by the numbers

313

Number of dollars, in millions, that Americans spent last year on Internet dating services, more than any other subscription service on the Net.

1.2

Projected global revenues this year, in billions of dollars, for biometrics — otherwise known as fingerprinting — technology and equipment.

115,000

Number of subscribers to Audible.com, a Web site that provides audio book downloads. The company’s business has taken off with the success of the iPod.

48

The percentage of search engine users who tap Google as their first choice for Web searches, according to a survey conducted by Insight Express and commissioned by Standard & Poor’s Equity Research. Yahoo came in second at 20 percent, followed by MSN with 14 percent and AOL with 7 percent.