Number 20
Inspired by "Harper's Index"*
Compiled by Win Treese ( treese@OpenMarket.com)
10 October 1997
Here is Internet Index #20 annotated with sources and the directory of all editions.
Percentage of employers who think the Web has raised productivity: 48
Percentage of poster ads with URLs at Boston's Government Center subway
station: 10
Percentage of Internet hosts in the U.S. as of January, 1997: 58
Number of Web rings (chains of related Web sites) listed at webring.com:
18,689
Number of stocks listed in Mecklermedia's Internet Stock Index: 35
Approximate number of page views at Yahoo, in millions per day: 38
Percentage of U.S. public schools connected to the Internet, in 1994:
35
Percentage of U.S. public schools connected to the Internet, in 1996: 65
Number of Internet hosts registered in Andorra: 155
Percentage of Internet hosts registered in .com: 23
Number of issued patents mentioning the word "Internet": 170
Percentage of commercial Web sites attracts advertising revenue: 16
Percentage of people who remember a banner ad from a Web site: 12
Percentage of people who remember a TV ad: 10
Range of prices to reach 1000 adults through Web advertising, in dollars:
40-70
Range of prices to reach 1000 adults through advertising during "Seinfeld",
in dollars: 20-30
Percentage of CIOs planning to increase Internet spending significantly
in 1998: 31
Cost of a virtual plot (with picture) at The Cemetery Gate, in dollars:
50
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