Social Networking Dominates Time Spent Online

Users only spend 8.3% of their Internet time on email
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 2, 2010 6:05 PM CDT
Social Networking Dominates Time Spent Online
The Facebook logo is displayed at a news conference in New York in this November 6, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, file)

Social networking websites continue to dominate an increasing portion of the time we spend online, new Nielsen data says. Users are spending 23% of their time on the Internet using sites like Facebook and MySpace, and just 8.3% on email. Only last year, the split was much more even: users spent 15.8% of their time on social sites and 11.5% on email, Technologizer reports.
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