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Online Video Attractive To All Ages

User-generated videos (UGVs) totaled 22 billion views in 2007, an increase of 70 percent over 2006, according to Accustream iMedia Research's "UGV 2005-2008: Mania Meets Mainstream" report.

Internet Playing Larger Role In Politics

Close to a quarter (24%) of Americans say they regularly learn something about the presidential campaign from the Internet, close to double the percentage from the 2004 campaign according to the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

Email Versus Social Networks

There has been a lot of discussion about email becoming an obsolete application and that social networking will eventually take its place.

Americans Go Online For Research

Over half of Americans (58%) turn to the Internet when they want information about health, educational, financial, legal and career issues according to a new Pew Internet and American Life Project study.

Ego Surfing Occupies Nearly Half The Web

A new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project said 47 percent of Internet users search for a topic very close to them: themselves. 

Online Videos Go Viral

If you have plans for any kind of viral marketing campaign in 2007, you may wish to take at the numbers revealed by a new Pew study.

Pew: Video Ads More Popular Than Porn

Just six percent admitted to watching or downloading adult videos online in Pew Internet's latest online video survey, which means approximately 84 percent of them are big fat liars.

Chinese Web Expands

China now has 137 million Internet users and while that sounds like a lot (only second to the US in number), Pew Internet & American Life Project reminds us that's just a tenth of the country's population.

U.S. Broadband Adoption

Income and race are becoming less important in U.S. broadband adoption according to The Pew Internet & American Life Project report "Home Broadband Adoption 2007."

Web 2.0? Nearly Half Just Say No

The Pew Internet & American Life Project's latest report said that while 8 percent of Americans have embraced advanced information and communication technology (ICT), 49 percent have little to no interest in it.