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The type of hosting for email and web services has a major influence on online success or failure.

Publisher: Sam Harfig

Selection of Internet hosting service plays key role in determining the success or failure of any business willing to go online. Planning to venture into the world of Web, the first step for a company will be to have a reliable service for Internet hosting which understands all its needs. Whether it is posting promotional blogs, launching a website or other activity, Internet hosting service is certain. In fact, success of a company’s online business depends largely on the selection of Internet hosting service. Or in other words, a website host is that what distinguishes a successful online business from a failed one.

There are several types of hosting services. These services are primarily limited to the web such as web hosting service, reseller hosting service, shared web hosting service, dedicated web hosting service, virtual private server, managed hosting service, home servers, collocation web hosting service, etc.

Some companies perceive that creation of a web page displaying their custom log, a brief description of services and products and contact details will be sufficient to make their presence felt on the World Wide Web. But the perception holds true in some cases, not all.

For instance, if a business has a wide range of products to sell, then merely a home page for online business will not do. In such a case, the business should explain all its services and products through customized web pages that give it prominence on the Internet. For accomplishing this task, application hosting service will be the best option since it fulfills all the business requirements.

Normally, people show concerns for other services such as e-mail hosting services, mail list management and DNS hosting services that are associated with web-based applications. Therefore, in order to garner lucrative results, complete and profound technical proficiency and support are required for the application hosting services.

Thus, businesses should hire a professional to run hosting services who not only understands their requirements but also provide appropriate solutions. A business definitely has several other things to consider besides this and all that is dependent on the kind of website and equally on what sort (and magnitude) of presence the business wish to mark online. Selecting a decent web hosting service guarantees that the concerned business is eventually able to get value for money.

While the selection of Internet hosting service solely depends on business hiring it, security of that service need to be on the top priority list. It is a must for every online company to have an appropriate firewall, imap spam filter and other security software in place. This will help the company a big deal to avoid various kinds of malicious threats. This becomes even more crucial when online financial transactions are performed through the company’s website. Thus, ensuring an overall secure environment for the website will bring good name to the company as customers will sense a feeling of security while transacting online through that website.

A recent survey of 6,000 consumers across the US, the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy found that 46% do not understand the term IPTV. So in order to help clear up the confusion and help you jump on the upcoming IPTV bandwagon, here is a list of eight things you need to know about IPTV:

1. IPTV stands for Internet Protocol Television, which means you will be able to connect a box to your broadband Internet connection and receive TV channels on your regular television set.

2. You will have to subscribe to IPTV services at an additional cost or via a service package like Triple Play which most cable companies offer now.

3. IPTV will offer even more channels and you will be able to custom pick the channels that you want to receive to your set top box.

4. IPTV will be offered by your telephone or cable company and will most likely offer addition features or services such as VOIP (Voice Over IP) telephone service and a DVR (Digital Video Recorder).

5. IPTV will offer you the ability to use your cell phone to record your favorite shows. You could call or text message your box and have it record Desperate Housewives while you’re out shopping and can’t make it home in time. It will be the ultimate in time-shifting devices.

6. IPTV allows for 2-way communication between the program and the user. Say you’re watching Food Channel host Rachel Ray live. You could use your remote or keyboard to type her a fan letter or a cooking tip that she could read live on-air.

7. IPTV can help move PC-centric features over to your TV. You could be watching BET’s 106 and Park and get an IM from your home girl or see who is calling you with on-screen caller ID.

8. IPTV is not video on the web. Video on the Internet can be jerky, slow, grainy, and has to re-buffer a lot. IPTV will be as good as television and in some instances will be of HD quality

Broadband Internet service has become a “must have” for
those already enjoying the high speed Internet provided by
cable broadband, DSL, or T1 services. Still, many dial up
Internet users are reluctant to make the switch to broadband
due to the increased cost in Internet access, and fail to
recognize broadband’s money saving potential.

Broadband Internet is so much more than lightning fast web
browsing. Along with broadband Internet emerges opportunity
to take advantage of new money saving technologies not
available to dial up Internet users. Broadband phone and the
up and coming IP TV are just a couple examples of the newest
technologies dial up users are missing out on.

Broadband Internet users also save money by downloading
their own music, games, and even movies instead of renting
or purchasing them for a much higher price from a retail
outlet. Of course dial up users can do this as well, but not
in a very timely fashion since it could take up to a couple
of hours just to download a simple song.

