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Sat, 17 May 2008 14:14:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-us Rank Search Engine Volume 1. www.google.com 67.90% 2. search.yahoo.com 20.28% 3. search.msn.com 4.52% 4. www.ask.com 4.17% Source: Hitwise http://www.itfacts.biz/leading-us-search-engines-in-april-2008/10573 Gartner Media estimates that by 2011, 80% of Internet users worldwide will have an avatar, making animated online personas as common as screen names. http://www.itfacts.biz/80-of-internet-users-to-have-avatars-by-2011/10580 Rank Website Market Share 1. www.google.com 5.67% 2. mail.yahoo.com 5.13% 3. www.myspace.com 4.65% 4. www.yahoo.com 3.9% 5. mail.live.com 2.36% 6. www.ebay.com 1.81% 7. search.yahoo.com 1.64% 8. www.msn.com 1.25% 9. www.facebook.com 0.93% 10. www.youtube.com 0.85% 11. www.gmail.com 0.58% 12. images.google.com 0.54% 13. www.wikipedia.org 0.49% 14. search.msn.com 0.44% 15. mail.aol.com 0.4% 16. www.pogo.com 0.38% 17. my.yahoo.com 0.37% 18. www.ebaymotors.com 0.35% 19. address.yahoo.com 0.35% 20. www.aol.com 0.35% Source: Hitwise http://www.itfacts.biz/most-popular-us-urls-in-april-2008/10562 The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) announced that the 2007 Internet Advertising Revenue Report shows Internet advertising revenues in the US continued their upward climb. For the full year 2007, revenues totaled $21.2 bln, exceeding 2006 performance by 26%, itself the former record year. Q4 2007 Internet ... http://www.itfacts.biz/2007-us-ad-revenues-up-26/10579 eCPMs for large Web sites (more than 100 mln page views per month) dropped dramatically by 52% from 38 cents in March 2008 to 18 cents in April 2008. Medium Web sites (1 mln to 100 mln page views per month) were nearly flat, with monetization dropping from 34 cents ... http://www.itfacts.biz/ecpms-for-large-web-sites-down-52-in-april-2008/10578 Americans spent $1.23 bln on video games, hardware and accessories in April 2008, up 47% from April 2007. Total hardware sales grew 26% to $426.2 mln, with the Wii selling 714,200 units, followed by the handheld Nintendo DS at 414,800. Software sales surged to $654.7 mln from $389.4 mln in ... http://www.itfacts.biz/video-game-hardware-and-software-sales-up-47-in-april-2008/10577 Largest cable companies in the US added 1.19 mln broadband subscribers in Q1 2008, according to Leichtman Research Group. Phone companies added 1.01 mln DSL customers in Q1 2008. Since Q3 2004, phone companies had been adding subscribers faster than cable, closing in on cable's lead in total subscribers. But ... http://www.itfacts.biz/us-cable-companies-added-119-mln-new-broadband-subscribers-in-q1-2008/10575 Both the inkjet and laser multifunction peripherals enjoyed a healthy growth of 11% and 13% respectively in Q4 2007 in China, according to IDC. The demand from the public, education and financial sectors increased the sales of the SDM (Serial Dot Matrix) printer, resulting in a 16% increase in Q4 ... http://www.itfacts.biz/inkjet-and-laser-multifunction-peripherals-enjoyed-a-healthy-growth-of-11-and-13-respectively-in-q4-2007-in-china/10491 Rank Search Term Volume 1. toyota 2.22% 2. honda 2.00% 3. nissan 1.33% 4. ford 1.09% 5. honda motorcycles 1.00% 6. harley davidson 0.92% 7. dodge 0.88% 8. suzuki 0.80% 9. hyundai 0.77% 10. yamaha motorcycles 0.71% Source: Hitwise http://www.itfacts.biz/top-10-automotive-search-terms/10574 Mar-08 Rank Feb-08 Rank Property Audience, 000 N/A N/A Total Internet : Total Audience 23,879 1 1 Google Sites 22,436 2 2 Microsoft Sites 22,341 3 3 Yahoo! Sites 16,215 4 4 Facebook.com 15,513 5 5 eBay 13,821 6 6 Wikipedia Sites 11,222 7 7 AOL LLC 10,123 8 8 Yellow Pages Group 9,794 9 9 Amazon Sites 8,715 10 11 Canoe Network 8,391 11 10 Apple Inc. 8,285 12 14 Fox Interactive Media 7,769 13 13 The Weather Network Meteomedia 7,717 14 12 CTVglobemedia 7,655 15 15 Ask Network 7,264 16 17 CNET Networks 7,197 17 16 New York Times Digital 7,056 18 18 Viacom Digital 6,327 19 19 CBC-Radio Canada Sites 5,647 20 20 Adobe Sites 5,643 21 21 Time Warner - Excluding AOL 5,339 22 22 Gorilla Nation 5,221 23 24 Canwest Digital 4,840 24 23 WhitePages 4,731 25 26 TD Bank Financial Group 4,487 Source: comScore http://www.itfacts.biz/top-web-sites-in-canada-in-march-2008/10566 Rank Name Domain Apr 2008 Apr 2007 Growth, YTY 1 Myspace www.myspace.com 29m54s 30m40s -3% 2 Facebook www.facebook.com 20m52s 13m19s 57% 3 myYearbook www.myyearbook.com 32m54s 21m46s 51% 4 Bebo www.bebo.com 30m01s 30m52s -3% 5 Black Planet www.blackplanet.com 24m39s 22m43s 9% Source: Hitwise http://www.itfacts.biz/average-us-time-spent-in-april-2008/10535 In 2008, radio is mentioned as the medium "you turn to first to learn about new music" by about half of consumers (49%), with internet at 25%, according to Edison Media Research. In 2002, radio was mentioned by nearly two-thirds of consumers (63%) and only 9% mentioned internet. http://www.itfacts.biz/49-of-consumers-listen-to-radio-for-new-music/10394 18% of consumers have ever listened to an audio podcast; up from 13% in 2007. 