A new age is upon us - the computer age. There's no doubt that the Internet has changed how fast and the way we communicate and get information. The popularity of the net is rising at a considerable rate. Traffic, the number of people on the web is four times what it was a year ago and every thirty seconds someone new logs on to the net to experience for themselves what everyone is talking about. Even Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, a company that really looks into the future in order to stay ahead of the competition, said the Internet is one part of the computer business that he really underestimated. As one of the richest men in the world, I doubt if he makes too many mistakes. Nobody could have predicted that the Internet would expand at this rate and that's probably the reason why troubles are rising about the dependability of the web. .
As usage soars, (some estimate there will be rove eighty million users by the end of 1997) could the Internet overload? Even though no one predicted the popularity of the net, some are quick to foresee the downfall or doomsday of this fade. The demand continues to rise and is now so great that technological improvements are continually needed to handle the burden, that's been created from all of the people using the net. .
There are many things that can lighten the load that's need slowing down the Internet. First, it needs to have a lot better organization because with over seventy-five million web pages, and rising steadily fast, being able to pinpoint the information you are trying to find is very difficult. It's like finding a needle in a haystack. When you use a search engine to find information on a certain topic the search can come back with thousands upon thousands of pages or sites. Sometimes with over fifty thousand. Now you have the never-ending task of looking through each site to find what you want. Plus, with links on most pages people can end up getting lots real fast and not being able to find their way back.