Broadband Internet rates have reduced dramatically within
the course of the last five years. High speed Internet can
now be purchased for as little as fourteen dollars a month
in some places, and usually has a top end comfort level of
around fifty dollars or less per month. This means broadband
can sometimes be even cheaper than dial up ISP.

Broadband Internet is probably one of the few services that
end with the customer never having buyers remorse. Broadband
is just one of those things that people find many useful and
even practical applications for. An entire book could be,
and probably has been written about the usefulness of
broadband Internet access.

If you have been considering making the switch to broadband,
you’ll find many vendors these days offer incentives such as
reduced cost for service, free equipment, and rebates to
ease the burden of any start up cost for high speed
broadband Internet service. In the end, broadband is just as
affordable yet better and faster than dial up Internet.

Daymon Hoag is the Editor for Cheapest Service and provisioner of Cheapest-Service.com High Speed Internet

If your website traffic has suddenly come to a stand-still, you may need to give your site a marketing jump start. This is really directed towards Information Marketing (one of the best markets around) but can really be applied to anything. Here are a few ways to get your traffic flowing again.

1.Buy hits for your website. Pay for targeted hits to your web site. You can do what is called “pay per click” advertising. This is where you pay search engines every tine some one clicks on your link for your web site. A great advantage to this is it almost instantly gets you visitors.

2.You can also send out a promotional email to the opt-in email list you SHOULD be creating by offering free reports or courses to your visitors.

3.Pay your competition a flat fee to email your promotional offer to their lists. This is a great way to build relationships with your competitors.

4.You can do what is referred to as a Joint Venture. This is when you pay someone a commission on sales when they email your promotional offer to their email lists.

5.You can pay for advertising on someone else’s website by paying a flat fee up front to put an ad, banner or link on the site.

6.You can pay for advertising by offering a commission to your competition or anyone on sales when they put your ad, banner or link on their site.

7.You can submit your website to search engines with your keywords and website description.

8.You can submit your link to other websites, and in return, add them to yours.

9.You can write a free report or course to give away to other websites in your market and allow them to put an affiliate link inside (so they have an incentive to give it away), and give that away for free. If its good information, it will spread like a virus. This marketing concept is known as “viral marketing”.

10.If you have good material you can have a nice marketing edge because people will share the website because the enjoyed it. You can also offer affiliate programs so your customers can earn commissions when they refer some one to buy your product .

These should give you some good ideas to get more traffic, and maybe even spark some ideas of your own!

Best wishes,

Maranda Mann

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For anyone who isn’t aware what Podcasting is, be advised that
you are missing out on one of the biggest technology trends
since this little thing we like to call “The Internet” first got
started!

Yes, despite all the nay-sayers the popularity of Podcasting is
increasing at an astronomical rate. The question is no longer
whether Podcasting is a fad, but on how large an audience this
new media can sustain!

If you peek back in time, it was around 1994/1995 when the
National Science Foundation opened its main backbone to the
Internet, giving way to the flood of popularity that followed.

Similar to Podcasting now, people in the mid 90’s claimed the
Internet was just a fad and would never amount to more than a
fancy means of research. Of course, with advances in software
and technology, we began seeing pictures, graphics and yes, even
streaming video crop up and it was only a matter of time before
it was adopted by tens of millions, and eventually hundreds of
millions of people.

Podcasting Is Not The Internet!

No, you’re right. Podcasting is NOT the Internet…
technology-wise. They’re like apples and oranges. However,
they’re cut from the same mold and if you were to draw
comparisons between their lifecycles, you will see that
Podcasting has already surpassed the Internet in its meteoric
rise in popularity.

The technology that makes Podcast deliverability possible was
first developed back around 2000, but the first real Podcasters
didn’t surface until the fall of 2004. Yes, 2004! The format was
developed and pushed by two notable Podcasters, Adam Curry and
David Wiener before it was quickly picked up by hundreds of
others and the rest, as they say, is history.

Now, barely a year after Podcasting exploded onto the scene and
was embraced by Podcasters, Bloggers, and Marketers alike, you
can find over 10,000 Podcasts and over 100,000 episodes at
popular online Podcast Directories like PodcastEmpire.com.

In Fact, the adoption of Podcasting has been overwhelming. The
allure of the People’s Radio becomes quickly obvious when you
listen to Podcasts such as ‘Dawn and Drew’ or ‘5 Minutes with
Witchita’ – a real entertainer!

