IP: The Web No Longer American

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

 >Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 16:06:16 -0500
 >From: Gene Gaines <gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com>
 >
 >Dave,
 >
 >A milestone has been passed.
 >
 > >From WebSideStory at:
 >
 >http://www.websidestory.com/content.cfm?Pg=3&PR=10000000000024
 >(If link bad, goto http://www.websidestory.com and see press release.)
 >
 >Salient paragraphs:
 >
 >    55 PERCENT OF ALL WEB TRAFFIC WORLDWIDE COMES
 >    FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
 >    Germany, Canada, S. Korea Head List of Non-U.S. Countries with Most
 >    Active Internet Populations, According to WebSideStory's StatMarket
 >
 >    SAN DIEGO, CA -- January 23, 2001 - WebSideStory, Inc.
 >    www.websidestory.com), the leading provider of real-time Internet
 >    intelligence for e-business, today reported that non-U.S. Web surfers
 >    account for 54.98 percent of all Web traffic worldwide. Germany
 >    accounted for the largest majority of non-U.S. Web surfers in the sample
 >    with 5.56 percent as of Jan. 16, 2001, according to WebSideStory's
 >    StatMarket (www.statmarket.com). Canada was next with 5 percent,
 >    followed by South Korea (4.57 percent), and Japan (4.35 percent). The
 >    U.S. accounted for 45.02 percent of all global Web traffic, StatMarket
 >    reported.
 >
 >    "This is a wake up call to businesses that have thought about adopting a
 >    global Internet strategy, but have yet to implement one," said Geoff
 >    Johnston, vice president of product marketing for StatMarket. "Although
 >    the U.S. still accounts for a significant portion of Web traffic, we
 >    expect that percentage to continue shrinking as more people come online."
 >
 >    ...
 >
 >Internet news.com adds more to the story:
 >
 >http://www.internetnews.com/intl-news/article/0,,6_570121,00.html
 >
 >Excerpt from this story, which is datelined South Africa:
 >
 >    .. .according to the Internet Industry Almanac, America ranks number 4
 >    for the number of Internet users per Capita 406.4 per 1000 people.
 >    Number 1 is Canada, with 428.2 Internet users per 1000, followed by 
Sweden
 >    (414.5/1000) and Finland (408.4/1000). By the end of 2002, 23 countries
 >    are expected to have over 30% of their population wired onto the Net. Of
 >    the 601 million projected Internet users by 2002, the Almanac expects 27%
 >    to be American.
 >
 >    As the Net develops, English will cease to be the dominant language, with
 >    Chinese, French, German and other languages generating webs within webs,
 >    only available to those who speak the language and thereby have an
 >    understanding of the culture. In South Africa, Afrikaans is already well
 >    represented and as other cultural groups gain access to the Net, more 
will
 >    follow.
 >
 >    Important for Americans is the fact that most Americans only speak a
 > single
 >    language, while English is the most spoken 2nd language in the world. In
 >    other words, as the Net develops, non-American surfers, who generally
 > speak
 >    2 or more languages, will have access to a larger web than their American
 >    counterparts.
 >
 >Gene Gaines
 >gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com



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