A utilização da Internet nos EUA

A sondagem anual sobre estilos de vida conduzida pela Gallup concluiu que 20 por cento dos americanos visitam regularmente blogues, mas as principais utilizações da Internet nos EUA são: ler notícias e consultar o tempo (72%), fazer compras on-line (52%), pagar contas on-line (40%), jogar jogos (28%), participar em leilões on-line (23%) e fazer downloads de música (22%).

20 p.c. of Internet users read blogs
Feb 10, 2006, 19:52 GMT

PRINCETON, NJ, United States (UPI) -- About 20 percent of Americans say they read Web logs, at least occasionally, but the percentage has remained stagnant for about a year, a Gallup poll shows.
The Gallup annual Lifestyle survey indicates 9 percent of Internet users read blogs frequently while 11 percent said they are occasional readers. However, 66 percent said they never read blogs and 13 percent said they only rarely read them.
The survey also found 72 percent of Web users regularly go online for news and weather, 52 percent shop online, 40 percent pay bills online, 28 percent play games, 23 percent participate in online auctions and 22 percent download music.
The survey conducted Dec. 5-8 queried 1,013 people at least 18 years of age nationwide. Gallup gave the survey a 95 percent confidence rating and said the error rate was 3 percentage points.

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