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A recent survey of leading online brokerage firms by Deloitte & Touche reveals that average use of online accounts has declined 42% as investors are taking a more conservative approach to their portfolios due to market volatility. The slowdown and unease in the US economy which began in early 2000 has significantly affected investment in… Continue reading Use Of Online Brokerages Falls In US

According to recent report by Oftel, there are now six million more internet households in the UK than there were a year ago. OftelÂ’s residential survey shows that 10 million (40%) of UK households were online in May 2001, an increase of 3.75 million in a year. Source: Oftel, July 2001

The softening economy in the US finally took its toll on online shopping last month, according to the most recent findings of Forrester Research’s Online Retail Index. The 18th edition of the monthly survey shows that total US spending via the web decreased from $3.9 billion in May to $3.2 billion in June. The number… Continue reading US Economic Downturn Hits Online Sales

According to Forrester, only the large media companies will be able to cope with the demands of European net users and provide multi-platform, multi-language content to local markets. “To thrive with international Web properties, multicountry localizers must wield their most effective lever — economies of scale from Pan-European online offerings — to consolidate assets and… Continue reading Large Portals And Multichannel Media Firms Will Successfully Meet Europe’s Localisation Challenge, Says Forrester

A new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project has revealed that the length of time spent online by different sections of the internet varies greatly. The Project asked 1,081 Internet users whether they were currently using the Internet more or less than they were six months earlier. 54% said they were using… Continue reading America Online: Latest Data From Pew

New research from Datamonitor adds further discussion to the argument over whether or not internet and mobile phone advertising is effective. Insight Analysis shows that advertisers may be losing interest in the internet right at the point at which users are really starting to embrace it (see Forecasts). This is backed up by research from… Continue reading Net And Mobile Ads Are Viewed Positively, Says Datamonitor

User traffic to online music sharing site Napster has declined by 36% over the last two months, according to data from Nielsen//NetRatings. At the same time, usage of other, less well known file sharing sites, such as KaZaA, BearShare, Audiogalaxy and iMesh, has risen. Nevertheless Napster retains its top spot amongst the all the file-swapping… Continue reading File-Sharing Sites Benefit From Decline In Napster Use

There appears to be two opposing trends developing in the online world at present – the advertiser’s view of the web and the user’s. Whilst the former deteriorates, the latter grows more positive. In some ways the internet has suffered from the kind of over-hype that is often bestowed on the latest rock ‘n’ roll… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Does The Obsession With Click Rates Blind The Ad Industry To The Benefits Of The Internet?

Singapore’s ASP (application server provider) market is estimated this year to reach a value of U.S. $143 million, roughly twice its predicted size for 2000, says Strategic Intelligence. ASP services provide users and businesses with access via the internet to applications that would otherwise have to be located on the user’s site. Strategic Intelligence says… Continue reading Singapore’s ASP Market To Pick Up Exponentially, Says Strategic Intelligence

eCommerce in the four Central European countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, is set to grow from $100 million in 2000 to $650 in 2001 according to latest figures from IDC. ‘End-use’ ecommerce is set for the greatest growth and will account for two thirds of all B2B revenues in 2001, that is… Continue reading Strong E-Commerce Growth Forecast For Central Europe