Internet Retailer: Internet Rush Is Over, New Survey Says
Regular use of the Internet by U.S. adults has flattened out at 63% of the population, says a new report from Mediamark Research Inc.  Mediamark says further penetration will require conversion of what it calls "unconnected" consumers and Internet "resistors."  GO TO
ClickZ Network: Active Internet Users by Country
Nielsen/NetRatings found that the overall at-home global active Internet universe for a number of selected countries rose by more than 1.5 million users from April 2004 to May 2004.  Japan exhibited the most growth by percentage and new active users, marking the second consecutive month of large swells to the country's Internet population.  France and Switzerland also made gains, while Sweden lost more than 3 percent.  GO TO
Marketingprofs.com: 3 Reasons To Publish ENewsletter AND Blog
With spam filters on high alert, delivering a newsletter by email is not as easy as it was even one year ago.  Should it reach your subscriber's inbox it still has to vie for attention among dozens, or even hundreds, of new messages.  GO TO
Center For Media Research: EMail An Internet Anchor
In a DataMemo from ComScore, the importance of email in today's society emerges.  The memo notes that Google's launch of Gmail and Yahoo's recent enhancements to its email service have highlighted the importance of email as one of the central applications of the Internet.  Email services draw a large and loyal audience with a high degree of repeat visitation. Moreover, 15 percent of the average user's time online is spent at sites in the Email category.  GO TO
Center For Media Research: Middle Age Females Play More Games Online Than Teen Males
Nielsen/NetRatings reports that last month more time was spent on online games than sport sites and news sites.  More than 46 million, or nearly one in three online Americans, visited online game sites during May 2004.  GO TO
Just For fun: Clean Laugh From Cybersalt.org
Some teachers at state universities get to know their students fairly well.  One instructor told his communications class of his plans to propose marriage.  A student spoke up and said that he had recently asked his girlfriend to marry him as well.  "What was her answer?" the instructor asked.   "I don't know," the student replied.  "She hasn't emailed me back yet."  Pastor Tim's CleanLaugh List