Usage 2005
Thursday, February 02, 2006

I just posted the lastest statistics on global Internet usage. There's massive growth in Asia as well as parts of Africa. European growth has been stable but on the rise, mostly due to the lower cost of broadband access and faster deployment on new connections. North American growth has also seen some growth in the past year but still bellow people's expectations.

There's are growing changes in the internet and Asia is pushing the growth to levels never seen before. The growth of cyber cities and Internet hungry youth has fueled the rise. Online Internet gaming has also went up globaly and has taken a life of its on, especially in Asia.

More on this topic : Global Internet Usage 2005

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Australia internet User Statistics
Tuesday, October 04, 2005

According to the Australian government, Australian Internet subscribers now number 5.98 million. There has been a increase in broadband users and a drop in dial-up subscribers as expected. But the drop is fairly low and some Australians home are still connected through dial-up . Data download speeds are attracting users to shift to gain access to broadband content.

more on this article: Internet Australia

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Growth in US Broadband Usage Grows
Monday, October 03, 2005

The 60% level has finally been broken in the US but growth is slower.This level of broadband growth is still slow compared to the 74.5% in Britain. Penetration is slowing down in the US but this does take into account that more people are connecting themselves to Internet wireless services which may have some effect on the growth of broadband in the US.

more of this story: US broadband Growth

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IBM Pushing Internet Growth in Jordan
Thursday, September 29, 2005

IBM has made a deal with Jordan Telecom to provide data warehousing, business intelligence, infrastructure consolidation, ePortal and personal computers.

The deal was reported Tuesday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it is expected to drive internet growth, while helping launch mobile and fixed internet services.

more on this story: Internet Growth in Jordan

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