Listeners around the world are speaking out and clearly DO
prefer the frank conversations, great information and raw
emotions that are delivered via Podcast MP3’s!

There Be Pirates In Them There Waters!

Maybe it has something to do with a generation who is still
longing to have their own pirate radio station, like Christian
Slater in “Pump Up The Volume”… Perhaps it’s just that more
people have something to say, desperate to climb above the
masses and make their voices heard…

Either way the ‘Waters of the Podverse’ are filling up with
self-proclaimed pirates, and why not? There is no policing of
the Podcast airwaves, it costs very little to get started and
anyone with something to say can find an audience!

The reason so many of these Podcasting rebels succeed is the
same reason why so many traditional radio stations are beginning
to fail. With no FCC regulators knocking at their doors,
Podcasters don’t need to hold anything back. You can say
anything you want, whenever you want, as loudly as you want. And
listeners are flocking to the raw, honest format.

X Marks The Spot! Arg!

After a solid year (Podcasting was even named Word Of The Year
in 2005!) and a drastic increase in popularity, advertisers are
slowly beginning to come out of the woodworks, enabling some
Podcasters to see a return on their efforts.

Unfortunately though, Podcasting is not yet a medium where you
should expect to become rich overnight and this may be one area
where terrestrial radio stations have an advantage over the
Podcast Upstarts. With gold in the coffers already and more
advertisers lining up each day, it doesn’t really matter what
they do in the medium, traditional radio stations have all the
money they need to keep their Podcasts in the game
indefinitely!

Also, the entire concept of commercializing Podcasting has
become a heated debate, splitting the Podverse in two ever since
advertisers began trickling in last year. The same issues that
we saw in the ’90’s around commercialization Online are starting
to crop up. Podcasters and Podcast listeners alike are refusing
to conform, and many are refusing advertisers outright.

We are slowly starting to see changes in this mentality though
as more and more Podcast Creators are adding commercials and
name drops to their shows to help keep costs down and keep their
content online. And the pervasive fear, that listeners will go
so far as to stop listening if they hear any advertisements,
have so far, proved unfounded.

Walk The Plank, Ya Filthy Skallywag!

Where does Podcasting go from here? Can it survive? Well it was
back in May of 2005 when Bill Gates commented in an interview
with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

“As good as Apple may be, I don’t believe the success of the
iPod is sustainable in the long run. You can make parallels with
computers: Apple was very strong in this field, with its
Macintosh and graphic interface — like the iPod today — and
then lost its position,”

The comment was realistic, but does it also offer some insight
into Microsoft’s own plans?

Microsoft has a proven track history of moving into an existing
and established arena and quickly slaying the dominant forces!
So was Gates simply foreshadowing his own companies venture into
this industry? With the success of Windows Captaining their
ship, Microsoft could be the ultimate pirate, sailing the seas
looking, not for simple treasures, but for entire colonies to
conquer.

So far Microsoft has not made any moves although Yahoo!, on of
Microsoft’s leading competitors in the Online Search world has
jumped into the fray with their own solution for Podcasting and
in typical fashion has released their own directory.

Meanwhile, Apple remains unphased and continues to roll out new
incarnations of their wildly popular iPod players.

You Have The Power!!!

At the end of the day the emerging Podcast Industry will evolve
as it does, without ever consulting any of us, but the
continuing appeal of Podcasts and Podcasting is that, for
possibly the first time ever, you and I have a very real
opportunity to influence mainstream media, or at least, bypass
traditional media and influence the masses; which really amounts
to the same thing anyway.

Overall, you should expect to see sustained growth in Podcasting
in 2006. So, if you have something to say, anything at all, pull
out your eye-patch, slap a parrot on your shoulder and dive into
the world of Online Pirate Radio while the Booty is still
good!

The first question most people have is, “What the heck is a “Google?” It is a play on the word “googol,” which is the mathematical figure 1 followed by 100 zeros. Depending on the level of your love for math, this is either the greatest or lamest name for a search engine. Regardless, the clever kids at Google have turned it into a cultural standard.

The Beginning

Larry Page and Sergey Brin co-founded Google in January of 1996, then known as BackRub. The boys were in the early twenties and classic computer geeks. Sergey was born in Moscow, alum of the University of Michigan and visiting Stanford. Larry was assigned to be his guide. During this visit, they obviously hit it off or today nobody would give a hoot about linking strategies.

