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From: Nua Internet Surveys [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 8:53 PM To: Recipients of surveys mailing list Subject: ********************************************************************NUA INTERNET SURVEYS NUA INTERNET SURVEYS NUA INTERNET SURVEYS Free weekly email on the latest Internet trends and statistics Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.nua.com/surveys/ ******************************************************************** December 10, 2001 Published by: ComputerScope Ltd Volume 6 Number 48 ******************************************************************** CONTENTS ******************************************************************** EDITORIAL: 'Happy holidays in Dot.com land' by Cian Molloy ACCESS DEVICES :PCs Rule but more online buyers will use TV & wireless ADVERTISING :US online advertising shows slight fall ECOMMERCE :Online location services deliver real-world buyers :Simplicity succeeds in Australian e-commerce :Online Christmas shopping continues growth EMAIL :Seasonal increase in Aussie spam :Web free-mail booms in South Africa PORTALS/ISPs :European portals face threat from broadband growth PRIVACY :Website privacy policies need plainer English PUBLISHING/MEDIA :Internet doesn't slow Italy's media appetite RETAIL/APPAREL :Holiday shopping rush benefits online toy-traders most SECURITY ISSUES :Data encryption gets tougher to crack TRAVEL :US online travel spending forecasts slashed USAGE PATTERNS :UK Internet access close to 50 per cent ******************************************************************** Note to Readers --------------- Our apologies for the brevity of last week's newsletter: Editor Kathy Foley is away, and gremlins crept in when compiling the contents. We are pleased to resume normal service... ******************************************************************** EDITORIAL: 'Happy holidays in Dot.com land' by Cian Molloy The holidays are coming and online seasonal shopping trends underline how e-commerce follows the same rules as bricks-and-mortar business. A number of recent Internet reports have highlighted both how both online sales and traffic have increased thanks to the arrival of the holiday season. For the full story, go to: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial.html For archives of editorials, go to: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial/archives/index.htm l ******************************************************************** NEWS STORIES START HERE ******************************************************************** ACCESS DEVICES Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=26 ******************************************************************** Gartner Group: PCs Rule but more online buyers will use TV & wireless While B2C e-commerce happens almost exclusively on desktop PCs, online buying through TV and wireless devices will account for one in ten purchases by 2005. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357473&rel=true ******************************************************************** ADVERTISING Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=2 ******************************************************************** IAB: US online advertising shows slight fall Internet advertising in the United States in the third quarter of 2001 totalled USD1.792 billion, down only 4.1 % from USD1.868 billion in Q2's. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357483&rel=true ******************************************************************** ECOMMERCE Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=14 ******************************************************************** Jupiter Media Metrix: Online Christmas shopping continues growth New research from Jupiter Media Metrix shows that its Online Shopping Index in the US has increased by 45 percent compared to results from the same week in last year's holiday season. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357478&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ ACNielsen: Simplicity succeeds in Australian e-commerce E-commerce is steadily on the increase in Australia, with sites that offer a limited range of goods being the biggest winners http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357477&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ Vicinity Corp.: Online location services deliver real-world buyers People who use online locator services are highly likely not only to visit the store or branch in question, but are likely to make a purchase as well. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357469&rel=true ******************************************************************** EMAIL Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=16 ******************************************************************** ZDNet: Seasonal increase in Aussie spam In a report in ZDNet Australia, email inboxes are being flooded with junk messages at an increasing rate during the holiday season. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357482&rel=true __________________________________________________________________ World Wide Worx: Web free-mail booms in South Africa The nomadic nature of many South African Internet users has sparked a boom in the use of free web-based e-mail services. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357470&rel=true ******************************************************************** PORTALS/ISPs Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=22 ******************************************************************** Forrester Research: European portals face threat from broadband growth Portals will fail to make broadband pay because of high bandwidth costs and a poor return from apparently promising revenue sources such as rich media ads. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357472&rel=true ******************************************************************** PRIVACY Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=37 ******************************************************************** Harris Interactive: Website privacy policies need plainer English Web-savvy browsers almost never bother to read the privacy policies of websites they frequent, although most would do so if they were made more succinct and easier to read. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357471&rel=true ******************************************************************** PUBLISHING/MEDIA Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=46 ******************************************************************** Europemedia: Internet doesn't slow Italy's media appetite The Italians are showing no loss of appetite for consuming traditional media, despite increasing use of the Internet. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357485&rel=true ******************************************************************** RETAIL/APPAREL Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=28 ******************************************************************** Nielsen NetRatings: Holiday shopping rush benefits online toy-traders most Since the last week of November and the arrival of the holiday season, US toy and games sales on the Internet have increased by 122.9 per cent. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357484&rel=true ******************************************************************** SECURITY ISSUES Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=30 ******************************************************************** National Institute of Standards & Technology: Data encryption gets tougher to crack Internet shopping and sensitive e-mails may become more secure following an update by the US Government of its encryption standard for computer transmissions. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357474&rel=true ******************************************************************** TRAVEL Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=33 ******************************************************************** PhoCusWright: US online travel spending forecasts slashed Following the events of September 11, the analyst PhoCusWright has cut its 2001 revenue estimates for the US online travel market in 2001 by 12 per cent, from $23 billion to $20.2 billion. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357476&rel=true ******************************************************************** USAGE PATTERNS http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=34 ******************************************************************** Forrester Research: UK Internet access close to 50 per cent The number of UK adults connecting to the Internet each month is approaching 50 per cent of the population, uptake is slowing while Internet use steadily increases. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357475&rel=true ******************************************************************** 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