Here are some internet fun facts for you.
The first Web site was built at CERN. CERN is the French acronym for European Council for Nuclear Research and is located at Geneva, Switzerland.
A NeXT computer was the world’s first Web server
The first browser, also invented by Berners-Lee was called the WorldWideWeb. The first successful build was released on December 25, 1990
The number of hits returned by Googling “internet” is 1.6 billion.
If you Google “sex”, the number of hits is approximately 637 million while “money” returns 913 million. It’s kind of reassuring though that “love” returns more than 1.4 billion hits while family has more than 1.1 billion hits.
The business of web hosting in 2009 is estimated to be almost 51.2 billion dollars.
The largest market is in Asia with a value of 15.7 billion
By 2014, the value of web hosting is forecasted to be more than 73 billion dollars.
Intel’s rival chipmaker AMD estimated the number of internet users in January, 2009 to be 1.4 billion.
In a recent survey conducted by security specialist Symantec of the 100 dirtiest websites, 48 percent feature adult content
Around 75 percent of the music that is available for download has never been purchased and it is costing money just to be on the server.
Of the 13 million music files available on the web, 52,000 tunes accounted for 80% of download.
Naked women make up 80 percent of all the pictures on the internet
By 2012 it has been said that there will be 17 billion devices connected to the internet. In most of Asia, mobile phones are leading the way to internet connectivity
The maker of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, born 1984, is said to be the youngest self-made billionaire
He is the 321st richest person in the US
Zuckerberg lunched FaceBook in his dormitory room while still in Harvard
The online population of Facebook, 250 million users worldwide, and MySpace, which had 100 million accounts by 2007, are bigger than the populations of many nations worldwide
On April 2008, Facebook overtook MySpace in terms of monthly visits
It took the Web only 4 years to reach 50 million users. Radio took 38 years while TV made it in 13 years.
Amazon.com was formerly known as Cadabra.com
Bit torrents, depending on location, are estimated to consume 27 to 55 percent of all internet bandwidth as of February, 2009
Blogger Kyle MacDonald who through a series of trades over the Web, managed to get a house from a paper clip.
After the deed to the house was signed in MacDonald’s name, his girlfriend accepted his proposal and the engagement ring was made from the original red paperclip.
The first Web site was built at CERN. CERN is the French acronym for European Council for Nuclear Research and is located at Geneva, Switzerland.
A NeXT computer was the world’s first Web server
The first browser, also invented by Berners-Lee was called the WorldWideWeb. The first successful build was released on December 25, 1990
The number of hits returned by Googling “internet” is 1.6 billion.
If you Google “sex”, the number of hits is approximately 637 million while “money” returns 913 million. It’s kind of reassuring though that “love” returns more than 1.4 billion hits while family has more than 1.1 billion hits.
The business of web hosting in 2009 is estimated to be almost 51.2 billion dollars.
The largest market is in Asia with a value of 15.7 billion
By 2014, the value of web hosting is forecasted to be more than 73 billion dollars.
Intel’s rival chipmaker AMD estimated the number of internet users in January, 2009 to be 1.4 billion.
In a recent survey conducted by security specialist Symantec of the 100 dirtiest websites, 48 percent feature adult content
Around 75 percent of the music that is available for download has never been purchased and it is costing money just to be on the server.
Of the 13 million music files available on the web, 52,000 tunes accounted for 80% of download.
Naked women make up 80 percent of all the pictures on the internet
By 2012 it has been said that there will be 17 billion devices connected to the internet. In most of Asia, mobile phones are leading the way to internet connectivity
The maker of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, born 1984, is said to be the youngest self-made billionaire
He is the 321st richest person in the US
Zuckerberg lunched FaceBook in his dormitory room while still in Harvard
The online population of Facebook, 250 million users worldwide, and MySpace, which had 100 million accounts by 2007, are bigger than the populations of many nations worldwide
On April 2008, Facebook overtook MySpace in terms of monthly visits
It took the Web only 4 years to reach 50 million users. Radio took 38 years while TV made it in 13 years.
Amazon.com was formerly known as Cadabra.com
Bit torrents, depending on location, are estimated to consume 27 to 55 percent of all internet bandwidth as of February, 2009
Blogger Kyle MacDonald who through a series of trades over the Web, managed to get a house from a paper clip.
After the deed to the house was signed in MacDonald’s name, his girlfriend accepted his proposal and the engagement ring was made from the original red paperclip.
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