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RELIGION SITE VISITS DROP

Visits to religion websites in the U.S. are declining rapidly, dropping over 30% within the past year, down 35% the last two years, while visits to entertainment sites like MySpace and Facebook continue to soar. Visits to the top 1,200 religious sites in the U.S. accounted for only 0.18% of all Internet visits for the week ending 3/10/07. There are over 60 visits to adult sites for every one religious website visit. Religious websites receive 36% of their traffic via Google, Yahoo! Search and MSN Search. (Time 3/16/07)

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