5 most important things on the internet.
Posted on 25. Aug, 2008 by Robert Jooste in Internet
Have you ever thought that there are important things on the internet? Is the internet important to you? if so, what is the most important part of the internet? Emails, news, social ect.
Here is a list of 5 things that I believe is Very important on the internet.
1. Connection:
Believe it or not, but some people fail to grasp the idea of being connected to “something” before they can use the internet. I had a client who bought a laptop the other day and could not understand why the internet wouldn’t work.
Connection methods could be a range of things: Phone line, bluetooth, gprs, 3G, wireless ect… But there HAS to be some kind of connection with your pc, to the internet.
Make sure that there is connection before you say the internet does not work.
most important thing on the internet nr2: Servers
You may not know it, or believe it, but the internet is controlled to a certain extent. Namely, Servers. You might think of a server as a computer in your office controlling your accounting package and running backups every now and then. These servers are really important for the internet. The are normally much bigger than the standard computer.
On them is Stored: Domains. (among others)
a domain is the last part of your email address or your website address, eg: gitui.com is a domain.
These servers control everything to do with the websites you see. Without these, the internet will not exist.
Then you get a DNS (Domain Name Service) server. A server that has a list of domain names linking “paths” to their particular server. Without the DNS working properly, you will never see or find a website.
Witch brings us to most important thing on the internet nr3: Search engines:
Google, MSN, Yahoo! search, Amazon, topicle which do you choose?
Anyone really, they all do the same thing. Without these you will spend hours upon hours looking for a website address. you will try all sorts of things, but never get to where you want to go. Try it, without using a search engine, try to find some thing.
Its not just searching the internet, Its what you do with those search engines that make the difference. When you search for something and you are looking for a specific phrase, try putting it in quotation marks. “Most important thing on the internet” an see what comes up as apposed to: most important thing on the internet, without quotations.
So thats why search engines are very important.
Next (4th) important thing is: Email
Now I know I’ve mentioned it in nr. 2 but it is really quite important.
In the world today we live in the information age. Information is important, as long as it travels fast and reaches people quickly. Imagine trying to buy something on the internet, Ebay for instance, without emails. You will have to sign up, and wait for your confirmation via the post. You will then reply to that message saying you really live there and are who you are. They will then send it back again to give you your password and other info you need. So with just signing up, it could take a long time.
What do you do when you can’t receive emails? do you stop working? Most of my clients can’t work when there is no emails.
The nr5 most important thing on the internet is: advertising
Yip, thats it. Allot of people use the internet as a medium on making money. www.problogger.net is a very good example. He advertises on his blog and gets money for it. You can advertise on his blog and draw customers to your website and maybe make a sale. In that way advertising is important in 2 ways.
I bet you never thought about advertising being important?
There are many more very important things that play a role on the internet,
Content
Accessibility
Information
Online banking
shopping – for those who can’t get out
Facebook
and it goes on.
That is, for me, the most important things on the internet. It is not in order and it changes for everyone. Depending on your needs, online banking could be the most important. It changes.
What is your most important thing on the internet?
Robert
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mar
Dec 27th, 2009
You forgot porn.