The Internet Index

Number 25
Inspired by "Harper's Index"*
Compiled by Win Treese (mailto:treese@openmarket.com)
Co-author of Designing Systems for Internet Commerce
30 November 1999

Here is Internet Index #25 and the directory of all editions.

Number of e-mail messages I needed to change a name server address with Network Solutions: 7
Number of faxes: 2
Number of phone calls: 2
Total number of days before the change was processed: 31

Number of US cities with greater than 50% Internet penetration among adults: 5
Source: Scarborough Research

Amount of the SEC budget reallocated by Congress to investigate financial fraud on the Internet, in millions of dollars: 5.5
Source: US News & World Report, 11/15/99

Number of web sites reviewed each week in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: 50
Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram

Number of stores at the Saint Louis (Missouri) Galleria barred from promoting e-commerce: 170
Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram, 11/26/99

Number of dot-com balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: 2

Estimated spending in France for Internet advertising, in millions of francs: 350
Source: Excite News, 11/23/99

Estimated percentage of US small businesses with web sites: 37
Source: Prodigy Communication Corporation

Estimated 1999 revenues of ISP market in the US, in billions of dollars: 15.1
Source: Internet Economy Indicators, citing IDC

Number of people sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for illegally offering securities for sale on eBay: 3
Source: Securities and Exchange Commission

Rank of Microsoft for spending on Internet advertising, in 1998: 1
Rank of Volvo: 43
Source: AdWeek

Estimated percentage of total ad agency billings from dot-com companies, from January to October, 1999: 30
Source: New York Observer, 11/15/99

Sale price of the domain name name "business.com", in millions of dollars: 7.5
Source: Wall Street Journal, 11/30/99

Estimated number of Internet users in China, in millions: 4
Source: The Industry Standard, 9/27/99

Percentage of adults in the UK who use the Internet: 27
Source: CommerceNet/Nielsen survey, 10/27/99


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