British women are web-stalkers
June 22, 2005
Carolyn Philipps
Surfer A survey on the differences between how British men and women use the internet has turned up some intriguing results.
Around two-thirds of women use the internet as their own private detective, to find information on their partners, while ten percent of women admitted to snooping thorough material on their dates.
Men, on the other hand, also use the web to dig up dirt, but on their bosses and co-workers, the survey by web hosting company Easily.co.uk has found. And when either sex isn’t looking for information on others, they are often searching for information on themselves.
Additionally, men tend to set up web pages showing their CVs, while women use theirs to display family photos. Jonathan Robinson, business development director at Easily.co.uk is happy the web is being used for more than shopping and banking.
“It’s amazing to see just how many of us have been interested to see what information there could be about ourselves and people we know on the internet,” Robinson said. “The internet is now the first port of call for anyone wanting to know about anything or it would seem, anyone.”