[Air-L] Looking for academically valid stats about the internet

[Lois Ann Scheidt]

Hi Jeremy,

Many of the stats you are seeking can be found on the sites themselves. I would first check their "About" pages, very few have separate listings for "Statistics" pages. There are also third-party sites like Alexa and marketing firms such as Caslon Analytics that track usage for some SN sites. Finally, you can often find links or clues to some SN site's user stats on their Wikipedia pages.

Are they academically useful? Well when it's all you have it's useful...and we have been using these kinds of numbers in publications for years.  Just remember that all counts are dynamic and must be fully cited.

Hope that helps,

Lois

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Subject: [Air-L] Looking for academically valid stats about the internet

Hi all !!

I am currently trying to compile a set of data about internet usage and
especially about the following list:
-number of page indexed by google
-number blogs in technorati
-number à videos on youtube
-number of article in wikipedia
-nomber of user registered on facebook and on linkedin

Do you know if there is a central doc that woud provide those stat ? if yes,
is it, to your opinion, "academically usable"? Thank you in advance for your
help...

Jer'm

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