The Internet Index

Number 27
Inspired by "Harper's Index"*
Compiled by Win Treese ( treese@openmarket.com)
Co-author of Designing Systems for Internet Commerce
5 July 2000

Here is Internet Index #27 annotated with sources and the directory of all editions.

Approximate percentage of words in Webster's English Dictionary that have been registered as domain names: 98

Maximum number of characters in one component of a domain name: 63
Average number of characters in a domain name in 1999: 11

Approximate number of students notified by e-mail of their admission to American University in Washington, D.C.: 4200

Percentage discount for Internet orders at Armadillo Willie's Barbeque in Santa Clara, CA: 5

Amount spent on advertising by dot-com companies in 1999, in billions of dollars: 3.1

Number of art works of questionable provenance listed on the Internet by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts: 7

Percentage of web retailers who are profitable: 38

Percentage of domain names purchased by consumers: 14

Number of Internet users in Latin America in 1999, in millions: 8.6

Number of Internet-related trade shows on the Internet Trade Show List: 595

Number of Internet Service Providers serving Iceland: 6

Estimated number of households in mainland China with access to the Web, in millions: 7.2
Estimated number of adult Internet users in France, in millions: 7.2

Number of network drops added to the Williams College library last year: 800

Rank of Carnegie-Mellon University on Yahoo! Internet Life's survey of "Most Wired Universities": 1

Number of physical service centers opened by online brokerage Web Street Securities: 1
Number of additional service centers planned: 3


Copyright 2000 by Win Treese. "Harper's Index" is a registered trademark of Harper's Magazine Foundation. Send updates or interesting statistics to treese@openmarket.com

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