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Global - Internet - Search Engines, Websites & Internet User Statistics

Synopsis In 2010 around 25% of the global population is using the Internet (mobile and fixed). This is quite remarkable when considering only around 5% used it at the start of the decade. More growth is predicted ahead as the Internet economy continues to develop and mobile Internet developments aid access, particularly in the developing markets. Google remains the most popular web property worldwide and Internet users in France spend around 55 sessions per month online. This report includes statistics and information on worldwide Internet users and penetration; Internet hosts, domain names, the World Wide Web, search engines, websites and the ISP market. Broadband statistics and Internet economy information is contained in separate reports.

Last Update: 23 Apr 2010 Number of Pages: 18

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Table of Contents

1. Synopsis
2. The Internet and the web
2.1 Historical growth of the Internet
2.2 Web 2.0
3. Internet traffic continues to grow
4. Internet users and penetration
4.1 Time spent online
5. Internet hosts
5.1 Domain names
5.2 Native language Internet addresses and domain names
6. The World Wide Web
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Browsers
6.2.1 Growth of alternative browsers
6.3 Web server software
6.4 Internet portals
6.4.1 Overview
6.4.2 Advertising model
6.4.3 Search and advice models
6.4.4 Vertical portals from content providers
6.4.5 The end of portals - analysis
7. Search engines
7.1.1 Alternative search engines
7.2 North Asia - resisting Google
8. Websites
8.1 Website growth
8.2 Popular websites
9. The ISP market
9.1 ISPs consolidate
9.2 ISPs and the Internet economy
10. Other developments
10.1 The Pentagon Internet (GIG)
10.2 Corporates are mashing up and moving online
10.3 Grid computing will change the Internet - analysis
10.3.1 Cloud computing generates huge interest
11. Related reports

Table 1 - Worldwide fixed Internet users and annual change - 2000 - 2010

Table 2 - Worldwide Internet penetration by region - 2009

Table 3 - Top ten ranking by country for Internet users - 3Q 2009

Table 4 - Households with access to a home computer and the Internet - selected countries - 2008 - 2009

Table 5 - Selected country comparison of monthly at-home Internet usage - 2007; 2009

Table 6 - Top online activities - 2008

Table 7 - Growth in the number of Internet hosts - every two years - 1991 - 2010

Table 8 - Number of domain names worldwide - mid 2007, 2008; Q1 2009

Table 9 - Internet users by top languages - 2002; 2005; 2007

Table 10 - Worldwide market share of top 5 browsers - 2007; August 2008; February 2010

Table 11 - Web server market share top 4 developers - various months - 2004 - 2010

Table 12 - How people find websites

Table 13 - Worldwide search engine market share - January 2010

Table 14 - Number of websites worldwide - 2004; 2006; 2008; 2009

Table 15 - Visitors to top ten web properties worldwide - 2008; June 2009

Exhibit 1 - Examples of Web 2.0 developments

Exhibit 2 - Top 10 most popular domain name suffixes worldwide - Q1 2009

Exhibit 3 - The phenomenon of the 1990s

Exhibit 4 - Examples of alternative search engines

Exhibit 5 - Examples of popular web properties - Japan; USA; Germany

Exhibit 6 - Difference between Grid Computing, Utility Computing and Cloud Computing