I Understand The Internet Has Now Been Going For 40 Years. Happy Birthday!

So, it is now 40 years since the internet was first used. Who would have understood, at that time, how massive it would become in such a rather short period?

I remember, as a small child, contemplating how lucky were people such as Alexander Graham Bell, being able to invent the telephone. Others had invented radio, tv, cinecamera. What was there left for such as my generation to think of? It is lucky others had more vision than I did. We now benefit from pda’s, CDs, DVDs and many other fascinating items which I could not have even thought about as a child.

On the fortieth anniversary of the internet, it is good to look at the changes we have seen in the way PCs are used over this period. In the early days, there was no www, so the internet was not the same as we think of at this time when we say we use it.

Not every company had use of PCs four decades ago, never mind people having many computers in their home. Even as late as the 1990’s the business where I was employed had just one PC which would connect to the internet and all members of staff had to use this in order to connect with the internet.

In those days, the concept of using a search engine was completely alien. Now Search Engine Placement is understood, by both companies and individuals, to be an integral part of internet experience. Seo companies have become available, in order to help businesses improve their search engine positioning.

Businesses, likewise, will search for an seo company which they feel have the ability to enhance their Online Marketing results. They know how vital it is to be on one of the first pages of any search engine results so that they can capture extra trade and will pick an SEO Company which they think will give them good value.

Because laptops are now reasonably inexpensive, quite a few households will have more than one. They are small, do not need dedicated study areas, wires and cables, which look untidy. Children find them helpful for research for homework, using search engines to help in this, whereas adults will use them to search for businesses which can give them the necessary information for reference purposes, or locate businesses which will supply to their needs.

Social networking sites have also found their niche, and this is a wonderful way for people to keep in touch with friends, relatives and colleagues in an informal way. Before these emerged it was all too easy to lose touch with others when they were no longer in their daily lives.

I am very pleased that other people can come up with inventions to improve my daily life, and this all makes me wonder what we will be seeing four decades from today – ideas currently in their infancy or not yet even thought of.

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