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About 40 million Americans were browsing the web just for fun or to pass the time on a typical day in December 2005.

The internet helps maintain people's social networks, and connects them to members of their social network when they need help. 60 million Americans have turned to the internet for help with major life decisions.

Teens and Generation Y (age 18-28) are significantly more likely than older users to send and receive instant messages, play online games, create blogs, download music, and search for school information.

One in six internet users has used the internet to sell things and traffic to online classified sites has risen 80% in the past year.

9% of online Americans made donations on the internet to relief efforts and 7 million set up their own hurricane relief efforts using the internet.

Washington — Search engines have become an increasingly important part of the online experience of American internet users. The most recent findings from Pew Internet & American Life tracking surveys and consumer behavior trends from the comScore Media Metrix consumer panel show that about 60 million American adults are using search engines on a typical […]

Nearly 60 million online Americans use search engines on an average day.

How the booming Chinese online auction market compares to America's.

Bloggers over the age of 65 are a pretty rare, but interesting, group.

Our surveys now show that one in four internet users have tried their hand at online auctions, and that the absolute number of online auction participants has been growing along with the overall internet population.