Divided Attention of Internet Users
Getting the undivided attention of consumers gets harder all the time. Much like drivers who listen to music, talk on the phone, apply makeup, and eat at the same time, Internet users in the U.S. conduct a wide array of activities while online. Here is one study that...
Botnet Army of Zombie Computers
From the title of this post, it might sound like it I’m talking about a horror movie or a sci-fi thriller, but what I’m talking about is actually a very real threat. I recently read an article called The Zombie On Your Desk by Daniel Suarez where he...
Who’s Online by Age
92% of US consumers aged 12-24 have used the Internet. But more than half of those aged 65-69 have gone online as well, and the 70+ crowd has nearly doubled in the last 3 years. The chart below shows people who had ever been online. For example, 93% of teens (12-17)...
Time Spent Online
Americans are spending more time online and more of that time is spent at home rather than at work. However, U.S. adults are not world leaders in spending leisure time online. Internet users in China spent 44% of their leisure time on the Web in 2008, compared with...
User-generated Content
60% of U.S. Internet users viewed some kind of user-generated content in 2008. What was most popular? 54% read blogs, 41% participated in social networks, 36% watched user-generated videos, and 34% read wikis. The Internet and its software creates opportunities that...
Facebook Isn’t Just for Teens
Did you know that adults still make up the majority of social networking site users? A survey in December 2008 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project showed that the number of adult Internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more...
What Internet Users Do and How They Access It
Note this chart from the Pew Internet & American Life Project:
Slow Blogging
The other day I was reading Bryce Haymond’s Temple Study blog and came across a reference to “slow blogging.” In his article Temple Study One Year Anniversary Bryce referred to Sharon Otterman’s New York Times article Blogging at a Snail’s Pace. He suggested that with...
Gospel Art Picture Kit
Note: The Gospel Art Picture Kit has now been replaced by the Gospel Art Book available online and in print. Learn more about the Gospel Art Book. You can still find the images from the Gospel Art Picture Kit online. The pictures are organized by category. Click on...How to Use Google Reader
We explained RSS in a previous post. Here’s a quick video that explains how to use Google Reader.
Text Messaging Services
I happened today across a Web site called Tagga.com which provides free text messaging services. Tagga (82442 on the phone keypad) allows you to create text messaging campaigns so that when people text in a keyword, they will be texted back with additional...
Get Your News on the Internet
We recently talked about the shrinking world of newspapers. Another sign that news readers are moving from print to digital is that the Internet has now surpassed all media except television as a news source, according to the Pew Research Center for the People and the...The Shrinking World of Newspapers
The outlook for newspaper publishers in the U.S.A. is grim. And it’s more than the though economic times. Newspaper revenues are falling more than in any other major medium. eMarketer reports on this historic downslide in both newspaper readership and revenues....Using Web Search Effectively
Here’s a quick video that explains how to effectively use search on the Web.Follow on social media