About 25 million people have used the internet to sell something
One in six internet users has used the internet to sell things and traffic to online classified sites has risen 80% in the past year.
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13 million Americans made donations online after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
9% of online Americans made donations on the internet to relief efforts and 7 million set up their own hurricane relief efforts using the internet.
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Big jump in search engine use
Nearly 60 million online Americans use search engines on an average day.
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Dr. Mom Goes Online
Many parents go online to get information about their kids’ upcoming surgical procedures.
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Auctions in China and America
How the booming Chinese online auction market compares to America’s.
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The Internet at School
There has been a 45% increase since 2000 in the number of teenagers who use the internet at school.
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Teens and Technology
Today’s American teens live in a world enveloped by communications technologies; the internet and cell phones have become a central force that fuels the rhythm of daily life.
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eBay Rides the Wave
Our surveys now show that one in four internet users have tried their hand at online auctions, and that the absolute number of online auction participants has been growing along with the overall internet population.
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Informed Patients
Millions of Americans will welcome new access to industrial-strength health information — but they’ll miss the articles from one major journal.
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Do-it-yourself Information
Some 55% of adult internet users have looked for “how-to,” “do-it-yourself” or repair information online.