Although two men and the name “BackRub” may raise some questions, the name actually referred to a method for producing search engine rankings. Specifically, the BackRub search engine was designed to analyze the “back links” to a site. Although BackRub developed a following with those in the know, nothing much happened for a few years.

1998

As with most new businesses, the boys needed some serious cash. The brass at Yahoo was interested, but initially passed. Sun Microsystems, of all companies, provided an answer. Andy Bechtolsheim was one of the founders of Sun and, thus, had the necessary deep pockets. $100,000 later, the new search engine company was on the way to stardom.

A New Name

As legend has it, BackRub became Google for a rather humorous reason. Apparently, Bechtolsheim accidentally made the $100k check out to “Google, Inc.” You can make your own guess as to which one of the boys said, “Hey, I have an idea for a new name.” In September of 1998, Google opened a small office in Menlo Park, California. The rest, as they say, is history.

Today, Google is based in Mountain View, California. Google prefers email communication, but you can get a live voice by calling (650) 623-4000. If you really want to talk to them, refuse a charge from the company on the credit card you use for Adwords. They will contact you pretty quickly!

The company went public in 2004 [Symbol: GOOG] and has a stock value of around $360 per share. Larry and Sergey are sickeningly wealthy. One can assume that Andy Bechtolsheim is also doing all right.

The Future

In the last year or so, Google has certainly received its fair share of criticism. PageRank is almost useless in relation to ranking in search results. At the time of this writing, PageRank hasn’t worked for three days, which means a change, shuffle, dance or whatever you want to call it is coming.

On the competition front, things are a bit murky. It seems a week doesn’t go by without a patent lawsuit being filed against the company. MSN and Yahoo have started to raise the level of competition and more will be coming. Google’s reliance on AOL as a traffic source is also a bit troubling given the continual loss of market share by the company that nearly brought Time Warner down. Gmail is dogged by patent issues, not to mention questions about violations of the privacy of users. All and all, things are not as rosy compared to a few years ago, but they can hardly be called bad.

Your guess is as good as mine when it comes to predicting if Google will become just another search engine. Personally, I think it will, but not because of any of the above. Instead, the evolution of the Internet suggests there will be a next “big thing.” Who knows, maybe Google will get a Grub [Grub.org] in its Nutch [Nutch.org].

In today’s business environment, the online business has begun to play a major role and having a website for your business has become an issue of paramount importance. Not only having a website, but online business needs a marketing plan, a plan for the website itself and involves a lot of thought process. The very first thing a business needs is a website. The website should have its own business objectives and a clear cut long term goal. Website strategy should always be long term and not short term.

The online business planning and strategy implementation begins once you have a fully functional, professional looking and optimized website. Measuring your online business is no mean task. Due to latest trends in dynamic content, you may put up a different promotional or discounts or deals on a weekly, monthly or even hourly basis. A baseline measure is possible only when you measure your business during a quite month of no promotional and deals are put up. This will indicate the performance of your online business more accurately and help you plan ahead. Keeping tabs on all happenings at the site should be monitored.

Bringing visitors to your site is important. This is called traffic generation. But once the traffic arrives, it is your websites responsibility to make the visitor make a purchase. The number of purchases compared against the traffic is called the conversion rate. The conversion rate can only be bettered by your website through promotional, discounts or deals or any other way you think fit.

Traffic generation can be achieved by search engine optimization, the process through which your site can be edited or developed to rank higher in the search engine results, preferably in the first 10 or so. Use organic procedures for long term results.

Putting up forms when a visitor comes to your site may not be helpful, after all many of the visitors find this irritating and time consuming. Even if the visitor does fill in the form, it is not necessary that he makes a purchase.

Always make sure that the navigation through your website is simple and easy. The prices and product description pages should be easily accessible and clearly worded. Put yourself in the visitor’s shoes and imagine you are trying to buy something on the internet. What would you like to see in a website – Simplicity, Navigation, Pricing, Ease of Use, Testimonials, and Transparency? Make sure that your site fulfills these pre conditions.

If you work at home using the internet or are frequently on the internet checking out websites, then you will want to look into service from a high speed internet provider. There are several ways to connect to the internet in order that you receive this quicker service. You can look into DSL which is at least 5 times faster than dial up and runs through the phone line. Cable and satellite internet access are the other choices. After you choose which connection you are interested in, then you need to find the high speed internet provider that offers that particular service.

