Today's road to e-Commerce and Global Trade

And the " Global Village " became a Reality

Internet has made real what in the 1970's that visionary of the communications Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) called the "Global Village".

In a matter of very few years, the Internet has consolidated itself as a very powerful platform that has changed the way we do business, and the way we communicate. The Internet, as no other communication medium, has given an International or, if you prefer, a "Globalized" dimension to the world. Internet has become the Universal source of information for millions of people, at home, at school, and at work.

Internet is actually the most democratic of all the mass media. With a very low investment, anyone can have a web page in Internet. This way, almost any business can reach a very large market, directly, fast and economically, no matter the size or location of the business. With a very low investment, almost anybody that can read and write can have access to the World Wide Web.

"When I took office, only high energy physicists
had ever heard of what is called the World Wide
Web... Now even my cat has it's own page."
- Bill Clinton

 

Statistics of the Internet

The Internet has made distances shorter and the world smaller. However, the great divider that stands in the way of a truly global society is fact that there are many different different languages spoken in our planet Earth. The following table shows the ten most numerous languages spoken by the Internet users.

To see old (Historic) Internet World Usage Statistics click here. For detailed information on the Internet from Wikipedia.org click here. For more on the Internet's history and its relationship with the information revolution read NetValley's informative nine part report. For current up to date Internet User Statistics click here.Click here for information on the 1995 to 2005 domain count growth. For 1993-1996 domain count data see Internet Growth Summary.


History of the Internet

Learn what the internet is and how it works, read about  the creation of the Internet, Internet culture, legal and moral issues, and a lot more at Wikiverse.

Here you will find the Internet History in a few links learn about Leonard Kleinrock who in 1962 invented the packet-switching technology that made it all possible.

You can see a timetable highlighting some of the Internet key events and technologies that helped shape the Internet as we know it today at the Hobbes Internet Timeline.

The Internet Virtual Library also features a very complete page with links about the Internet History.

The Living Internet is a free web site, including more than 700 pages about the Internet's history, design, advanced use, key features, security issues, help resources, and references
to additional information about the Internet.

The Internet Archive is another interesting website. They are building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form, like a paper library. Free access is provided to
researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. The Internet Archive is huge and growing every day. They have received help from Sun Microsystems for storing the database, in what could be called, literally Internet in a Box . See the 30 minute video where Brewster Kahle and Greg Papadopolous unveil the Wayback Machine's new datacente.

World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce,communication, and collective understanding. On the W3C page, you'll find news, links to W3C technologies, help and ways to get involved. Public participation is welcome at the WWW

The Top Web Sites of the Internet
For information on the current favorite web sites take a look at Alexa's Top 500 Sites

 

We found Internet World Stats to be a very useful online source for our international market research and the latest in Internet statistics.  To view the website, please visit www.internetworldstats.com.