Success of Web Research Depends on Who's Asking the Questions
12/20/99, LA Times. The research suggests that working the Web is no different from any other kind of research. Reliability depends upon the expertise of the source, and that can only be determined by additional research.
www.latimes.com/business/updates/lat_cuttingedge991220.htm

Surveys Show Online Consumers Want Privacy
11/8/99, Sherman Fridman, CNN FN. According to an IBM [NYSE:IBM] survey of consumer attitudes toward privacy in the US, the UK, and Germany, there is a universal consumer interest in protecting online privacy.
www.cnnfn.com/news/technology/newsbytes/139045.html

Browser War Declared Over
11/8/99, CyberAtlas. In its final browser study of 236 respondents, Zona found that Microsoft's Internet Explorer was the primary browser choice for 64 percent of the respondents, while 36 percent indicated Netscape Navigator. In the first browser study in January of 1996, Zona found there were nine players on the browser frontier battling for a slice of a $200 million market. Now there are two players for $0 market.
cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/hardware/article/0,1323,5921_233921,00.html

Guru predicts web surge
11/15/99, BBC News. More than one billion people will be on the internet by the end of next year, says internet guru Nicholas Negroponte.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/the_economy/newsid_521000/521065.stm

Not All Internet Surveys Are Created Equal
11/10/99, Rob Spiegel, E-Commerce Times Columnist. Over the past few weeks, we've seen a flood of research reports and Internet surveys supplied by a mix of respectable research firms and Internet wannabes who are struggling to get attention on the hot Internet news pages.
www.ecommercetimes.com/news/viewpoint/view-991110-2.shtml

Survey finds Americans feel too dependent on technology
11/18/99, Reuters. An overwhelming majority of Americans regard the 2000 computer problem as indicative of an over-reliance on technology, according to a poll for Reuters released Thursday.
www.mercurycenter.com/breaking/docs/030931.htm

Numbers Growing - Study
11/18/99, Ken Woo, Newsbytes. The number of small business Web sites has almost doubled since last year and millions more are expected to come online next year, according to a survey conducted by International Communications Research.
www.cnnfn.com/news/technology/newsbytes/139606.html

Top Sites make Job Application Difficult
10/4/99, NUA. A policy of online recruitment can help save a company up to USD8,000 in total costs per person hired, according to a new report by Creative Good. This figure is broken down into USD2,000 per hire in advertising costs and USD6,000 in time spent looking for a new hire.
www.nua.ie/surveys/?f=VS&art_id=905355316&rel=true

Survey: Electronic Mail Leading Reason To Go Online
10/1/99, Reuters. Electronic mail has replaced research as the leading reason given by people in the United States for using the Internet, according to a survey released Thursday by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
news.excite.com/news/r/991001/02/net-internet-survey?printstory=1

Study Ranks Top Net-connected Cities
10/99, ERNEST HOLSENDOLPH, Cox News Service. Atlanta ranks fifth among the nation's most Internet-accessible cities, which makes it well-positioned to grow economically in the coming years, according to a study by geography specialists at Ohio State University.
199.97.97.16/contWriter/cnd7/1999/10/08/cndin/0505-0069-pat_nytimes.html