Global Uses!

From 1996 to 2010 the Internet has paved new paths for everyone. From the uses of the Internet, to the number of users, to the countries with access, the Internet became a worldwide service that has improved the daily lives of most people. In 1996 only a select number of countries had Internet access, but nothing like we have now. There were only about 16 million users of the Internet in 1996. The growth statistics from then to now have dramatically increased as the Internet become more productive and faster. Of  course compared to recent times, the Internet in 1996 was just a small thing that shows how far technology has come since then. Some of the top websites visited in 1996 were aol.com, webcrawler.com, netscape.com, yahoo.com, and infoseek.com. These websites have undergone many changes since they were first released. Some popular websites in 2010 are myspace.com, facebook.com, google.com, ebay.com, youtube.com. Comparing the years and some of the top websites shows what kind of population grew. The more recent websites are social networks and search engines. Lots of people now have facebooks and myspaces to keep in touch with friends and have a profile that is all you own. Youtube has become very popular. Youtube not only has music videos, show videos, educational videos, and entertainment videos, but you have the ability to upload your own videos. Lots of people have been discovered on places like youtube and have gotten a head start on a good career. Google is probably one of the biggest websites used. You can search anything on that website. Google is great for answer any questions, research, school, and fun, and is great because it is a worldwide website.  The Internet was pretty boring in 1996. The web pages were very plain. The web page would get the point across and was very short to the point. The web designs were plain, usually one color and not very appealing. Some pictures were on the websites, a lot of them were like clip art figures. The Internet now is a lot more complex. The webpages have many colors and patterns. The information inlcuded in the websites is specific, and goes into great detail. The webpages are more appealing to the eye with many pictures that draw your attention. For examples the screenshots in this website: https://www.msu.edu/~karjalae/internet96.htm were very simple. The Internet was not very fast in 1996. A lot of computers had the same connection and caused the connection to become slower. The Internet now has many connections and people can create their own connections. There are certainly more connection options today then there were in 1996. People have become more technologically advanced since 1996, and so the access and browesing of the Internet has become a lot easier. Not as many communication tools were available in 1996. Email was available to people and so were chat rooms. There was nothing really like facebook or myspace. Today email has become more advanced and everyone uses email instead of the postal service. Technology has really advanced and continues to advance for the better. I think that the Internet has really helped in people's lives to make things much easier. Without the Internet, I would have had to research information in books and handwrite a paper about the information, but thanks to technology it has made my life much easier and still continues to improve!