DSL is a great option for people who live close to the central office where the DSL comes from. DSL is distance sensitive, which means that you need to be within three miles of the office of your high speed internet provider to receive the best connection. The best way to find out about DSL is to ask neighbors if they use it and if the do, ask if they are satisfied with it. DSL is always on, so you do not have to wait for it to connect to the internet. With better speed than the dial up method, this may be the right choice for you.

Cable internet runs through your cable line and has amazing speed. Downloading is quick and easy and it is always on for your convenience. The only drawback to cable internet may be the high cost that these high speed internet providers charge. There may be package deals with your cable TV service or a reduced priced if you accept a slower access speed, so ask if there are any discounts that are available. Cable internet is a wonderful option for those users who are on the internet several times a day.

Satellite internet may be the only option for consumers in rural and out of the way areas. Satellite internet uses satellites in outer space for internet connection. This is a faster option than dial up, but may be dependent upon the weather, although most consumers only have problems during major storms. Ask neighbors about their internet service and if they use satellite internet service. This is the best way to find out which high speed internet provider will work for you.

High speed internet providers fill a vital need for internet users. The important thing to do is to research the provider group of your choice until you find a high speed internet provider that offers what you need for you and your family. Once you do this, then you sure to find the high speed internet service that is right for you!

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In this fast moving technology driven world your business’ website needs to be powerful and grab the surfer right away. There are five ways to make a website not only grab but hold onto a surfer’s attention.

1. Define your audience: This is the first step in designing a powerful website. Try to narrow down your audience as much as possible. Instead of using a broad definition narrow down the description by income, age, sex, and other usable categories. Now, when designing the website you can keep your audience in mind and make sure the site fits.

2. Keep your audience in mind when using technology: There is a lot of technology out there, but if your audience is a technophobe keep the technology to a minimum. Be wary of entire websites designed in Flash and too much multimedia. On the other hand if your audience is a techno fan, have fun with video, Flash, and anything else you can think of.

3. Content is the key: Without content your website will not reach your audience. It is extremely important to have content throughout your website, especially on the home page. You will lose your audience at the beginning if your site contains little content. Why is your audience visiting your site? Because they want to find out more information. If you do not provide them with this information they will leave your site frustrated.

4. Update your site regularly: Hopefully your audience will be impressed with your site on the first visit and add it to their internet favorites. But if you never give them anything new, you will soon be deleted. Don’t design your website and then forget about it. Add news articles, industry information, and new images regularly to your website.

5. Use design effectively: Design is a key element for a powerful website. But don’t overload your website with design that makes your site unreadable. Remember content is the key and your design should work to effectively highlight the content.

If you keep these five tips in mind when designing your website, you will be on your way to a powerful website.

Copyright 2006 Jennifer Haubein

Jennifer Haubein
Jennifer Haubein is the President of Roxy Media Solutions http://www.roxysolutions.com, a website design company that provides a custom website design package, including copywriting, marketing, design, and programming.

Where is this Going?
Good question. If you are referring to this article, I am somewhat disappointed but if you’re referring to the Internet, we can do business. Most of us have an approximate knowledge of the history behind how and why the Internet was conceived but what we have an even less of an idea about is where is it going. If you haven’t managed to catch one of those documentaries examining the Internet’s past, I won’t waste you’re time by telling you about it when there are probably thousands of websites that can do it more justice than I can in a few lines of text here.

Anyway, back to our question. Where is the Internet going? If we can just continue the analogy of the Internet being a child, it was born in the autumn of 1969 and is now a 36 year old man with more money, more fame, more attention and more admirers than any other person that ever lived. Thankfully the Internet is not a man otherwise it would have an ego even bigger than that of Arnold Schwarzenegger. By the way, he was once asked a serious question “What do you think of gay marriages,” and his answer was “that’s between a man and a woman.”

But jokes aside, we have in fact created a monster that Dr Frankenstein would have been proud of. The Internet touches a very large percentage of the human race. It makes the job of communicating opinions, products, services and a great deal else besides so often so seamless that we cannot help but fall head-over-heals for its mesmerising charm. And yet, behind the faade of colourful pages containing banners, links, images, animations and words, lies an uneasy, almost eerie feeling that we have in fact lost control of this thing we call the Internet.

