Metrics 2.0 Trends, Stats, Insights & Charts: October 17, 2006

OECD Broadband penetration jumps to 15.5 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants

Over the past year, the number of broadband subscribers in the OECD increased 33% from 136 million in June 2005 to 181 million in June 2006, according to "OECD Broadband Statistics to June 2006" report. This growth increased broadband penetration rates in the OECD from 11.7 in June 2005 to 15.5 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants one year later.

DSL continues to be the leading platform in 28 OECD countries. Cable modem subscribers outnumber DSL in Canada and the United States.

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October 17, 2006 8:26 PM | Permalink

Microsoft IE global share Jumps 2.8%, Firefix share declines 1.4%

The global usage share of Microsoft's Internet Explorer is 85.9%, a 2.8% increase since July 2006, according to OneStat.com. The No.2 Mozilla Firefox's browser has a total global usage share of 11.5%, a decline of 1.44% since July 2006. The total global usage share of Apple's Safari is 1.6%, a 0.23% down slide since July 2006.

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October 17, 2006 4:49 PM | Permalink

VC Fundraising Slows in Third Quarter to $4.9B; PE Fund Rising Still Strong

After a robust second quarter, Venture capital fundraising fell to the lowest level in more than two years during the third quarter to $4.9 billion, representing a 13% decrease from the same time last year, according to data released by Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association. In the third quarter, 52 venture capital funds raised a total of $4.90 billion and 32 buyout funds raised $22.86 billion.

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October 17, 2006 3:22 PM | Permalink

Two word search phrase is most popular; one word search is 4th popular

Most people use 2 word phrases in search engines. Of all the search phrases world wide, 28.9% of the people use 2 word phrases, 27.9% use 3 word phrases and 17.1% use 4 word phrases, according to OneStat.com. Less and less people use now 1 keyword since the last measurement in July 2005.

The 7 most used word phrases in search engines on the web
	Search Phrase	July 2006		July 2005
1.	2 word phrases		28.91%	29.60%
2.	3 word phrase		27.85%	27.55%
3.	4 word phrases		17.11%	16.21%
4.	1 word phrases		11.43%	13.42%
5.	5 word phrases		8.25%	7.58%
6.	6 word phrases		3.68%	3.21%
7.	7 word phrases		1.59%	1.34%
Source: OneStat.com

October 17, 2006 3:04 PM | Permalink

PPI decline biggest in 3 year, Industrial production down 0.6%

The Labor Department reported that Producer Price Index (PPI) fell 1.3% in September, the biggest decline in three years, while the core PPI, which excludes food and energy prices, climbed 0.6%. The PPI increased 0.1% and the core PPI declined 0.4% in August.

Among finished goods in September, prices for energy goods declined 8.4% compared with a 0.3% increase in August. The finished consumer foods index rose 0.7% after advancing 1.4% in the prior month.

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October 17, 2006 2:40 PM | Permalink

VC Funding for Guruji.com, BillTrust, PopSugar, Greystripe and more...

VC Deal Flow
	Guruji.com (search engine focused on Indian market): $7 million
	WiSpry (fabless -RFICs for wireless devices): $13.5 million
	Circle 1 Network (education site for children: $1.3 million
	BillTrust (outsourced billing solutions: $4 million
	Sugar Publishing (blog network/publisher): $5 million
	Fat Spaniel: (distribution and billing of energy usage): $3.5 million
	Greystripe (ad-supported mobile games/apps): $1.2 million
	Practical Instruments: (solar "concentration” technology): $8 million

More VC Insights at: PE Week, VentureBeat

October 17, 2006 2:00 PM | Permalink

CEO compensation at venture-backed start-ups up 5.8%

Overall, median compensation in 2006 for the CEOs at venture-backed start-ups grew to $275,000, a 5.8% increase from 2005.

Start-up CEO pay	2006 (year ending Oct 1)	Y/Y % Growth
Healthcare	$284,000	8.4%
IT	$275,000	8.3%
Retail/Services	$260,000	0.0%
Overall	$275,000	5.8%
Source: VentureOne

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October 17, 2006 1:35 PM | Permalink

$30B DRAM market revives, NAND to reach DRAM levels, SRAM declining

The DRAM revenues in 2005 totaled $25 billion and are expected to grow to $32 billion by 2010, according to iSuppli. Market revenue for standalone SRAM were $2.7 billion in 2005, and will decline at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of negative 7% to $1.9 billion in 2010.

DRAM and SRAM Market Forecast - Revenue in Billions of U.S. Dollars)
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	CAGR ('05-'10)
DRAM	$24.8	$30.6	$36.0	$38.6	$30.7	$32.3	5.4%
SRAM	$2.8	$2.9	$2.6	$2.4	$2.2	$1.9	-7.0%
Source: iSuppli Corp. October 2006

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October 17, 2006 12:55 PM | Permalink

WSJ By The Numbers - Top 10 for Oct.17

A compendium of revealing stats and the key leading economic indicators and business metrics based on today's Wall Street Journal article and reports:

Start-Ups Hope Web Ad Boom Spreads Wealth: The top 10 online-ad sellers, including Google and Yahoo, currently control 71% of the online ad market, according to research from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

In the first half of this year, Internet advertising revenue hit a record $7.9 billion, up 37% from the same period last year, according to the IAB. In the first half of this year, venture capitalists invested more than $262 million into the Web 2.0 companies in the U.S., according to Venture One.

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October 17, 2006 10:56 AM | Permalink

Ad Age Top 200 Brands - No.1 Brand Spends almost 1 billion

Telecoms and pharma brands dominate as Top 200 Brands accumulate $24.73 billion in U.S. measured media spend in the first-half 2006, up 9% YoY, according to the Advertising Age's semiannual report. In fact, telecom brands comprised 4 out of the 5 top brands. The largest internet spender was online telco Vonage, No. 13, which spent $126.5 million, up 3.3%.

2006 Rank	BRAND	1H 2006	Y/Y % CHG
Top 5 of the Ad Age TOP 200 BRANDS
Ranked by total measured U.S. advertising spending for the first half of 2006 ($ millions)
1	Verizon	937.7	13.2
2	Cingular	628.6	-10.1
3	Ford	540.3	8.4
4	AT&T*	511.5	NA
5	Sprint	496.0	30.6
Source: AdAge/TNS Media Intelligence data

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October 17, 2006 9:56 AM | Permalink

Only 10% of retailers use unique visitor-based metrics over time

Only 10% of retailers use unique visitor-based metrics over time to evaluate demand generation activities while 63% rely on response and activity-based metrics (clickthroughs, page views, visits and orders), according to WebTrends. Although significant value can be gained from basic activity-based metrics, using them to calculate campaign conversion leads to double-counting and declining conversion rates over time even for successful campaigns.

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October 17, 2006 9:04 AM | Permalink

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