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[CSL]: Nua Internet Surveys: April 30, 2001

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John Armitage <[log in to unmask]>

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From: Nua Ltd [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 7:24 PM
To: Recipients of surveys mailing list
Subject: Nua Internet Surveys: April 30, 2001



********************************************************************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/
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April 30th 2001    Published by: Nua Ltd   Volume 6 Number 15
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CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL:
'Every day is Mother's Day'
by Kathy Foley

ACCESS DEVICES
:US PC market had negative growth in 2000
:Almost 1 bn Bluetooth products will ship in 2005

ADVERTISING
:Total ad spend for 2000 reached USD2.2bn

AUTO INDUSTRY
:Online used car market set to soar
:European surfers flock to car sites

CHILDREN
:Internet habits of online moms revealed

CUSTOMER SERVICE
:Consumer goods firms overspend on websites
:Foreign language email queries pose problems

ECOMMERCE
:New global code of conduct for B2C
:Global B2C revenues to grow six-fold by 2005
:US B2C spending up in March

ENTERTAINMENT
:Six million US Net users download music daily
:Napster users down 20 percent in March

FINANCIAL SERVICES
:Financial professionals turning to the Net

GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
:UK home Internet access levels growing
:Japan's Net population tops 47 million

GOV/LEG
:US government sites violating privacy laws
:Report highlights censorship culprits

HEALTH/MEDICAL
:100 million US Net users are 'cyberchondriacs'

INFRASTRUCTURES
:Domains now available in 350 languages
:Isle of Man to launch world's first 3G network
:Broadband massively popular in Hong Kong
:South Korea still leads the broadband pack

MARKETING/BRANDS
:Charities turn to the Web for PR and funds

TRAVEL
:Online travel sites to thrive in slow economy

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EDITORIAL:
'Every day is Mother's Day'
by Kathy Foley

Internet marketers would do well to remember the soccer moms, because
surfing moms are now one of the key online audiences.

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/issue1no
175.html>

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NEWS STORIES START HERE
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ACCESS DEVICES
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=26
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Dataquest:US PC market had negative growth in 2000

The PC market in the US slumped last year, according to Gartner
Dataquest. The PC market there shrank by 3.5 percent between Q1 2000
and Q1 2001, meaning that the rate of growth of PC sales worldwide
slowed to 3.5 percent.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356687&rel=true
__________________________________________________________________

Cahners In-Stat Group: Almost 1 bn Bluetooth products will ship in
2005

Cahners Instat predicts that shipments of Bluetooth-enabled products
will enjoy a 360 percent compound annual growth rate in the next four
years.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356707&rel=true

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ADVERTISING
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=2
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IAB: Total ad spend for 2000 reached USD2.2bn

Online advertising revenue in the US totaled USD2.2 billion in Q4
2000, bringing the total for the year to USD8.2 billion, according to
the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356689&rel=true

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AUTO INDUSTRY
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=39
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Datamonitor: Online used car market set to soar

The European second-hand car market is likely to be transformed over
the next few years as online sales of used cars take off.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356692&rel=true
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Jupiter Media Metrix: European surfers flock to car sites

The traffic to European car websites more than doubled between April
2000 and March 2001, according to Jupiter MMXI.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356708&rel=true

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CHILDREN
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=11
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NetValue: Internet habits of online moms revealed

Mothers in the US and across Europe are getting Internet access at
different times and behaving differently while online, according to
NetValue.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356706&rel=true

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CUSTOMER SERVICE
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=47
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Wall Street Journal: Consumer goods firms overspend on websites

Manufacturers of packaged goods such as beauty products, food, and
household supplies are overspending on websites by providing features
that consumers do not want.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356686&rel=true
__________________________________________________________________

Worldlingo: Foreign language email queries pose problems

Despite the increasing globalization of the Internet, most large
companies remain unable to respond appropriately to email queries in
foreign languages.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356702&rel=true

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ECOMMERCE
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=14
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Wired: New global code of conduct for B2C

A number of US and European business organisations are working
together to establish an international ecommerce 'seal of approval'
for online retailers.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356695&rel=true
__________________________________________________________________

CNET: Global B2C revenues to grow six-fold by 2005

Despite the current woes in the Internet economy, IDC predicts that
online consumer spending will increase almost six-fold by 2005.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356696&rel=true
__________________________________________________________________

Greenfield Online: US B2C spending up in March

The latest round of the Online Retail Index from Forrester and
Greenfield Online shows that online consumer spending rose by USD100
million in March to USD3.5 billion for the month.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356699&rel=true

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ENTERTAINMENT
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=48
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Jupiter Media Metrix: Napster users down 20 percent in March

Jupiter Media Metrix says that its data shows that Napster user
numbers fell sharply in March, since the song-sharing service was
ordered to block access to copyrighted music.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356704&rel=true
__________________________________________________________________

Pew Internet & American Life: Six million US Net users download music
daily

The number of US citizens who download music from the Internet now
averages about 6 million every day, according to the Pew Internet &
American Life Project.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=48

