INTERNET & NETWORKING:
Surveys and Statistics

Top 10
Other Sources
Papers
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Internet and Networking: General Resources
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TOP 10 INTERNET STATS SOURCES

1. CyberAtlas.

Very good source of Internet statistics.

URL: http://cyberatlas.internet.com

2. NUA Internet Surveys.

Very good source of Internet statistics.

URL: http://www.nua.ie/surveys/l

3. e-land.

A very good collection of Internet statistics.

URL: http://www.e-land.com/

4. Network Wizards.

Home of Mark Lotter's Internet Domain Survey.

URL: http://www.nw.com

Internet Domain Survey.

URL: http://www.nw.com/zone/WWW/top.html

5. GVU Center.

Regular surveys of the WWW.

URL: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/

URL: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/survey-01-1994/

URL: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/survey-04-1996/

URL: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/survey-01-1994/graphs/results-general.html

6. CommerceNet / Nielsen Internet Demographics.

Commercial service. Supplies good executive summaries for free.

URL: http://www.commerce.net/

7. Internet Index.

Based on Harper's Index format.

URL: http://www.openmarket.com/intindex/

8. PROJECT 2000

Donna Hoffman and Thomas Novak. Research program on marketing in computer mediated environments.

URL: http://ecommerce.vanderbilt.edu/

9. Forrester Research.

Commercial service. Lots of free, high quality information and analysis.

URL: http://www.forrester.com/

10. YAHOO:Computers and Internet:Internet:Statistics and Demographics.

General index page of Internet statistics. Hit and miss. Lots of dead links.

URL: http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/Statistics_and_Demographics/

OTHER SOURCES OF STATISTICS

BrowserWatch. Browser Statistics.

Good source of WWW browser statistics.

URL: http://browserwatch.internet.com/

Gartner Groups.

Commercial service. Expensive, professional reports. Changing collection of free publications and information. Ackward to find information.

URL: http://www.gartner.com/

Gary, Matthew. Growth of the WWW.

Matthew Gray. Information is somewhat dated.

URL: http://www.mit.edu/people/mkgray/mkgray.html

Irresponsible Internet Statistics Generator.

Silly but fun page. Out of date.

URL: http://www.anamorph.com/docs/stats/stats.html

Landweber, Larry. The International Connectivity Table and Maps.

Internet maps. Computer Sciences Dept., University of Wisconsin.

URL: ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/connectivity_table/.

Landweber, Larry. International Connectivity Tables.

Version 15 - June 15, 1996. Computer Sciences Dept., University of Wisconsin.

URL: ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/connectivity_table/

URL: http://www.ifla.org/documents/internet/country.txt

Matrix, Inc. Matrix Information and Directory Services (MIDS).

Commercial service. Provides statistics and Internet mapping service. High quality, but expensive.

URL: http://www.mids.org/mids/

Matrix, Inc. The International Connectivity Maps.

Commercial service. Some Internet maps available but the free versions are of lower, and almost unusable, quality.

URL: http://www.tic.com/

Merit Network Information Center Services. NSFNET Traffic Distribution Highlights.

http://www.ifla.org/documents/internet/nsf9211.txt Historical interest only. Pre-WWW. November, 1993.

http://www.ifla.org/documents/internet/nsf9311.txt Historical interest only. November, 1994.

http://www.ifla.org/documents/internet/nsf9411.txt Historical interest only. November 1994 reports are the last to reflect the nature of the NSFNET backbone traffic in its entirety. Post-WWW. November, 1995.

Merit Network Information Center Services. NSFNET History of Usage by Service.

Historic interest. 1989-1995. Provides a summary of use of protocols such as electronic mail and FTP.

URL: http://www.ifla.org/documents/internet/nsf-hist.txt

Merit Network Information Center Services. NSFNET traffic statistics and images.

Historic interest.

URL: http://nic.merit.edu/nsfnet/statistics/

O'Reilly. Market Research.

URL: http://www.ora.com/

RIPE Network Coordination Centre. European Host Count Statistics.

URL: http://www.ripe.net/

SRI International.

URL: http://www.sri.com:80/

Survey Net PCS.

URL: http://www.survey.net/

Zakon, Robert H'obbes'. Hobbes' Internet Timeline.

URL: http://info.isoc.org:80/zakon/Internet/History/HIT.html

PAPERS

Hoffman, Donna L., Kalsbeek, William D. and Novak, Thomas P. Internet and Web Use in the United States: Baselines for Commercial Development.

September 26, 1996.

URL: http://ecommerce.vanderbilt.edu/papers/internet_demos_july9_1996.html

Monk, Tracie and Claffy, K C. A Survey of Internet Statistics / Metrics Activities.

Presented in Montreal, June 96. CCIRN, CIX meetings.

URL: http://www.nlanr.net/

Novak, Thomas P. and Hoffman, Donna L.. New Metrics for New Media: Toward the Development of Web Measurement Standards.

URL: http://elab.vanderbilt.edu/research/papers/html/manuscripts/web.standards/webstand.html

LIBRARY STATISTICS

Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Statistics.

"Statistics have been collected and issued annually for the members of the Association of Research Libraries since 1961-62. Before that, annual statistics for university libraries had been collected by James Gerould, first at Minnesota and later at Princeton. These data cover the years 1907-08 through 1961-62, and are now called the Gerould statistics. The whole data series from 1908 to the present represents the oldest continuing library statistical series in North America. The current ARL statistics include data on collections, staffing, expenditures, interlibrary loans, and library and university characteristics."

URL: http://arl.cni.org/stats/Statistics/stat.html

National Library of Canada. National Core Library Statistics Program.

URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/8/3/