Assignment 5 - Future Analysis of Web Content Indexing

The Evolution of the Internet

In the early 1990's, when the Internet made its commercial debut, the idea of communicating with someone else on the other side of the world through a computer was revolutionary. America Online chatrooms became popular and web users were now beginning to form online societies. The advent of the Internet helped us better manage our communication with others. We were now able to send e-mails to and join chatrooms with complete strangers. As Internet technology improved and became increasingly popular worldwide, the amount of information that was being stored on the Internet was exponentially growing. Every product, subject and opinion was being discussed on websites all over the world. In less than 10 years the Internet managed to grow so large with content that companies were needed just to manage all of it.


The Current Status of Web Content