Study: Search Now No. 2 Among Web Tasks After Email

[mandy]

The number of people who use Internet search engines to find information has jumped over the last year, claiming a solid No. 2 spot behind e-mail among online tasks, a new study finds.

Of the 94 million American adults who went online on a given autumn day this year, 63 percent used a search engine, compared with 56 percent in June 2004...

Use of search engines was higher among users who are richer and better educated, as well as those with high-speed broadband connections that are continuously on.

full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051121/ap_o...rch_growth

[maggie777]

Lurking is #1 

--selling
--reading the news
--then searching
email?