Fun_People Archive
15 Oct
Internet Index #20

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 97 16:13:57 -0700
To: Fun_People
Subject: Internet Index #20

                               The Internet Index
                                   Number 20
                         Inspired by "Harper's Index"*
                 Compiled by Win Treese (treese@OpenMarket.com)
                                10 October 1997

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 Internet hosts registered in Andorra: 155

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

Percentage of Internet hosts registered in .com: 23

Total number of issued U.S. patents mentioning the word "Internet": 170

Percentage of commercial Web sites attracting 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

Copyright 1997 by Win Treese. Send updates or interesting statistics to
treese@OpenMarket.com. "Harper's Index" is a registered trademark of
Harper's Magazine Foundation.

© 1997 Peter Langston