High Gas Prices Drive More Visitors to Web Sites
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By Robert Weller, Associated Press  DENVER -- The higher gasoline prices go, the more money business Web entrepreneur Jason Toewes makes.   He started an Internet site, GasBuddy.com, in 2000 to track daily gasoline prices using volunteers to e-mail what they find.
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CHICAGO, June 1  /PRNewswire/ -- Searches for hybrids and other fuel-efficient vehicles on Cars.com (http://www.cars.com/) gained significant momentum in May as gas prices continued to break record highs.
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Search engines are starting to get up close and personal with many web users.
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Social-networking sites are using up such huge amounts of bandwidth that ISPs, universities, and businesses struggle to keep pace.
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We&#39;re all used to searching the web at blazing fast speeds: picking out the right webpages among the five billion choices takes only a few hundredths of a second.
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With 75 percent of Americans online today, the Internet has come of age as a reach medium, and a new report suggests that advertisers need to understand how a Web site's audience builds over time and adjust their buys accordingly.
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There's nothing like a trip to the gas station to raise one's awareness of energy prices. Yet it doesn't require filling up the tank &#151; or opening a utility bill, for that matter &#151; to feel the bite of rising fuel costs.
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For the first time ever, more Americans are seeking faster connections to access the Internet.
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Internet users are traveling across the world from their living rooms: A new study finds that 45 percent of adult American online users have taken advantage of features that permit virtual tours of another location.
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U.S. drivers are taking the fight  against high fuel costs into the high-tech arena, using web  sites and computer software to find the best bargains at the  pumps.
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Gasoline prices have jumped 33 cents a gallon across the United States over the past month -- the result of higher crude oil prices, greater demand and fears of shortages.
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A record number of readers visited  U.S. online newspaper sites last year, according to figures  released on Thursday, confirming the Web as one of the few  bright spots for the struggling newspaper industry.
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It's a great time to be an Internet shopper, but the same search technology that is transforming the Web into a bargain-hunter's paradise is putting the squeeze on online retailers doling out discounts and incentives to lure customers.
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NEW YORK -- Internet advertising revenues jumped 40 percent in the first half of this year, driven largely by the growing popularity of keyword ads tied to search results.
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High fuel prices are beginning to change consumer behavior and business fortunes now in a way that they hadnÂt at the beginning of the summer.
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Balking at ticket prices that have increased 15 percent this year, travelers are aggressively scouring the Internet for cheaper fares.
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Web sites promising to find the best travel deals have online travel agents wondering if they have a new friend or enemy. For consumers, however, choices are rising