[OPLINLIST] FYI: Search Second to Email in Net Use
Frank Atkinson
franka@ohcapcon.com
Mon, 30 Aug 2004 10:56:24 -0400
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Thought you might find this interesting, especially the part about the
quality of search results..
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Search Is Second to Email
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<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory2
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory2&u=3D/cmp/20040828/tc_cmp/=
4360000
4> &u=3D/cmp/20040828/tc_cmp/43600004>
<http://snipurl.com/8quz>
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(27 Aug) A nationwide telephone survey by the Pew Internet and American =
Life
Project and comScore Networks finds that using a search engine is the
second most popular Internet-related activity. About 38 million =
Americans
conduct search engine queries daily. Survey "respondents ... say they
locate the information they are seeking 87 percent of the time when =
using a
search engine." Moreover, "92 percent of searchers surveys expressed
confidence in their search skills, claiming they can find what they =
want
when searching online."
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What's interesting is the disparity between statistics like this and the
findings of business surveys such as the one conducted a few months ago =
by
FIND/SVP. It found "84 percent of respondents feel that Web searches =
take
longer than they should due to poor results, costing businesses an
estimated $31 billion in wasted time."
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SEE, Data Memo on Search Engines
PEW, 12 August 2004
<http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/132/report_display.asp>
<http://snipurl.com/8qv9>
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RELATED, FLAWED ONLINE SEARCHES COSTING U.S. BUSINESSES $31 BILLION EACH
YEAR Press Release, 17 June 2004 =
<http://www.find.com/About/pr/launch.htm>
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RELATED, Want Business Info? Try Library
Business Courier, 27 August 2004
<http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2004/08/30/focus1.h=
tml
?t=3Dprintable>
<http://snipurl.com/8qvf>
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Frank Atkinson =
franka@ohcapcon.com
Rotunda Inc/Ohio Capitol Connection
http://www.rotundacollection.com <http://www.rotundacollection.com/>=20
21 W Broad St, Columbus Ohio 43215 http://www.ohcapcon.com
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thought you might =
find this interesting,
especially the part about the quality of search =
results..</span></font></p>
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face=3D"Courier New"><span
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Search Is Second to =
Email</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><<a
href=3D"http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory2&u=3D/cmp/20040=
828/tc_cmp/43600004">http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory2&u=
=3D/cmp/20040828/tc_cmp/43600004</a>></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><<a
href=3D"http://snipurl.com/8quz">http://snipurl.com/8quz</a>></span></=
font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
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New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(27 Aug) A =
nationwide telephone
survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project and comScore =
Networks
finds that using a search engine is the second most popular =
Internet-related
activity. About 38 million Americans conduct search engine queries =
daily.
Survey "respondents ... say they locate the information they =
are seeking
87 percent of the time when using a search engine." Moreover, =
"92
percent of searchers surveys expressed confidence in their search =
skills,
claiming they can find what they want when searching =
online."</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>What's interesting =
is the
disparity between statistics like this and the findings of =
business surveys
such as the one conducted a few months ago by FIND/SVP. It found =
"84
percent of respondents feel that Web searches take longer than =
they should due
to poor results, costing businesses an estimated $31 billion in =
wasted
time."</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'>SEE</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>,
Data Memo on Search Engines</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>PEW, =
</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>12
August 2004</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <<a
href=3D"http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/132/report_display.asp">http://w=
ww.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/132/report_display.asp</a>></span></font></p>=
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face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><<a
href=3D"http://snipurl.com/8qv9">http://snipurl.com/8qv9</a>></span></=
font></p>
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face=3D"Courier New"><span
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>RELATED, FLAWED =
ONLINE
SEARCHES COSTING U.S. BUSINESSES $31 BILLION EACH YEAR Press Release, =
</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>17
June 2004</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <<a
href=3D"http://www.find.com/About/pr/launch.htm">http://www.find.com/Abou=
t/pr/launch.htm</a>></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>RELATED, Want =
Business Info?
Try Library</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Business Courier, =
</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>27
August 2004</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> <<a
href=3D"http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2004/08/30/f=
ocus1.html?t=3Dprintable">http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/st=
ories/2004/08/30/focus1.html?t=3Dprintable</a>></span></font></p>
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Atkinson  =
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>franka@ohcapcon.com</span></=
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Rotunda Inc/Ohio Capitol =
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om</a></span></font></p>
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