Slovenia boasts a share of Internet users that is higher than in most of the old EU member states. According to a Eurobarometer survey, more than 25% of people use the Internet in all newcomers. In Slovenia, the share stands at 41.7%, while Estonia leads the pack with 44%.
Before the enlargement, in 2003, the Internet was used by 43.5% of the EU's population, a share that dropped to 41.4% after the ten new members joined the Union in May 2004, according to a press release issued by Noviforum, the company behind Slovenia's most popular search engine, Najdi.si.
Positive trends for Slovenia are confirmed by the Eurostat 2004 survey, in particular when it comes to the use of the world wide web as a source of information. Slovenia ranks 4th among EU countries with 80% share in the use of the Internet.
Similar results were found in a survey carried out by Najdi.si, which showed that more than 74% of the users of this search engine used the Internet as a source of information about products or services currently arousing their interest, while nearly 50% of the users compared prices of rival providers on the web.
A further confirmation of the growing trend was the Najdi.si statistics from previous Monday. On that day, over one million queries were recorded, a 33% increase over the same period last year, and a 70% rise over 2003.
As the most popular search engine Najdi.si is expected to near the magic threshold of 80% of Internet users, something that is seen in almost no other country. Currently, some 750,000 Slovenians use Najdi.si, according to Noviforum.
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