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
Source: Internet Live Stats
Number of Internet Users
2005
1bn
2006
1.1bn
2007
1.3bn
2008
1.5bn
2009
1.7bn
Source: Internet Live Stats