Comments on: Will the Real Internet ‘User’ Please Stand Up? http://www.watblog.com/2007/12/05/1618/ The Refreshing Blog on Web, Advertising and Technology in India! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:34:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Harshil http://www.watblog.com/2007/12/05/1618/comment-page-1/#comment-2108 Harshil Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:16:44 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2007/12/05/1618/#comment-2108 Dear I - Cube Report Team, Thank you for taking out time on WATBlog and clarifying your stand. As an internet observer i found the need to air my concerns about the confusion created by various reports that often do not co relate. As stated, i do appreciate the fact that the report is extremely thoroughly researched. 65, 000 people is a huge sample and it just goes to show the quality of skill that your team has. Nevertheless i still have doubts as to why the figure of March 2006 is then compared to the figure of September 2007? If you notice in the graph, the 2006 claimed user rate is 32.2 million (March figure) , while the 2007 claimed user rate is 42 million (September figure). Should the March 2006 figure not be compared with the March 2007 figure to measure year on growth? I appreciate the fact that you have clarified with respect to statistics such as hours spent etc. and i convey my apologies for not recognizing that a detailed analysis is already done in the report which may not be publicly available without a price! The other issue i was concerned about is that if the Internet World Stats report shows a 5% growth and the Icube report shows a 40% growth - why is that so? I am not here to decide who is right and who is wrong. Im not an expert - i was just wondering why such a large difference in terms of %s occurs? (and i hope you as the gurus can enlighten us on that!) Is that not something advertisers, investors, and users alike should be concerned about? Dear I – Cube Report Team,

Thank you for taking out time on WATBlog and clarifying your stand. As an internet observer i found the need to air my concerns about the confusion created by various reports that often do not co relate.

As stated, i do appreciate the fact that the report is extremely thoroughly researched. 65, 000 people is a huge sample and it just goes to show the quality of skill that your team has.

Nevertheless i still have doubts as to why the figure of March 2006 is then compared to the figure of September 2007? If you notice in the graph, the 2006 claimed user rate is 32.2 million (March figure) , while the 2007 claimed user rate is 42 million (September figure). Should the March 2006 figure not be compared with the March 2007 figure to measure year on growth?

I appreciate the fact that you have clarified with respect to statistics such as hours spent etc. and i convey my apologies for not recognizing that a detailed analysis is already done in the report which may not be publicly available without a price!

The other issue i was concerned about is that if the Internet World Stats report shows a 5% growth and the Icube report shows a 40% growth – why is that so? I am not here to decide who is right and who is wrong. Im not an expert – i was just wondering why such a large difference in terms of %s occurs? (and i hope you as the gurus can enlighten us on that!) Is that not something advertisers, investors, and users alike should be concerned about?

]]> By: Authors of I-Cube report http://www.watblog.com/2007/12/05/1618/comment-page-1/#comment-2106 Authors of I-Cube report Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:56:51 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2007/12/05/1618/#comment-2106 Dear Harshil, Thanks for your comments on the report. We would like to clarify here that the Claimed User is an "ever" user or someone who as used at least once in his lifetime. The 32 million Claimed Users mentioned in the report refers to the March 2006 data. The numbers for September 2006 are indeed 37 million, while the 46 million is for September 2007. For March 2007, the number would be around 42 Million. I hope this clarifies the prevailing confusion over the numbers. The information on frequency of usage and number of hours a user spends on Internet is present in the main report which is available for subscription. Rest assured the numbers are very thoroughly researched and the consistency is basis the fact that I-Cube report is the only report with trends reported since 2000. We have been releasing the I-Cube reports since 1998 (when even the first ISP licenses were not given out). Your frank feedback is more than welcome. Please keep up the good work. Thanks The team I-Cube Dear Harshil,

Thanks for your comments on the report. We would like to clarify here that the Claimed User is an “ever” user or someone who as used at least once in his lifetime. The 32 million Claimed Users mentioned in the report refers to the March 2006 data. The numbers for September 2006 are indeed 37 million, while the 46 million is for September 2007. For March 2007, the number would be around 42 Million.

I hope this clarifies the prevailing confusion over the numbers.

The information on frequency of usage and number of hours a user spends on Internet is present in the main report which is available for subscription.

Rest assured the numbers are very thoroughly researched and the consistency is basis the fact that I-Cube report is the only report with trends reported since 2000. We have been releasing the I-Cube reports since 1998 (when even the first ISP licenses were not given out).

Your frank feedback is more than welcome. Please keep up the good work.

Thanks

The team I-Cube

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