DALLAS (BUSINESS WIRE) — More small businesses are establishing Web sites primarily to advertise and promote their business rather than to conduct e-commerce, according to SuperPages.com’s second annual Small Business Internet Survey, recently conducted for Verizon Information Services.
According to the survey, which covered 800 randomly selected businesses across the U.S. with 50 or fewer employees, small businesses that established a Web site to advertise and promote their business grew to 21 percent in 2000, compared to 8 percent in 1999. Small businesses establishing a Web site primarily to sell products decreased from 25 percent to 13 percent during the same period.
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Only 27 percent of the small business surveyed reported having a Web site.
Fifty-five percent of small businesses with a Web site said that the site has broken even or has paid for itself in increased business. Forty-eight percent of small businesses with a Web site said that their site has met or exceeded their expectations, compared to 33 percent in 1999.
