Andreas Ramos wrote:
>
> >>>In an annual survey by Simmons it was found that 54% of U.S.
> >>>businesses have Web sites, a growth from last year's findings
> >>>of 39% (http://www.eretail.net/1998/news/06/24/980624d.htm)
> >>
> >>
> The ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission) keeps a count of the total number
> of registered businesses (business licence, corporations, etc.) Thus there
> are 13 million or so. Remember: this includes pushcart hotdog stands, tiny
> gas stations in rural Georgia, backyard lawnmower repair shops, etc. Most
> businesses are very small and barely make any money.
>
> As for the web, in late 97, I wrote a white paper for a web company's
> board of directors. The largest count I could find was 550,000 unique
> commercial web sites.
This assumes, does it not, that the only "real" businesses online have
their own domain name. I believe that sells the concept short.
> Furthermore, a business website means generally a web master.
Again -- define "business" -- I have a few business web sites for folks
(some large, some small, in terms of their total # employees or sales$)
-- but not a one of them have a "webmaster" per se.
Perhaps the data forwarded said "business" when it meant "corporation."
Cause that would cause N to shrink considerably.
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