Analysis shows COVID-19 has altered how, where Americans go online – By Don Jacobson (UPI) / Aug 14 2020
Aug. 14 (UPI) — Much like what’s been seen in the brick-and-mortar economy, the coronavirus pandemic is producing clear winners and losers online, according to an analysis of web traffic in the United States.
Average traffic per month to the top five most-visited websites across 11 categories jumped by 4.4% during the first half of 2020 compared with last year as the health crisis increasingly turned Americans toward the Internet for work, shopping and entertainment, web analytics firm SimilarWeb concluded this month
Some types of websites benefited far more than others.
For instance, even though unemployment in the United States rose dramatically in the spring — from a historically low 3.5% to nearly 15% in April — top career sites like Indeed, Monster and Careerbuilder did not benefit.
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