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Thursday, October 28, 2004

It's Not Just for Porn Anymore 

Did you know that the Internet has a lot more on it than just porn? Well, if you're reading my blog you probably do... but apparently other people are figuring that out too:

Internet users are doing far fewer searches for sex and pornography and more for e-commerce and business than they were seven years ago, University of Pittsburgh and Penn State researchers say in a new book.

"Twenty percent of all searching was sex-related back in 1997, now it's about 5 percent," said Amanda Spink, the University of Pittsburgh professor who co-authored "Web Search: Public Searching of the Web" with Penn State professor Bernard J. Jansen.

The funniest quote from the article?

"They're not getting excited about using the Internet anymore," said Barry Wellman, a University of Toronto cyberspace researcher said of the findings.

Well... I'm sure people are still "excited" about the Internet... just not "excited" in quite the same way.

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