Have we Lost Control?
Consider this. If, say in five year’s time, it was found that the Internet was causing some serious detriment to human life, could we put a stop to it. I think not. The only precedent that I can think of is the attempt by the Chinese government to sanitise the content to which their people may have access. But, let’s be realistic. It’s almost like trying to stem the Pacific ocean. As long as people use the Internet, it will grow and the more people that use it the faster it will grow. Yes, but grow into what?

Do we Envisage a Happy Ending to the Internet
If we treat it as an invention we can try to predict its future by looking at other inventions that large numbers of people use. Say for example the motor car. The very first one was steam driven and came into being around 1723. That makes it 282 years old. Nowadays, they are everywhere and we couldn’t imagine being without them. As it turns out, it’s not so much the motor car itself that causes us problems (aside from the road accidents) but the exhaust fumes it leaves behind. The trouble with the car is that eventually there will be so many of them, as world population increases, that we shall run out of road space to such an extent that there will be a premium on road usage as opposed to car usage. So I think we can see that the future of the motor car isn’t really that bright.

But there is a great difference between the motor car and the Internet. Like all good inventions, the motor car has one well defined purpose and that is transportation. The Internet, intentionally or otherwise, serves many purposes. E-commerce is but one example. Browsing for information is another function. Entertainment is huge. These purposes in themselves are very large generic entities that branch into a multitude of different facets, all of them purporting to serve the end user.

What I’m trying to get across is that the Internet is not like any other invention. Its purposes are many and each one is a tiny branch upon the countless tentacles emanating from a central mass of major websites that attract the most traffic. If you haven’t already guessed, these are the “good” sides to the internet. What about the sides to it that nobody wants to talk about.

Pornography
There is a statistic that says 90% of all browsing or searching has a connection to or affinity with pornography of one sort or another. We all know this but we don’t really like to talk about it. There is no limit to the depravity that webmasters won’t stoop to in order to feed yet another base desire which is greed. But you may argue that pornography has been with us for a very long time, so why should it worry us now? It’s the method of delivery. If a country wanted to control or censor images of this sort via conventional means, the possible sources could easily be identified, approached and stopped. Television companies, mainstream newspapers and magazines are three examples. It is even possible to curb the purchase of publications by those not of adult age. In addition, there is also the embarrassment factor which may sometimes prevent the prospect from approaching a counter or a till and coming face-to-face with another human being or speaking on the phone to order some illicit cable channel.

I am thinking primarily of the children who make up a large segment of the online population and it is nothing to enter sites that display the most appalling images. And as we all know, the depravity does not stop there. It goes far beyond that for those wishing to pay for services.

Hatred
There are many sites that incite racial, cultural and religious hatred. These do nothing more than fuel people’s prejudices about other people. They are not in the same league as opinion or freedom of speech. If the written word or picture causes tempers to flare and anger to inflame, it has no beneficial effect. On the other hand, if it depicts truth (and we have to be very careful about the facts that led to the truth) it should never be suppressed. These checks and balances, alas, cannot be guaranteed on the Internet. It does not recognise boundaries, taboos and sensitivities because no one can predict the age and background of the visitor.

Illegal Activity
There is of course a plethora of websites and schemes all wanting to scam us out of some amount in return for some idea. No doubt, many thousands fall for these things every day, especially if they are newcomers. Chain letters, pyramid schemes and unsolicited emails are just three examples. Every single aspect of fraudulent activity may be found on the Internet. Happily, we can write articles and visit conscientious websites that genuinely warn people to be aware of such things.

Conclusion
Where is the Internet going? Simple extrapolation shows that the negative sides will grow much faster than the positive ones because there is a lot more of it. This means that come another decade, we could start to see technologies being created to control the Internet perhaps using the United Nations as a means to implement or police the International Internet Community. It will be a pity because, as it is always the case, whenever you take blanket measures to do away with negative activity, there is always damage to the good side as well. It might mean waiting months or years for the vetting process to be finalised before anyone is allowed to start a website. It could be that entire nations maybe disenfranchised from the Internet because they are deemed to be “unsuitable”. These are just some examples of how the Internet might go.

However, we, the users of the Internet can do something about it now. The only way to kill a website is to starve it of visitors. If people were to change their habits and avoid sites that they knew had any of the negative things mentioned above, we could effectively police the Internet ourselves. I have to be honest though and say that given our human nautre, I don’t really hold out much hope of this happening any time soon.

In the meantime, here is a website dedicated to a new book of mine which is a supernatural come science-fiction novel. Please click on http://www.willofdreams.com to visit and learn more about the author and the book. Thank you for your attention.