Wind Surfing on Lake Michigan – Sheboygan WI

Wind Surfing on Lake Michigan – Sheboygan WI

Nov 1, 2018 | FVWD News, Standard

Sheboygan, WI – Harbor Centre Marina is Wisconsin’s premier boating gateway, ideally located mid-state in beautiful Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Regarded by boaters as one of the finest full service marinas on the western shores of Lake Michigan and offer the best in fresh water, coastal boating, with a warm country club feel. Harbor Centre Marina is equipped to accommodate boats of all shapes and sizes and is centrally located on Sheboygan’s lakefront, just a short walk from downtown, the holistic Riverfront, and South Pier Entertainment District. Established in 1993, Harbor Centre Marina has earned the reputation as the “premier destination marina” on Lake Michigan and consistently delivers the highest quality boating services.

There are many theories as to how Sheboygan got its name, but the one most likely indicates Sheboygan was a Chippewa Indian word meaning “passage or waterway between the lakes.” French explorers Jean Nicolett (1635) and Joliet and Marquette (1643) were probably the first “white men” to experience the shores of Sheboygan.  Many years passed until in 1699, Father St. Cosme landed at a Pottawatomie Indian village at the site of the Sheboygan River.  Many more years passed before it was recorded that Wm. Farnsworth landed here in 1814.  He moved on but returned in 1818 to establish a fur trading post, which he maintained for 14 years.

Read more: http://www.sheboyganwi.gov/historystatistics/

There are 6 million searches per second on Google

There are 6 million searches per second on Google

Jan 5, 2018 | FVWD News, Industry News

Internet and Drone Industry Facts

  • There are now 3.74 billion Internet users in the world as at March 2017.
  • Projected number of drones in the US by 2020:  7 million
  • The number of people using the Internet in China is more than double the population of the U.S.
  • The internet influenced sales to the tune of $2.1 trillion in 2016.
  • Estimated number of commercial drones in the air in 2018:  600,000
  • Over 2 million blog posts are published on the Internet every day.
  • Over 5.5 billion Google searches are made every day.
  • There are 1,547 domain name extensions (TLDs) as at the 17th of August 2017.
  • The most expensive domain name ever sold is LasVegas.com, which was bought in 2005 for a $90 million.
  • As at August 2017, there are 1.24 billion websites in the world.
  • Percentage of Americans interested in drone deliveries:  47%
  • Largest concern about drone deliveries among Americans:  Theft Concerns (72%) and Damaged Packages (72%)
  • Top industry using drones in America:  Photography
  • The world’s first website was published on August 6, 1991 by British physicist Tim Berners-Lee.
  • 51.8 percent of all internet traffic comes from bots, while only 48.2 percent of internet traffic comes from humans.
  • Google is the world’s most visited website, followed by Youtube and Facebook. Chinese search engine Baidu is the world’s fourth most visited website.
  • The e-commerce industry is responsible for about $2 trillion in annual sales.
  • 95 percent of Americans shop online at least yearly.
  • Second largest industry using drones in America:  Real Estate
  • People spend an average of 5 hours per week shopping online.
  • Men spend 28 percent more money online than women.
  • Of the sales that occur through online marketplaces, Amazon is responsible for about 80 percent of sales.
  • The best day to send an email is on a Wednesday, and the worst day to send an email is on a Thursday.
  • 8 out of 10 consumers will shop online if offered free shipping.
  • Project size of the drone industry in 2020:  $13 Billion
  • There are more mobile Internet users than desktop Internet users. There are 3.5 billion global mobile Internet users as at August 2017.
  • 72 percent of females and 59 percent of males have abandoned a purchase due to shipping costs.
  • 78 percent of shoppers want e-commerce sites to include more images on their products pages.
  • There are 2.79 billion active social media users in the world. This is an increase of 21 percent from 2016.
  • Facebook now has over 2.01 billion monthly active users.
  • Projected value of the drone industry by 2025:  $90 Billion
  • Instagram has 700 million monthly active users.  28 percent of adult internet users use Instagram.
  • Twitter has 328 million monthly active users.
  • LinkedIn has 112.5 million monthly active users.
  • Projected number of small, hobbyist drones in use by 2021:  3.5 million
  • Social media influences the shopping activities of 23 percent of online shoppers.
  • Social media ad spend is expected to overtake newspaper ad spend by 2019.