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On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Peter Pearson wrote:
> To try and demonstrate the importance of acquiring good Internet research
> skills and habits, I would like to show in graph form the growth of the
> Internet and World Wide Web over a period of several years.  I know there
> is no simple answer to the question: how big is the Web/Internet?  I would
> be interested to know how some of you have approached this topic in
> training sessions.  I have looked at various sites and have yet to find
> something substantial and current that really stands out.  Does anyone on
> the list know of a good and authoritative source for this kind of
> information?  Thanks in advance.

Dear Peter--  the best source I've found for this kind of thing is the
Network Wizards site:  http://www.nw.com/

and more specifically their Internet Domain Survey:
http://www.nw.com/zone/WWW/top.html

The best thing (IMHO) about this site, is that it doesn't just give grand
statistics and charts, but there are documents that explain the
methodology of the survey and what can and cannot be inferred from the
numbers--  It requires reading some pretty detailed info and understanding
a lot of internet terminology, but I think it is worthwhile--  MM

Molly Molloy, Interim Head, Collection Services Department
New Mexico State University Library
Las Cruces, NM 88003
505-646-6931    mmolloy@lib.nmsu.edu   http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/mmolloy