Summary


Web 2.0

The growth in collaboration signals a change in the nature of the web. It’s no longer where you go just to read or watch things, but to do things.

The Cloud

Business applications start to shift from PCs and local servers into "the cloud" - servers hosted on the internet, often belonging to third parties..

Media

With average internet speeds increasing, it meant that websites could include lots more media because they knew that most people could now view them.

Number of Websites

2005

64m

2006

85m

2007

121m

2008

172m

2009

238m

Number of Internet Users

2005

1bn

2006

1.1bn

2007

1.3bn

2008

1.5bn

2009

1.7bn