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What Are You Doing Online?

Posted by BigBlueBall News BigBlueBall News is offline on 10-11-2001, 12:00 AM  

Jeff Hester

October 11, 2001


Ever wonder how people spend their time online?


Well, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project,

59 million Americans go online on an average day. Here′s what they do in a
typical day:

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Daily Internet
Activities		 %
Go online 56
Send email 49
Surf the web for fun 23
Get news 22
Look for info on a
hobby		 19
Check the weather 17
Look for political
news/information		 17
Do any type of
research for their job		 16
Do an internet
search to answer a specific question		 15
Get financial
information		 13
Research a product
or service before buying it		 13
Check sports scores 10
Send an instant
message		 10
Look for info about
movies, books or other leisure activities		 9
Research for school
or training		 8
Watch a video or
audio clip		 7
Listen to music
online		 7
Get travel
information		 6
Play a game 6
Visit a government
site		 6
Look for information
about a job		 5
Buy a product 5
Look for
health/medical information		 5
Bank online 4
Chat in a chat room
or in an online discussion		 4
Download music files
to your computer		 4
Buy or make a
reservation for travel		 3
Look for
religious/spiritual information		 3
Visit an online
support group		 3
Gamble 2
Look for information
about a place to live		 2
Participate in an
online auction		 2
Buy groceries online 1
Go to a dating web
site		 1
Make a phone call
over the Internet		 1
Buy or sell stocks,
bonds, or mutual funds		 1



Does this sound like you? Agree or disagree?



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