Google overtakes Yahoo:Woo Hoo
December 22, 2006
Google overtook Yahoo as the second most popular Internet destination for Web surfers worldwide in November while Microsoft held on to the top spot, ComScore reported.
Slightly more than 736 million people around the world traveled the Internet last month, with 475,713 of them visiting Google websites and 475,262 going to Yahoo online properties, according to industry tracker ComScore.
Websites of Redmond, Washington-based software giant Microsoft were visited by 501,720 people, the rating tally revealed. Read the rest of this entry »
Fear:10 Most common Phobia’s
December 22, 2006
1.Arachnophobia
Fear of Spiders
Half of women and 10 per cent of men have a fear of spiders.
2. Social Phobia
Fear of being evaluated negatively in social situations.
Approximately 5.3 million American adults, or about 3.7 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have social phobia.
3. Aerophobia
Fear of flying.
4. Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia involves intense fear and avoidance of any place or situation where escape might be difficult or help unavailable in the event of developing sudden panic-like symptoms. Approximately 3.2 million American, or about 2.2 percent, have agoraphobia.
5.Claustrophobia
Fear of being trapped in small confined spaces.
6. Acrophobia
Fear of heights.
7. Emetophobia
Fear of vomit.
8. Carcinophobia
Fear of cancer.
9. Brontophobia
Fear of thunderstorms.
10.Necrophobia
Fear of death or of dead things