Although internet came into being about 2 decades ago, it has changed the way we live much more
than the last 200 years. Its influence on business, communication and information is so profound
that people now simply can't live without it.
Based on the development of internet, a lot of new types of business ranging from international
conglomerate to regional small online shops are also established. The most famous internet based
international conglomerate would be Google. Companies like this basically do not sell products
but their service. This changed the traditional way of doing business which always involved some
concrete products sell to people. Internet opens a cyber world in which a huge market is untapped.
Besides large companies, internet also prospers small businesses. For example, local stores can do
their business online. All they have to do is to create a website of their own and all customers
need to do is to go to their websites and order what they want. Then they just need wait at home
for the products they just purchased to be delivered. This way, we never need to worry about the
traditional exhausting shopping.
Internet also fundamentally changed the way people communicate. There are a lot of chatting
programs, such as MSN, YAHOO MESSENGER, SKYPE, that make it possible for people from different
parts of the world to have a conversation with each other as long as everyone has access to
internet. They even provide audio and video services meaning not only people can chat, but also
they can hear and see each other. Besides that, what really makes them appealing is that they
don't charge us for doing these things. These advantages definitely surpass the service that
mobile phone provides us.
Internet is also like a huge tank that can contain almost infinite information. A search has
shown that right now the information that internet can provide us exceeds any library in the
world and some even argue that it has more information than all the libraries in total. I
certainly wouldn't doubt that. I use internet to search for a lot of information. Whenever I
have an project to finish, the first thing I do is to go to the internet to find relevant materials.
There is no doubt that internet has had a fundamental change on our everyday life. Though there
are many problems that accompany with it, we can't deny that internet is one of the most
innovations in human history.