How to get noticed on the Internet
The World Wide Web was an enormous step for mankind, a step not
seen since Neil Armstrong sullied the surface of the moon. The
idea behind the WWW came across as a veritable information
highway where documents, data and info could be rapidly sent and
accessed by millions the world over. The potential behind the
web is enormous and even now the scope is not fully utilized.
The possibilities for growth, for extended usage, are available
and enormous yet the system is stagnating and it is very
possible that people will soon turn away. The average person
seeking information may well return to old-fashioned libraries
and the good old book to find the information that they require
if the face and image of the WWW is not altered very soon and
in-line with customer demand.
The ability of any user to gain information from the Internet is
enormous, simple and with positive results. But the information
received is increasingly becoming that which a paying body
prescribes and thus is advertisement biased or pointed towards
the end purchase of a product. Hotels advertise a city or
holiday resort with the point of view of potential tourists
coming to stay. A detailed description of moon cakes in Taiwan
although complete and detailed would certainly be with aim to
make people buy some from the store hosting the website involved.
Initially the Internet was heralded as a one-stop point for
gaining any type or form of information with the click of the
mouse. This is certainly true except with regard to loose
information that has no affiliation towards an end purchase or a
users change of heart. Certainly this type of information is
available and millions of websites exist but unless a user has
prior information on how to access this site then the chance of
it being found amongst the masses is minimal. Most web users
find or locate information by using a search engine. Most web
users input their request and wait for results to come up as
prescribed and ordered by the search engine system. If for
example a request was entered for