Confused about the net? Let me give
you some idea about the net and world wide web...
The Web is:
An emerging technology
A primary strategic communication medium
A new "marketspace" - a global delivery
channel, 24 hours a day
An electronic expert
A gigantic experiment
Why do people use the Web?
80% Gather information
50% Interact with others
1 in 6 has done an online transaction with
a credit card
Web sites deliver people!
United States: 24.8 million
Western Europe: 4.7 million
Japan and Asia Pacific: 3.9 million
Rest of World: 1.3 million
TOTAL: 34.6 million or 0.6% of world population
Web users are predicted to reach 130 million by 1999. Global spread is
predicted to be 54% U.S.; 46% Int'l
The amount of info on the Web
is staggering!
30 million pages on 225,000 sites (Alta Vista)
Mean lifetime of a Web object: 44 days
All HTML on the Web = 200GB
Estimate of entire Web = 2-10 Terrabytes...No
one knows for sure!
