InternetSearch-Engine Use Skyrockets, Nears E-Mail Levels (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Search engine use is on the rise, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Search engine use is on the rise, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The percentage of Internet users who use search engines on a typical day has been steadily rising from about one-third of all users in 2002, to a new high of just under one-half (49 percent). "With this increase, the number of those using a search engine on a typical day is pulling ever closer to the 60 percent of Internet users who use e-mail, arguably the Internet's all-time killer app, on a typical day," wrote Deborah Fallows, a Pew senior research fellow. Chronicling the Rise of Search Underscoring the dramatic increase over time, the percentage of Internet users who search on a typical day grew 69 percent from January 2002, when the Pew Internet & American Life Project first tracked this activity, to May 2008, when the current data were collected. During the same six-year time period, the use of e-mail on a typical day rose from 52 percent to 60 percent, for a growth rate of just 15 percent. These new figures propel search further out of the pack, well ahead of other popular Internet activities, such as checking the news, which 39 percent of Internet users do on a typical day, or checking the weather, which 30 percent do on a typical day, Pew reported. "Those who are using search engines on an average day are more likely to be socially upscale,... [ Read more on www.yahoo.com ]

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InternetGoogle Regretting Billion Dollar AOL Investment (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine - Google, it seems, is finally publicly acknowledging what we've all know for some time: AOL just ain't what it used to be. Among the interesting little tidbits in the search giant's recently filed quarterly earning report, the Mountain View company noted that the five-percent of AOL may "be impaired," accountant speak for a drop in value.