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<p><strong>Did You Know?</strong></p>
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<li>Iceland has the most internet users per capita </li>
<li>Maximum hosts per capita are in the United States</li>
<li>As much as 52% of customers go online before buying offline</li>
<li>63% of all purchases resulting from online search occur offline</li>
<li>The Internet will influence nearly half of total retail sales in 2010</li>
<li>Online ads lift offline retail purchases by 19%</li>
<li>57.1% of shoppers 18 or older say the Internet is their main source of information pre-purchase.</li>
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		<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">Total</font></td>
		<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">79,580,008</font></td>
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		<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">.com</font></td>
		<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">60,168,695</font></td>
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		<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">.net</font></td>
		<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">8,627,675</font></td>
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		<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">.org</font></td>
		<td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="2">5,408,739</font></td>
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<p><strong>Number of web sites online</strong></p>
<p>Over 1 million active Web sites online </p>
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<li>typical Web page 5k</li> 
<li>typical Web image 12k</li> 
<li>median site has 300 pages</li> 
<li>50 sites have over 30,000 pages</li> 
<li>top 1,000 sites account for 50% of all web traffic</li>
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<p><strong>Who’s Buying What</strong></p>

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<li>men mostly buying computers, CDs and videos </li> 
<li>12.6 million male shoppers research automobiles and buy auto parts</li> 
<li>9.4 million men buy computers online</li> 
<li>number of women buyers up 80%</li> 
<li>9.6 million women bought books, CDs and videos</li>
<li>6.9 million women buy clothing online</li>
<li>6.4 million women buy computers online</li>
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<p><strong>Top Online Activities</strong></p>

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<li>92% browse the Web</li> 
<li>88% send/receive email</li> 
<li>87% collect information about hobby or personal interest</li> 
<li>81% collect product or service information</li> 
<li>74% read the news</li> 
<li>65% get business or work information</li> 
<li>63% collect travel information</li> 
<li>60% download images or photos</li> 
<li>58% look up entertainment events</li> 
<li>56% check the weather</li> 
<li>11% doing online investing</li> 
<li>3% blog</li>
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<p>If you would like to add to the above stats, send email to <a href="mailto:sharad@cyber-gear.com">sharad@cyber-gear.com</a></p>

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