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FINANCIAL SERVICES
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=4
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CyberAtlas: Financial professionals turning to the Net

Financial professionals are increasingly using the Internet to conduct
business transactions.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356701&rel=true

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GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
Archives: Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=18
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NetValue:UK home Internet access levels growing

Over 9 million households in the UK, or 37.2 percent of the total
number of households, now have Internet access, according to NetValue.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356684&rel=true
__________________________________________________________________

Nando Times: Japan's Net population tops 47 million

Over 47 million Japanese, or 37 percent of the population, now have
Internet access, according to a new government survey. That figure
represents a 74 percent increase on 1999 figures.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356698&rel=true

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GOV/LEG
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=19
********************************************************************

Newsbytes: US government sites violating privacy laws

A considerable number of US federal government websites are violating
visitors' privacy, and federal law, by tracking the visitors' online
movements using cookies.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356685&rel=true
__________________________________________________________________

New York Times: Report highlights censorship culprits

The countries most likely to censor online activity have been named by
Reporters San Frontieres.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356703&rel=true

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HEALTH/MEDICAL
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=36
********************************************************************

Harris Interactive: 100 million US Net users are 'cyberchondriacs'

Over half of visitors to health websites find those sites through
portals and search engines, according to new research from Harris
Interactive.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356697&rel=true

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INFRASTRUCTURES
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=20
********************************************************************

Verisign: Domains now available in 350 languages

Domain names can now be registered in over 350 languages, as Verisign
has just announced that it is accepting domain name registrations in
over 180 new languages.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356688&rel=true
__________________________________________________________________

The Register: Isle of Man to launch world's first 3G network

The Register reports that the world's first functioning 3G mobile
network will soon be in operation, on the tiny Isle of Man, off the
British coast.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356693&rel=true
__________________________________________________________________

iamasia: Broadband massively popular in Hong Kong

Forty percent of Hong Kong's home Internet users are now using a
broadband connection to access the Web, up from 28 percent in October
2000 and 7 percent in March 2000.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356700&rel=true
__________________________________________________________________

Financial Times: South Korea still leads the broadband pack

South Korea continues to have the most broadband lines per 100
inhabitants of any country in the world.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356705&rel=true

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MARKETING/BRANDS
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=45
********************************************************************

Oasis Media: Charities turn to the Web for PR and funds

Not-for-profit organizations in the UK are embracing the Internet to
promote their work and raise funds.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356691&rel=true

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TRAVEL
Archives: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=33
********************************************************************

Jupiter Media Metrix: Online travel sites to thrive in slow economy

The slowdown in the US economy may actually prove a boon for online
travel sites, as consumers and businesses go in search of bargains.

http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356690&rel=true

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ABOUT NUA
Nua develops Nua Publish, a simple, professional and cost-effective
content management software product. Nua Publish is focused on
reducing the costs of publishing content on the Web, while maintaining
the highest standards of presentation, navigation and search.
http://www.nua.com/nuapublish

Nua has also established itself as a successful online
publisher--with Nua Internet Surveys, New
Thinking, Making it Work, and Net Style, Nua's ideas and thinking
reach over 250,000 people worldwide on a weekly basis.
http://www.nua.ie/nkb/index.cgi

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OTHER NUA NEWSLETTERS
To view or subscribe to any of Nua's newsletters, please go to the
Nua Knowledge Base at http://www.nua.com/nkb/

NET STYLE, penned by former FORTUNE magazine executive editor, Rob
Norton, provides an insight into the broad space of web publishing.

NEW THINKING, written by Nua CEO, Gerry Mc Govern aims to
contribute to a practical philosophy for the Digital Age.

MAKING IT WORK examines changes in technology and how these are
impacting on the way business is done.

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SUBSCRIBING TO INTERNET SURVEYS
To subscribe to Nua Internet Surveys, send an email to
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the word "SUBSCRIBE" in
the BODY of the message. An automatic acknowledgment should be
returned to you by email within a few minutes. Alternatively you can
use the automatic subscribe function at:
<http://www.nua.ie/surveys/subscribe.html>

UNSUBSCRIBING
To unsubscribe to Nua Internet Surveys, send an email to
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the word "UNSUBSCRIBE" in
the body of the message. An automatic acknowledgment should be
returned to you by email within a few minutes. Alternatively you can
use the automatic unsubscribe function at:
<http://www.nua.ie/surveys/subscribe.html>

TECHNICAL PROBLEMS
If you are having any technical problems, please email
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with Technical Problems in the subject line.
__________________________________________________________________

COPYRIGHT
This newsletter is copyright 1996 - 2001 Nua Ltd. Nua Internet
Surveys content may be reproduced once Nua Internet Surveys is
credited and a hyperlink to http://www.nua.com/surveys is provided.
We would, however, appreciate it if you could contact us at
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> to let us know when and where you have used
our content.

Nua does not accept responsibility for the accuracy of
information contained in this newsletter. The content has been
obtained from sources Nua Ltd deems reliable.
__________________________________________________________________


____________________________________________________
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- The No 1 resource for information on Internet trends and statistics
- Over 200,000 readers in 140 countries

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