Fatest-growing Web sites in Canada in March 2008

Property	Feb-2008	Mar-2008	Growth, %
Total Internet	23,814	23,879	0
Groupe Lagardere	930	2,276	145
Six Apart Sites	2,042	2,774	36
Canada Revenue Agency	2,505	3,198	28
CanadianTire.ca	1,774	2,178	23
FunBox.com	2,467	2,922	18
Crave Online	1,687	1,932	15
MacRAE’S Owen Media Network	2,336	2,646	13
craigslist, inc.	2,314	2,594	12
Shopzilla.com Sites	3,811	4,269	12
411.CA	1,714	1,914	12
Source: comScore

Published on: June 30, 2008 Department: Internet usage, WWW, Web traffic

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37% of those who politically engaged online say the internet helps them feel more personally connected with the candidates
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65% of online Obama’s supporters and 56% of online McCain’s supporters get political news online
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Top education search terms in June 2008
Political activities of US Internet users as compared to total population
35.3 mln cable and 29.7 mln DSL subscribers in the US in Q2 2008
Top Canadian online banking sites in April 2008
55% of Republicans, 61% of Democrats, and 56% of independents look online for news about politics or the 2008 campaigns
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Top US search sites in May 2008
36% of online Democrats, 21% of Republicans and 28% of independents have a profile on a social networking site
1.4 bln people will use the Internet in 2008
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45% of online Democrats and 34% of Republicans go online
27% of internet users go online once a week to do something related to Presidential campaign
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3 bln devices to access the Internet by 2012
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Top US search engines in June 2008
35% of all adults have watched a politically related video
General role of the Internet in US politics
40% of adults use internet to get news about the election
Top US search engines in May 2008
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10% of social network users engage in political activity of some kind
Top German online video sites in May 2008
Stats on accessing Internet via mobile device around the world
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50% of all Internet users will make online purchases in 2008
323 mln broadband users in 2007, 499 mln by 2012
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Top US search engines in May 2008
19% of all online users are seriously into sports
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Top social networking sites in France in April 2008
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Top online video destinations for US users ages 2-11
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137 mln Internet users in China
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2.96 mln Internet users in Venezuela
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103 mln Internet users in China
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100 mln Internet users in India by 2007-2008
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100 mln Internet users in China
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10 mln seniors online
2 mln US households to use broadband for online gaming in 2007
94 mln Internet users in China, 43 mln have broadband
31% of US seniors are online
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23% of Bulgarians unaware of Internet
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Internet gaming market to generate $1 bln in 2004
88% of Americans say internet plays a major role in their life
30 mln Koreans online
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79.5% of Americans use the Internet, 63% the Web
22 mln Americans bank online
63 mln domains registered
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22 mln US teens online by 2008
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52% of rural residents are online
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13.8 mln savvy Internet users in UK
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