It's surprising how many business owners try to cut corners when having a web page designed. I call it your visual link to the world. A new survey finds the number of people who use the Internet appears to be growing by great leaps. The market research firm IntelliQuest Information Group found that 47 million people in the United States were online during the fourth quarter of 1996. That's 12 million more than were online in the first quarter-a 34 percent increase.
Most people use the Internet from home, according to the survey.
The fastest growing group of users are those between the ages of 25 and 34, the survey found. That group represents 30 percent of online users. The survey also found that the Internet gender gap is shrinking. Females now make up 45 percent of those who go online. And most people use their computers to send and receive e-mail, and to get information about their hobbies or products and services.