The Internet is considered as a global network of people, commonly referred to as ?the net?. It is a service available on a computer, where people meet to chat, exchange or gather information, and use several other services. It is a collection of computers connected on a network by wires, a network of networks. While the World Wide Web, also known as ?the Web?, is a collection of information connected by Hyperlinks or URLs, a collection of websites.
Most people use the Internet for several reasons and at the same time other people do not use it for several reasons. The net is a public place where you can get and receive information easily and conveniently, but it is also the same reason why some are afraid to give their information.
What are the Benefits? By using the net you get instant information, finish tasks easily, and good for business and even for employment.
Below are some more advantages brought about by the advent of the Internet:
Gathering Information : Whether its for office work, school assignment or self studying, gathering information via Internet is the easiest way to get them. By the use of Search Engines, you can simply type the word or words you want to research about. A Search Engine helps you find stored information, some popular Search Engines are the Google, Yahoo!, MSN, Ask, AOL Search, AltaVista, and many more.
E-mail : Electronic messages are sent and received through the Internet by email. These messages are same as writing a letter based on a Simple Mail Protocol Transfer (SMPT) System, messages are send over electronic communication systems.
Search for Jobs : Aside from the classic use of ?newspaper searching? for jobs, the web have sites that allow people to search for jobs they want locally or abroad. Job ads are also becoming popular because of the speed, accuracy and ease on applying for a job and employment.
Online Games : Games that are played via the Internet are called Online Games. Some of the popular types of games are the Browser Games and MMORPG. Browser games uses Web Browsers as clients, normally free to play and download, single player games played using the HTML and HTML Scripting (JavaScript). Graphics are developed by using Flash and Java programming, commonly called ?Flash Games? and ?Java Games?. Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games or MMORPG, is the most popular game played today using the Internet to connect several people from different countries to play the same game together Online. This also includes chatting with other people while playing.
Software Downloads : Softwares are programs created to instruct a computer to do a task. The net has several websites which includes information about the latest softwares available on the market, software downloads, and free trial version downloads before ordering the product.
Online Advertising & Shopping : The Intenet is also used for Online advertising and Online Shopping. Online Advertising is a marketing strategy used to attract people, or commonly called potential customers, to a website that sells stuff. Online Advertising includes the use of contextual ads, banner ads and email marketing. Some websites uses Search Engine results page by improving their Page Rank (PR). Some are ad stores that allows people to post their own ad for a certain period of time with payment, and .
Online Shopping provides convenient and easy way of purchasing products and/or services over the Internet (online payment of bills are also become popular). An online shop vary from categories depending on the type of product and/or services they offer, one popular example are shops that sells household products, cars, motocycles, software downloads, and more.
What are the Dangers and Threat? Committing crime using the Internet by gaining unauthorized access is the most common crime.
Information Theft : Personal information you send over the net can be accessed by other people. However, restricted information that are accessed by ?hackers? are through the use of programming, they make small changes or add codes to the existing codes in order to gain access.
Fraud : Also known as ?cyberscams?. Fraud or scams are common these days, they are usually conducted through telephone calls, text messaging, and now over the net. These scams are common in chat rooms, emails (spamming), and message boards to perform fraud transactions (to rob people). If you are a victim of Internet Fraud you must report it quickly for immediate shut down of the operation to avoid more victims.
Phishing Sites : These are sites that hides their identity by copying other websites in order to gain information such as user names and passwords. This act is commonly targets online banks, eBay's Auction Site and PayPal's Payment Processing.
Internet Virus : They generally damage or destroy files on your computer without your knowledge. A computer virus is program created to infect a single computer and spreads throughout a network when an infected file is transfered to or accessed from another computer. Often results to loss of data and system crashes. Famous viruses includes the ?Melissa? virus (March 1999) created by David L. Smith from New Jersey, and the ?I Love You? email virus (May 200) created by Onel de Guzman from the Philippines.
Internet Pornography : Pornography is distributed over the net. Though Adult Pornography is common on the net, it should be of great concern of parents for their children users.
Spamming : Is most common the method of spamming is the email spamming, the sending of unsolicited messages to your, which are unnecessary and serves no purpose, although some advertisers uses this method. Email spamming often consist of adult themes such as pornography or drugs, advertisements of some online shops, and some could cause fraud online services.
