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AOL launched a new site -- Nice One! -- that offers stories of nice things people have done to help others. The site, developed in partnership with the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, kicks off a comprehensive effort across the AOL Network to support St. Jude's annual Thanks and Giving Campaign. These promotions include a “Gifts that Give Back” feature on AOL Shopping, a year-end charitable giving guide on AOL Money & Finance, a new St. Jude AIM Buddy icon and much more.

New York, NY, November 24, 2008 – AOL announced the launch of "Nice One! Stories of Thanks and Giving," http://niceone.aol.com, a new site that gathers stories of nice things people have done from the world of entertainment, sports and everyday life, and encourages users to submit their own stories.  The site, developed in partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®, is part of a broad effort by AOL to support the hospital's fifth annual Thanks and Giving® campaign.
 

October marked the 21st month of consecutive year-over-year growth for unique visitors to AOL sites. Just-released numbers from comScore Media Metrix show unique visitors to AOL Programming sites grew 7% year-over-year, page views increased 101% and engagement -- total minutes spent on the sites -- grew 51% year-over-year. In addition, page views and total minutes reached an all-time high on AOL.com, as did page views on AOL Webmail -- which saw 31% year-over-year growth. Read more in the release.

Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell visited AOL this week, and complimented AOL on its efforts to support online safety for children and families. Watch the brief video below.

London, August 11 2008 – Eight out of ten people claim they would not give away income details online, but nearly all do, according to a recent study conducted by AOL.

The study, which involved research, executive interviews and a nationwide survey of 1,000 online consumers, found Internet users claim to be very conscious about their privacy and guarded about their personal details. Some 84% said they would not give away income details online, however, 89 percent actually willingly did – without any pressure or persuasion.

The findings also showed the expectation of privacy problems involving fraud is greater than the incidence of actual problems with 34% expecting credit card fraud, while only 11% having experienced it.

In addition, AOL’s research also showed that enhanced understanding about the opportunities and risks of online disclosure leads to lower levels of concern over privacy.