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Google is the largest source of Internet traffic

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Old 10-14-2009
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Google is the largest source of Internet traffic

It probably won't come as a surprise that Google is attributed with being the single greatest source of Internet traffic on Earth. The company reportedly accounts for a whopping 6% of all Internet traffic -- much of which comes from its popular video sharing site YouTube. What is surprising, however, is how consolidated the Web's traffic has become.

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Well I've never looked at porno sites myself, but have heard of it. :p And from what my FRIENDS tell me, it's evolving into small independently hosted sites. Some gal who thinks she's hot takes a few pictures of herself, hosts her own site, asks people to pay to see more pics and they do it. A far cry from the early days where FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, there were only professional sites to go to. ;)

Interesting figures though. Be curious to see where spam e-mails fit into those Internet traffic figures.
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Old 10-15-2009
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Well I've never looked at porno sites myself, but have heard of it. :p And from what my FRIENDS tell me, it's evolving into small independently hosted sites. Some gal who thinks she's hot takes a few pictures of herself, hosts her own site, asks people to pay to see more pics and they do it. A far cry from the early days where FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, there were only professional sites to go to. ;)

Interesting figures though. Be curious to see where spam e-mails fit into those Internet traffic figures.
seems like you know a lot from just listening ;)
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Old 10-15-2009
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What happened to Face****. Don't nobody go there no more/ Too embarrassed are we?
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99% of site owners will tell you that Google is their #1 referrer by far.
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could you clarrify the last sentence?
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This story refers to Internet traffic as a whole, meaning that 6% of all Internet traffic goes through Google and its properties. What I referred to as an additional fact is that 99% of websites (including TechSpot) receive more traffic via Google than through any other external third party site linking to them.
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i meant "Where do you think our beloved dispenser of pornography and advertisements will be in another two to five years?"
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LOL, ok
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Google is your friend, Google is good, Google knows all!

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Wait, porn lost!?
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I believe it the reason why Page and Brin are billionaires. Too much traffic too much money.
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Old 10-16-2009
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LOL... in the end, people will realize that they cannot get porn from hulu and youtube, therefore they will return to... normal... and start getting porn from the normal sites like p*rnhub.com


Lol my captcha was "Fun romances"

Of coarse im speaking from "what i hear"...
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