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Report: Internet Search Closing on E-Mail as #1 Web Application

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 21, 2005 - 2:54am.
Washington - Using an Internet search engine has become the second most-popular use of the Internet, behind e-mail, according to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life project. The survey showed that use of search engines on a typical day has grown from 30% of the Internet-using population (38 million) in mid-2004, to 41% (59 million) in September 2005, an overall increase of about 55%. The Pew data found that 52% of American Internet users send and receive e-mail on a typical day now, up from 45% in June 2004. Reading news on the Internet was the third most-popular online activity, according to the report.
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