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Harris Poll Press Release 12/22/2009
Internet Users Now Spending an Average of 13 Hours a Week Online
http://news.harrisinteractive.com/profiles/investor/ResLibraryView.asp?ResLibraryID=35164&GoTopage=1&Category=1777&BzID=1963&t=11
Local Search grew by 58% in 2008 to 15.7 Billion Searches

Overall US search grew 21% to 137 Billion Searches
12% of all searches are local in nature (include a local geo-identifier such as zip code or city, state)

IYP 75% of users do NOT have a brand in mind

Total IYP Searches 353 Million Searches performed in December 2008

45% of IYP and local online directory searches made an online purchase in 4th quarter 2008

Search Engine Market Share
      comScore April 2009 Press Release

Google 72.74%
Yahoo 16.27%
MSN 5.68%
Ask Network 3.95%
Remaining 49 search engines make up 1.36% of all searches