Here is Internet Index #27 and the directory of all editions.
Approximate percentage of words in Webster's English Dictionary that have been registered as domain names: 98
Source: Wall Street Journal, 24 April 2000
Maximum number of characters in one component of a domain name: 63
Source: RFC 1034
Average number of characters in a domain name in 1999: 11
Source: Network Solutions
Approximate number of students notified by e-mail of their admission to American University in Washington, D.C.: 4200
Source: Wall Street Journal, 24 April 2000
Percentage discount for Internet orders at Armadillo Willie's Barbeque in Santa Clara, CA: 5
Source: Personal visit, 3/22/00
Amount spent on advertising by dot-com companies in 1999, in billions of dollars: 3.1
Source: Wall Street Journal, 24 April 2000
Number of art works of questionable provenance listed on the Internet by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts: 7
Source: Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Percentage of web retailers who are profitable: 38
Source: Wall Street Journal, 18 April 2000
Percentage of domain names purchased by consumers: 14
Source: Network Solutions
Number of Internet users in Latin America in 1999, in millions: 8.6
Source: IDC
Number of Internet-related trade shows on the Internet Trade Show List: 595
Source: Internet Trade Show List
Number of Internet Service Providers serving Iceland: 6
Source: Internet.com's The List
Estimated number of households in mainland China with access to the Web, in millions: 7.2
Source: Interactive Week, 17 May 2000
Estimated number of adult Internet users in France, in millions: 7.2
Source: Nua Internet Surveys, 29 May 2000, citing Mediametrie
Number of network drops added to the Williams College library last year: 800
Source: Mass High Tech, 15 May 2000
Rank of Carnegie-Mellon University on Yahoo! Internet Life's survey of "Most Wired Universities": 1
Source: Yahoo Internet Life, May, 2000
Number of physical service centers opened by online brokerage Web Street Securities: 1
Number of additional service centers planned: 3
Source: Web Street Securities
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