Yahoo! / Harris Interactive Survey Shows Small
Businesses Rapidly Moving
Online
National Survey of U.S. Small Businesses Released for National
Small Business Week
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2004--Seventy percent
of small businesses either have or will have an online presence by
the end of 2004, according to a recent Yahoo! Small Business
(http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) survey conducted by Harris
Interactive(R). By comparison, in October 2002, only 35 percent of
small businesses had developed their own web site, according to a
Small Business Administration report*.
The Yahoo! Small Business survey, released today in conjunction
with National Small Business Week, provides results of a national
survey of more than 1,000 U.S. small-business owners and measured
business-growth trends faced by owners of businesses with less than
100 employees.
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establishing an online presence and leveraging the Internet as a
way to reach new customers," said Rich Riley, vice president and
general manager, Yahoo! Small Business. "Yahoo! helps small
businesses take advantage of this opportunity by offering a
comprehensive suite of services including web hosting, business
email, e-commerce functionality and online marketing."
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Laptop Computers The survey found that 35 percent of small business owners feel
that having a web site is key to expanding their business, compared
to 19 percent of owners who believe hiring additional employees is
important for growth.
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Laptop Computer -- When asked how beneficial each of the following activities
are (or
would be) for the growth of their business, respondents
offered
the following, in order of importance:
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Desktop Computer -- Having or establishing an online presence
(35%)
Notebooks -- Having or obtaining dedicated business email
(30%)
Lenovo -- Increase online advertising effort (30%)
Hard Drive -- Hiring more employees (19%)
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a
"moderate" to "very large" impact on the country's economic
growth.
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increase in sales, more online businesses expect to experience
growth than those businesses that are not currently online.
Software -- Approximately two-thirds of total respondents predicted
their
annual revenue will rise in 2004.
Hard Drives -- Of these respondents, 75 percent currently have an
online
presence.
Electronics Harris Interactive Methodology
Canon The Yahoo! Small Business survey, conducted online by Harris
Interactive(R), is based on responses from 1,020 U.S. adult
consumers between April 22 and April 26, 2004 and has a statistical
precision of plus or minus three percentage points.
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Desktop Computers Yahoo! Small Business (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) is a
leading provider of services enabling small businesses to be
successful online. In a powerful one-stop shop, Yahoo! Small
Business provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use suite of services
that enable small businesses to get online, sell online and market
online. Yahoo! Small Business provides services such as Yahoo! Web
Hosting, Yahoo! Merchant Solutions, Yahoo! Domains and Yahoo!
Business Mail.
Think Pad About Harris Interactive(R)
Repair Harris Interactive (www.harrisinteractive.com) is a worldwide
market research and consulting firm
best known for The Harris
Poll(R), and for pioneering the Internet method to conduct
scientifically accurate market research. Headquartered in
Rochester, New York, Harris Interactive combines proprietary
methodologies and technology with expertise in predictive,
custom and strategic research. The Company conducts
international research from its U.S. offices and through wholly
owned subsidiaries -- London-based HI
Europe (www.hieurope.com),
Paris-based Novatris and Tokyo-based Harris Interactive Japan --
as well as through the Harris Interactive Global Network of
independent market- and opinion-research firms. EOE M/F/D/V
Data Recovery * "E-Biz: Strategies for Small Business Success," by Joanne H.
Pratt, SBA Office of Advocacy, October 2002
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