Netimperative - Asia tsunami prompts surge in traffic to charity sites

Netimperative - Asia tsunami prompts surge in traffic to charity sites: "Asia tsunami prompts surge in traffic to charity sites By Robin Langford
Last modified 04-01-2005 11:20 AM
The devastation caused by the Indian Ocean earthquake has resulted in a dramatic increase in traffic to UK charity websites, according to a new report.
Following the tsunami disaster on Boxing Day, traffic to humanitarian websites has grown over five-fold, with the sector now representing 0.29% of all visits made online, according to data from web monitoring firm Hitwise.The website of the UK's Disaster Emergency Committee (www.dec.org.uk), an umbrella organization which coordinates the UK's national appeal for humanitarian "