INTERNET GROWTH The growth rate of the Internet has been extremely rapid. The answer is unknown, no one has a precise answer. As in any business, websites are interested in attracting a particular type of visitor, other is probably interested in mass audiences and some are just trying to attract visitors. Looking through the research that I did shows that from 1995 to 2001 the number of host went from 5M to almost 120M. (see chart) The …showed first 75 words of 1335 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1335 total…to advertise and the most important way, is hoping that someone stumbles into their website and recommend to others, then we have television, radio, magazines etc. The following chart shows, where people in general find websites. In conclusion, no matter how we all look at it, the internet is here to stay, and we either deal with it and learn the new technology, or we will go back to the old ways of doing research.