The Akamai State of the Internet report is a valuable resource in providing a snap shot of the state of the internet both in terms of threat traffic and internet speed and connectivity worldwide. The report chronicles the emergence of Indonesia as the top source of threat traffic today. While Indonesia has scene a…
Global E-Commerce Sales Surpasses $1 Trillion A report by eMarketer states that global e-commerce sales have surpassed $1 trillion for the first time in 2012. Total sales will reach $1.3 trillion in 2013 led by the big four – United States ($385B); China ($181B); United Kingdom ($142B) and Japan ($140B). China’s market has tripled…
Village Voice Media Under Increased Pressure to Drop Backpage Sex Ads Two years ago State Attorney Generals pressured Craigslist to drop adult oriented advertisements which reportedly generated approximately $36 million in revenue annually for the online classified giant. The advertisements and pressure have now migrated to Village Voice’s Backpage.com. H&M, Pfitzer Pharmaceutical, IKEA, Barnes and…
Internet to Surpass 2 Billion Users By End of 2010 With this milestone days away, we thought it deserved special mention in the Net Meter.
Google has released its list of the 1,000most visited websites. Facebook is tops on the list, which also includes 163.com (#15) 56.com (#47) and 27.cn (#805).
INTERNET PENETRATION AND SPEED Source: Akamai State of the Internet Report (Q4 2009) International 1st 2nd 3rd Other Total Net Users US China Japan Per Capita Net Users Norway Finland Sweden US (6th) Broadband Speed South Korea Hong Kong Japan US (22nd) High Broadband Penetration South Korea Sweden Denmark US (9th) US 1st 2nd 3rd…
