- While radio took 30 years to reach an audience of 50 million and T.V. took 13 years, the Internet took just 4 years.
- Small businesses who use the Internet have grown 46% faster than those that do not.
- High-tech has driven more than a quarter of all economic growth since 1993.
- 25% of Web users have household incomes exceeding $80,000 per year.
- The largest group of Internet users is between 25 and 44 years of age.
- 48% of employers think the Web has raised productivity.
- 82% of the Web users consider Web access to be "indispensable".
- 34 percent of U.S. Internet users identify themselves as Republicans.
- Over 3,000 domain names are registered daily, with 90% active within 24 hours.
- Around 98% of four-year college students in the U.S. have free access to the Internet and spend more time online than any other group -- about five hours per week.
- According to Nielsen, 23% (estimated) of people over 16 in the U.S. and Canada use the Internet.
- There are approximately 85,000 new domain name registrations per month.
- Internet traffic is doubling every 100 days.
- Web content preferred by Men:
54% Technology; 50% Sports; 39% Science and Nature; 37% Investing - Web content preferred by Women:
62% Travel/Recreation; 42% Health and Medicine; 32% Food and Cooking; 27% Parenting and Children - Products Ordered Online By Men:
47% Software; 35% PC Hardware; 18% Consumer Electronics; 13% Flowers; 08% Food Products - Products Ordered Online By Women:
39% Books; 31% Music Recordings; 20% Auction Sites; 18% Clothing; 08% Cosmetics/Fragrances
The Web is an increasingly important resource in many aspects of life: education, employment, government, commerce, health care, recreation, and more. It is essential that the Web be accessible in order to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with disabilities.
What is Web Accessibility?
Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web. More specifically, Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web. Web accessibility also benefits others, including older people with changing abilities due to aging.
Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities. The document "How People with Disabilities Use the Web" describes how different disabilities affect Web use and includes scenarios of people with disabilities using the Web.
Why Web Accessibility is Important
The Web is an increasingly important resource in many aspects of life: education, employment, government, commerce, health care, recreation, and more. It is essential that the Web be accessible in order to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with disabilities. An accessible Web can also help people with disabilities more actively participate in society.
Source: www.w3.org
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