BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : FEBRUARY 7, 2000 ISSUE
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Women Use the Web Differently Than Men...But They Have the Same Favorite Sites


WOMEN USE THE WEB DIFFERENTLY THAN MEN...

ONLINE ACTIVITIES                       MEN     WOMEN

PURCHASE ONLINE                         50%     40%
READ DAILY NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES     36      30
READ PRODUCT OR ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWS   25      18
VISIT ADULT ENTERTAINMENT SITES         22       6
PLAY ONLINE GAMES                       19      23
VISIT FAMILY SITES                      13      18

DATA: FORRESTER RESEARCH


...BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME FAVORITE SITES

TOP SITES*
RANK         MEN'S           WOMEN'S

1            Yahoo!          Yahoo!
2            MSN             AOL
3            AOL             MSN
4            Geocities       Geocities
5            Netscape        Netscape
6            Microsoft       Go
7            Go              Microsoft
8            Lycos           Lycos

*unique visitors per month, home and work, August, 1999

DATA: FORRESTER, MEDIA METRIX


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