Development Of The Internet

1) When was the World Wide Web concieved by Tim Berners-Lee?

The World Wide Web was first brought into the main public domain in 1989, the year in which Tim Berners-Lee while working for CERN released the first network based implementation of the Hypertext Concept.

2) When the first website was launched and what it featured?

The very first website was launched by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991, and was launched to first show what the WWW (W3) was capable of and explain how to use it.

3) What was the First Banner Ad on the Internet?

The first banner ad on the Internet was sold by Global Network Navigator to a law firm. This was done in 1993 and was the first ever click-able ad and the invention of the name Banner Ad.

4) When was Youtube Launched?

Youtube was first launched in February of 2005 and was created by 3 former PayPal employees. It was the first site on the web that allowed users to Upload and watch videos freely. YouTube has now been acquired by Google for $1.65Bn in Google Stock.

5) When was Google Launched?

Google was started in 1996 and started life as a research project by two PhD Students in California. The domain of Google.com was registered on September 15 1997 and the company was first incorporated on September 4 1998 being ran from a garage in California. Google today is one of the biggest technology companies in the world.

6) When was Broadband Internet Connection widely available, and how did it change online habits?

Broadband Internet is only a very recent advancement in technology looking back. It started being using in 1990 but was starting to become widely available to most residential areas in around about 2001. This changed the way in which people used the internet forever, no longer did people have to use dial up internet waiting for the modem to dial before being able to surf the net all with the constant worry that someone way use the phone and close the connection at any time. It also allowed people to much more with their internet such as play online games and talk over the internet with the increased bandwidth that they now had.

7) When was Amazon.com launched?

Amazon was first founded in July of 1994 by Jeff Bezos, and officially went online for the public to use in 1995. Amazon has very quickly become one of the largest online retailers of today and is a household name for a very large range of products (Long Tail Theory).

8) When did the Term Web 2.0 become used?

Even though the term Web 2.0 was coined in 1999 being used to describe websites that where more than just a stationary image, the Term did no reappear until about 2002 and again in 2004 when the worlds first Web 2.0 conference was hosted.