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title: Consolidation of web properties
date: "2001-06-05T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1812
description: 'Half of all internet surfing in 2001 occurred on just four platforms: Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft, and Napster. This brief look captures the early consolidation of web properties and the dominance of a few major corporate players.'
keywords: [yahoo, aol, microsoft, napster, web consolidation, internet history, traffic statistics]
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50% of all Net surfing is done on the sites of Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft and Napster. There's [consolidation of web properties](http://www.plastic.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/04/1857224) for you!