The most popular activities online among American Internet users remain search and email, according to new research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.Pew’s research indicates that 92 percent of American adults say they have used search engines on the web and 59 percent say they do so on a daily basis. Email usage is nearly equal in popularity with a reported 92 percent of American adults saying they have used email and 61 percent saying they use it daily.
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While increasing numbers of savvy Internet users may Tweet and use Facebook, nearly all adults who go online still use e-mail and search engines, a new survey released Tuesday found.The latest survey released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that e-mail and search engines are still among the most popular activities for adults who go online with 92 percent of adult Internet users saying they use of both. The survey, conducted April 26-May 22 of 2,277 adults, found that about six in 10 adult Internet users said they use search engines or e-mail on a daily basis.
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2011/08/most-adult-internet-users-use.phpSearch and email still top the list of most popular online activities: Pew StudyOverviewSearch and email remain the two online activities that are nearly universal among adult internet users, as 92% of online adults use search engines to find information on the Web, and a similar number (92%) use email. Since the Pew Internet Project began measuring adults’ online activities in the last decade, these two behaviors have consistently ranked as the most popular, even as new platforms, broadband and mobile devices continue to reshape the way Americans use the internet and web. Even as early as 2002, more than eight in ten online adults were using search engines, and more than nine in ten online adults were emailing.Perhaps the most significant change over that time is that both activities have become more habitual. Today, roughly six in ten online adults engage in each of these activities on a typical day; in 2002, 49% of online adults used email each day, while just 29% used a search engine daily.About the SurveyThe search figures in this report come from a survey conducted from April 26-May 22 among 2,277 adults ages 18 and over, including surveys in English and Spanish and on landline and cell phones. The margin of error for the sample is plus or minus 2 percentage points. The email figures come from a survey conducted November 3-24, 2010 among 2,257 adults ages 18 and over, also conducted in both English and Spanish and using a dual-frame sample. The margin of error for the November survey is plus or minus 2 percentage points.
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