Simply put, your business cannot afford to NOT have an Internet presence. Over 70 percent of the population base of USA have access to web... and they are using it in record numbers.

More people are turing to the internet as their first method to locate or research services, products or business. Consumers, clients or suppliers assess your business from the crucial first impression of your website. What impression will your firm's website make?

                                               
  Every Image Provider
Needs a Web Presence
 
91% of online consumers go online to do research
80% of consumers gather information about products/services to buy.
   
  *Juniper Communications, Spring 2000
*AQL
  Online Directory is Growing
This growth is due to the following trends:
 
Increasing awareness of online directories
Continued growth in online households
Better functionality of online directories
Adoption of broadband & wireless : any place, any time.
 
Internet access spans every age & in some age ranges approaches 100 % - 2003.

                                                                -UCLA Internet Project
81% of women age 30-64 research products online as well as health and medical information.

                                                                -2004 Pew internet Totals
More than 77% of Americans with annual household incomes above $50,000 use the internet
and email.

                                                                -Washingtonpost.com
63% of all Americans expect that a business will have a website that gives them information
about a product/service they are considering buying.
                                                                -Pew Internet & American life Project,2003.

The average amount of time online increased 20% from 2000 to 2002.

                                                                -2003 UCLA Internet Project
83 million Americans have bought products online

                                                                -Pew Internet Totals - 2004
93 million have used the internet for health or medical purposes
                                                                -Pew internet Totals for Americans 19 or older - 2004
 
USE OF INTERNET BY GENDER