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Internet World Stats News
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Number 024 -
November, 2006
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The
Virtual Handshake
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Table of Contents
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Editorial
2007 is very near. Time goes by real fast
in the Internet era. The Internet has empowered us to fly. And
fly we do. With dial-up we surfed, today with broadband we
fly.
A few decades ago things were so very slow. First the
snail-mail, then the telegraph, the telex, then the fax, and now
the Internet. The object of all those innovations was to "save"
us time.
Now we "save" more time with the Internet, however we, the
Internet Users, are busier than ever. Why is that? It is a very
good question. I think that it is because the Internet has
expanded our reach and our boundaries.
The number of our potential friends and acquaintances has
increased with the help of online social networks. At the same
time, the online business networks have greatly expanded our
business opportunities and possibilities. Today we can get in
contact with almost anybody, anywhere, fast and economically.
e-Learning has also increased the educational possibilities and
knowledge resources for all the people that go online.
We are indeed privileged people to be living in this period of
time in human history, the time when men and women started to
fly. A radical change in lifestyles, a giant step in human
evolution.
Citing Charles Darwin (1809-1882), in the struggle for life, "It
is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most
intelligent, but rather the one most responsive to
change." In my opinion, Internet Users are a new, evolved
human species, with a far greater advantage for survival in
comparison with the world offline population.
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Search Engine Rankings
comScore has reported that North Americans
conducted 6.8 billion searches online in October 2006, up 3
percent versus September. Annual growth rates in search query
volume remained strong with a 33-percent increase versus the year
2005.
The search engine rankings for October 2006 are:
- Google Sites lead the pack with 3.1 billion search queries in
October,
- Yahoo Sites are second with 1.9 billion queries,
- MSN-Microsoft is third with 796 million queries,
- Ask Network is next with 392 million queries, and
- Time Warner Network is fifth with 366 million queries.
For further details, visit comScore
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e-Commerce 2006 Forecast
Online consumer spending in the United
States during the first three weeks of November is up 23% over
the same period last year, according to a new report by comScore
Networks.
comScore research for the non-travel online spending from Nov. 1
to Nov. 19 reached $6.35 billion, up from $5.18 billion in 2005.
comScore also reaffirmed its prediction that online holiday
spending from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31 will top $24 billion, marking a
24% increase over the 2005 holiday season. comScore expects
Thanksgiving weekend to show a similar increase, with spending
hitting $1.1 billion from Thursday to Sunday--up from $924
million over the same period last year. Black Friday 2006, known
for being one of the busier offline consumer shopping days of the
year, confirmed particularly high online sales with $434 million
spent, up 42 percent versus last year.
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e-Commerce 2006 Forecast for United States
(in billions of USD)
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Period
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2005
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2006
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Change
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January - October
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$ 62.6
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$ 77.5
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24.0
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Holiday Season - (Nov -
Dec)
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$ 19.6
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$ 24.3
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24.0
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Total for Year 2006
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$ 82.2
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$ 101.8
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24.0
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Source: comScore Networks 2006
e-Commerce Forecast, November 26, 2006. Online Non-Travel Holiday
Consumer Spending. Excludes Auctions and Large Corporate
Purchases.
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For further reading please visit comScore
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The Virtual
Handshake
This is the title of a book that shows you
how to close deals with the right people, faster and with less
effort. It is probably the best how-to manual for online business
networking. If you want to sell to more clients, raise capital,
find new business partners, recruit star employees, or even look
for a new job: Let The Virtual Handshake be your guide.
The Internet offers powerful tools to help you find the right
people, connect with them, and close deals with them quickly and
cost-effectively. For this, you need to use the new generation of
"Web 2.0 technologies": blogs, Social Networks sites, virtual communities, and all the rest of the
new tools available.
Hurry, you might be able to download a free copy of this 287
page new book, The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing
Deals Online. Visit the website and follow the instructions. So
go there now and follow instructions for your free copy of
The Virtual Handshake.
Finally, a rather disturbing fact. New research indicates that
the number of Internet users in India had been overstated by our
information source. The correct data for India is included in the
following report India Internet usage.
Today's online population estimate is 1,076 million users.
That's all for now. Best regards to all our readers.
Enrique de Argaez, MBA, PE
editor and webmaster
www.internetworldstats.com
Internet Marketing Research
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