Asia Web Watch

Asia Online Materials Statistics - Table 021

Table 021
The number of WWW pages from/about Asia, Jul 97-Jan 98
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Region                    Jul 97                      Jan 98
                   from the   about the     from the        about the
                    region*    region**      region*         region ***
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Middle East          474,000   2,141,000      486,000        672,000
Caucasus               4,000     156,000        4,000         28,000
Central Asia           7,000      89,000        7,000         24,000
South Asia            34,000   1,441,000       46,000        463,000
South East Asia      664,000   3,732,000      588,000        676,000
East Asia          6,172,000   5,977,000    7,697,000      3,189,000
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Asia TOTAL         7,355,000  13,536,000    8,827,919      5,052,000
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Source: Asia Web Watch (Ciolek 1998d)
* Computed from host data from the Network Wizards (1997, 1998) and
assuming 16.2 host/web ratio
** Computed from Table 003, Ciolek 1998d, using Sep 97 data, assuming 49.5 pages/server
and obtaining the world total by multiplying Altavista values by factor 1.6
*** Computed from Table 003, Ciolek 1998d, using Dec 97 data, and obtaining the world
total by multiplying Altavista values by factor 1.4