This article reports that the use of the Internet is decreasing as other methods are gaining ground, according to Outsell Inc., a California-based advisory company that serves the information industry. According to Outsell, people are using corporate intranets, colleagues, alert services, and other targeted resources more, and the Internet less. In 2001, 79 percent of professionals conducted their research on the web. In 2004, that number fell to 67 percent. Outsell reports that knowledge workers are spending more time gathering information and less time analyzing it. Finance, HR, and legal professionals spent 52 percent of their time gathering information in 2004, up from 45 percent in 2001.