It's difficult to keep track of the wild growth of the Internet. Some organizations do, however, try to gather information and make educated guesses about Internet growth. For example, Texas-based MIDs (www.mids.org/topics/index.html) provides not only detailed information, statistics, and maps about Internet growth, but also a link to "Internet Visualization," which is a slide presentation that helps you visualize Internet growth. For the latest market research from various sources, connect to sites such as the CyberAtlas site at cyberatlas.internet.com. The "Domain Survey" link at the Internet Software Consortium site, www.isc.org, provides statistics on the growing number of Internet hosts. Many analysts rely on information provided by Penton Media at boardwatch.internet.com. Georgia Institute of Technology's Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center conducts extensive surveys of Web use. You can check out its results by connecting to www.gvu.gatech.edu and following the survey link for "World Wide Web Surveys." You can have some fun and make your own wild projections about the Internet using the Internet Statistic Generator at www.anamorph.com/docs/stats/stats.html.
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