It won’t be long until the average Internet user isn’t so average. As teenagers, a demographic that has little or no memory of life before the Web, grow into adults, the world of e-commerce will expand to levels heretofore unrealized (or dreamed).

Is it me, or is everyone podcasting these days?

New data from Gallup notes that one in five Americans say they consult blogs “frequently” or at least “occasionally.”

If your company is not aggressively conducting efforts that will increase your search engine traffic, then it is time to get in the game!

The Pew Internet & American Life Project released a new study with some startling facts regarding the Internet, who’s using it and how they’re accessing it.

They are online, half of them on a daily basis, and use the Internet for news, games, and instant messaging.

Apparently, not everyone has an innate knowledge of all the terms, acronyms, names, and abbreviations associated with the Internet.

Results of a recent survey on Internet usage finds that 91 percent of respondents have changed the way they browse because of spyware.

The Pew Internet and American Life project released a study today that says most U.S. Internet users learned about spyware and adware the hard way. They’ve had their computers screwed, blued and tattooed by annoying bits of software that take over your browser, eat up memory, cause your computer to crash and a whole host of other problems.

Now that Pew Internet’s data on how many people listen to podcasts has been roundly trashed as untrustworthy, would you trust any numbers from anyone else on projected growth in podcasting…

Of the 22 million Americans who own MP3 players, including Apple’s iPod, about 29 percent have downloaded the audio files that make up a podcast.

A recent study discovered 27% of the Internet population has turned to other methods besides the traditional peer-2-peer programs with which to share files.

More than half of American families with teenagers use filters to limit access to potentially harmful online content, a 65% increase from the number of those who used filters in 2000.

A recent report discovered during the election, more people made use of the Internet to acquire their news intake.

BBC News: One in 10 adult Americans – equivalent to 22 million people – owns an MP3 player, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

There was lots of search engine news this week. There’s news about Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and much more.

Pew / Internet released a report January 23rd about internet search engine users. The title of the report is Internet Searchers Are Confident, satisfied and trusting – but they are also unaware and naive.

I’m seeing some amusing reactions to the just released Pew study on Search Engine Users. Disclaimer …

Something has been bugging me since I started this blog last year and I want to try to get to the root of it. The year 2004 was a major milestone for blogging.

Two surveys by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, indicate that, “by the end of 2004 blogs had established themselves as a key part of online culture”.

AP reports that blog readership grew significantly in 2004, driven by increased awareness of them during the presidential campaign and other major news events.