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The numbers back up Ovink's enthusiasm. Across Europe, quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year online spending is approximately doubling. Total UK sales figures for the first quarter of 2004 were more than twice that of the same period in 2003, an increase of 123%. During that period, Visa cardholders in the UK spent over £2.4 billion on the Internet.

According to VISA, the big winner was the retail industry, particularly purveyors of food and drink, which saw sales more than triple. This growth was helped by a rise in the number of people ordering groceries from supermarkets online. The popularity of buying books and music was also strong, with an increase of 116%.

My two new articles for this week are "What you need to know about Comparison Shopping Search Engines" and "Paid Inclusion and Submit URL Programs", but first, as I always do in this section, let me answer a few of the questions I received this week:

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