According from the latest statistics from Hitwise the UK is now using the internet to access search engines more often than for accessing adult websites!
In January, search engines accounted for 13.3% of all UK internet visits, compared with 11.5% for adult websites.
The old joke is that the internet is one big network of adult websites and that access of adult material far outweighs the hundreds of other uses. New stats reveal that, for UK users, search now is a much more compelling reason to go online.
To read more visit Search Engine Land
Thanks for picking up on the story via Search Engine Land. Thought it might be worth pointing you to the original post on the Hitwise blog on this topic:
http://weblogs.hitwise.com/heather-hopkins/2007/01/search_engines_larger_than_adu.html
Thanks, Heather
Thanks Heather