9% have listened to an audio podcast in the past month (an estimated 23 mln) , according to Edison Media Research. For the third straight year, awareness of XM and Sirius hovers around 60%. 16% ... http://www.itfacts.biz/18-of-us-consumers-have-listened-to-an-audio-podcast/10397 72% of teens who write for personal reasons say they usually write longhand, similar to the 65% of teens who usually write by hand for school, according to Pew Internet Project. However, teens are much more likely to write only by hand when doing non-school writing. 32% of teens never ... http://www.itfacts.biz/72-of-teens-usually-write-longhand/10510 The weekly online radio audience increased in the past year to an estimated 33 mln. 13% of the US population age 12 and older have listened to online radio in the past week; up from 11% (approximately 29 mln) in 2007, according to Edison Media Research. On a weekly basis, ... http://www.itfacts.biz/us-weekly-online-radio-audience-increased-in-2007-to-33-mln/10395 Rank Sector % of UK Visitors on >2Mb speed 1 Automotive Parts & Accessories 38% 2 Multi-category Automotive 38% 3 Car manufacturers 37% 4 Ticketing/Theatre/Events 37% 5 Targeted Portals/Communities 37% 6 Computer/Consumer Electronics News 37% 7 Credit Cards 37% 8 Weather 37% 9 Train/Bus/Care Hire 36% 10 Arts/Graphics 36% Source: Nielsen http://www.itfacts.biz/sectors-with-highest-concentration-of-uk-broadband-visitors/10402 Cell phone Desktop or laptop computer All Teens 71% 59% Gender Girls 75 64 Boys 66 55 Age 12-14 61 54 15-17 81 65 Race/Ethnicity White 72 63 Black 65 49 Hispanic 71 53 Annual Household Income Less than $50,000 65 62 $50,000+ 75 60 Source: Pew Internet Project http://www.itfacts.biz/71-of-teens-currently-have-a-cell-phone-and-computer-at-home/10496 Vendor Q1 2008 Shipments Q1 2008 Market Share Q1 2007 Shipments Q1 2007 Market Share YTY Growth Nokia 115.5 39.6% 91.1 35.7% 26.8% Samsung 46.3 15.9% 34.8 13.6% 33.0% Motorola 27.4 9.4% 45.4 17.8% -39.7% LG Electronics 24.4 8.4% 15.8 6.2% 54.4% Sony Ericsson 22.3 7.6% 21.8 8.5% 2.3% Others 55.7 19.1% 46.1 18.1% 20.8% Total 291.6 100.0% 255.0 100.0% 14.3% Source: IDC http://www.itfacts.biz/top-5-mobile-phone-vendors-in-q1-2008/10488 The number of social network users in five major Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico) more than doubled from January 2007 to to January 2008 - it was up 103% - according to an Analytics 2.0. During the same period, the number of US Hispanic and Puerto ... http://www.itfacts.biz/the-number-of-social-network-users-in-latin-american-countries-grew-103-in-january-2008/10403 52% of Britons online are on a connection speed between 512Kb and 2Mb. 33% are on a connection speed between 2Mb and 8Mb, according to Nielsen. The faster the connection speed, the more time people spend online - those on the fastest speed (over 8Mb) averaged 22% more time online ... http://www.itfacts.biz/in-february-2008-brit-used-broadband-for-19-hours-40-minutes/10401 Measures Europe Russian Federation Average Minutes per Visitor 1,515 1,078 Average Minutes per Usage Day 91 82 Average Pages per Visitor 2,753 2,322 Average Pages per Usage Day 166 177 Average Usage Days per Visitor 17 13 Source: comScore http://www.itfacts.biz/russian-internet-usage-in-february-2008/10408 The number of internet users in the five major countries is approaching 46.3 mln, a 16% increase from the 39.8 mln in January 2007, according to an Analytics 2.0. The number of Puerto Rican and US Hispanic internet users has grown at the same rate, bringing the total to 66 ... http://www.itfacts.biz/60-of-internet-users-in-latin-american-countries-are-using-social-networks/10405 The main social networks of the five-country LatAm region, by number of users, according to an Analytics 2.0: Orkut - 12.9 mln (up 27% from 10.1 million in 2007); Sonico - 7.3 mln (Sonico launched during the second half of 2007); hi5 - 4.2 mln (up 72% from 2.2 mln ... http://www.itfacts.biz/the-most-popular-social-network-in-latin-american-countries-is-orkut/10404 By a 55% to 45% majority, US adults indicate that they would be more comfortable with companies' using information about a person's online activities to provide customized advertising or content, according to Harris Interactive. Once the privacy/security policies were presented, the percentages of those who are very comfortable increases only ... http://www.itfacts.biz/45-of-us-adults-like-sites-that-use-personal-information-for-advertising-or-content/10400 The recruitment sector continued to lead the market with 25.7% market share, up 0.9 points on the second half of 2006, according to Internet Advertising Bureau. Second was automotive with 11.9%, while Technology (10.4%) overtook Finance (10%) for the first time to take third place. Other areas of growth were ... http://www.itfacts.biz/the-recruitment-sector-is-the-leader-of-advertising-market-with-257-share/10393