As an Internet surfer there are lots of things that you could do online. It is entirely up to you on how you can use it and you need to understand the responsibilities that it entails. Through the use of the Internet, you become a part of the community where by just a click of your finger, you can access the world through cyberspace.
The first idea that must be taken on board when deciding to have anything to do with expressing yourself on the Internet, be it on a website, blog, forum, chat room, e-book, podcast, or video blog, is to share your true self with the world. Nothing touches other people more than a genuine voice. We are intelligent animals (much of the time!), and there's an innate wisdom in us all, which knows when someone is expressing him or herself from a place of truth. The Internet is a medium that is giving every single person on our planet who has access to a connection the chance to do what only writers, philosophers and scientists could do in the past: Share what you know, and how you alone see and feel about the things that are important to you.
The key to getting in touch with your authentic self in terms of writing is to focus on not trying to impress, or to fit into a structure that you've been told is the ?only way? of doing things. Of course there are certain niche areas of interest where specific jargon language might be deemed necessary to get the message across to other specialised ?connoisseurs?, and making connections with these people may be your main goal. However, the best way to express yourself if you really want to touch as many others as possible is to speak along the ideology of K.I.S.S, or ?Keep it simple, stupid.?
Ernest Hemingway is renowned for being one of the greatest writers and thus communicators in the history of writing. What separates him from the thousands of others who've both preceded and come after him? Hemingway strongly believed that if you could say something in less words, do it. In the end, it was his economy of words that produced such powerful visions in reader's minds. But did he use complex vocabulary? No. There are more than 100,000 words in the current English dictionary, but the master kept things simple. Sometimes there are twenty synonyms that can be used for a simple idea, and many of us try and dress up our arguments or stories by using verbose, less common language in order to prove to someone (Who?) that we know what we're talking about, or that we're educated. Maybe we just want to show off?
When all is said and done our complex language often alienates a very large portion of humanity. If you have something really important or useful to say, wouldn't you like just about everyone around to have a chance at understanding what you've said? Some may think that simplistic language can be bland, simple or boring. Why then do Hemingway's lines sing with unique power and passion? He writes from the core of his authentic self in a way that connects with others. Have you ever read ?The Old Man and the Sea?? If you haven't, go and buy a second-hand paperback or borrow a copy from your local library. Even several years after reading it, if you don't feel the rope burns in your shoulders and the agony in your strained fingers whenever you hear the novel's title, then I'd have to say that you're a rare breed. Good writing lasts forever.
A friend of mine is really into reading books by the Integral Philosophical theorist Ken Wilber. I've watched Wilber on YouTube and even read a book or too, and it's not hard to see that this is someone who has a lot of great knowledge which could help humanity as a whole. However, for an ?Average Joe? like myself, reading his books was like treading through a pond of molasses. Intellectuals, academics, and complex readers love his writing, and I've heard many people gush in awe and respect, testifying how much the man's ideas have changed their lives for the better. What I have to wonder is, if this wisdom is so important and powerful and so necessary for these people, wouldn't it be great if the whole of our species could get a version of the information that they could read and comprehend? There's no doubt the man is a genius, and that he writes from his authentic self; he wouldn't affect so many people otherwise. How much of a genius would he become if he could transmit these ideas to the masses instead of via convoluted, esoteric, and academic language, which may leave some of us thinking, ?Geez, maybe this guy feels he has to prove his knowledge to the upper echelons of intelligentsia . . . He couldn't have low self-esteem, could he? Does he have a need to show off??
Whether you're writing a blog or creating a website for your business or personal interest, the way you express yourself, and the way you write are incredibly important. Look, I know that some fields are complex and that in these niche areas one might feel they have to write in a complex manner. If you get a popular site in a niche market, the Internet is now so huge (and growing!) that success is pretty much guaranteed anyway, however you measure it. But we have to ask ourselves if we feel what we're expressing is worth being heard by the masses, and if so, learn to speak to them.
The only way to truly connect and relate with others around the world is by letting them know about your unique, individual perspective of the world. There are many ways to achieve this genuine voice, but as with your everyday familiar surroundings, think about the people you like to talk to. Why do these individuals stand out from the crowd of people you run into everyday? Why do some people entice you to come back and read or talk more in the future? These souls are caring people who aren't afraid to tell us what they think and feel they've learnt from their own personal experiences. What are you waiting for? Speak up!
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