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Internet World Stats News
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Number 020 -
July, 2006
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Spanish
Speakers in Internet
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Table of Contents
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Editorial
Beginning with this issue, we will be
supplying the information that you are looking for and expecting
from us. We refer to the best global Internet usage and Internet
trends research data freely available online.
To start this series, today we have
prepared an exclusive report with new updated data regarding the
Spanish Speaking Internet users. In this issue of the Internet
World Stats Newsletter you will receive the facts about this
rapidly growing and important Internet market segment.
The only true Digital Divide, in our
opinion, in Internet is the huge division originated by the
different languages of the people surfing the Web. Speaking in
true marketing terms, the Internet is affected by a natural
segmentation process originated by user language.
As of June 30, 2006 global Internet usage
is estimated at 1,043,104,886 people. Read all about it here, in
the IWS Newsletter.
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Internet World Usage
Update
As of June 2006, the world Internet usage is estimated at
1,043,104,886 people. The world penetration rate is 16.0 %. By
world regions, North America, Oceania and Europe show above
average penetration. On the other hand Africa, Asia, the Middle
East and Latin America present below average Internet
penetration.
Regarding Internet usage growth, the situation is really quite
different: Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the
Caribbean show above average growth. For complete details take a
look at Internet world stats.
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Spanish Speakers in
Internet
Here is the Internet Usage by Spanish
Speakers Report, as of June 2006. Spanish speakers in the world
are estimated at 437 million people. Of this total population,
approximately 17.9% use the Internet. This is equivalent to about
78,166,075 people living in 21 countries. A summary table
follows, and if you wish to see all the details, visit Spanish Internet
stats.
Spanish
Speaking Internet Market Size
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Country or
Region
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Population
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Internet
Users
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Penetration
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Caribbean,
the
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24,411,971
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1,950,000
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8.0
%
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Central
America
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39,099,016
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2,991,500
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7.7
%
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Mexico
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105,149,952
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17,100,000
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16.3 %
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South
America
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184,247,604
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30,853,600
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16.7 %
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Spain
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44,351,186
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17,577,975
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39.6 %
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United States
Hispanics
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40,424,528
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7,693,000
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19.1 %
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Total Spanish
Speakers
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437,502,257
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78,166,075
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17.9 %
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Source:
Internet World
Stats, www.internetworldstats.com, June 30, 2006.
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The Spanish speaking population is not a
racial group, nor does it share a common culture. The single
characteristic that they all share is a common ancestry to Spain.
Today this large Spanish speaking population that traces its
origins to Spain presents varied local cultures, and many
variations in the way they speak Spanish. The rule is different
accents and tones employed when speaking the language, and usage
of many local terms. This is very similar to the variations we
find between the way English is spoken in England and the way it
is spoken in the United States. For more information on the top
ten languages in the Internet, see Internet languages. We predict that Spanish will become the third
language in the Web in 2 or 3 years.
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Tools for Searching the
Blogosphere
"The Internet is moving from the 1990s
metaphor of the world's biggest library to become an enormous
river of conversations." states David Sifry , the founder of
Technorati. With nearly 50 million blogs online, searching
through their millions of entries can become an overwhelming
task.
But that's not all. The challenge of
figuring out which blogs to read will grow even harder in the
future because more people are join the stampede to publish on
the Web. Estimates indicate that the blog universe is doubling
every six months. with 125,000 new blogs appearing online
daily.
Fortunately there are several new tools
specifically designed to search the blogs for content. The main
ones are Technorati, Sphere, Icerocket, Feedster, and Google Blog
Search. Basically you type in key phrases and get blog postings
matching your interests. To find out more about this, visit the
new blog page at AAMR.
See you next month. Best regards to everyone,
Enrique de Argaez,
editor and webmaster
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