Question 7: Who Wants to be an Internet Nerd!
When did the number of websites on the Internet finally exceed 1 million?
- 1996
- 1997
- 2000
- 2001
ANSWER
1997 (CORRECT) In 1997, the number of websites with their own designated URL finally went over 1 Million
1996 (WRONG) The number of websites was rapidly growing in 1996 – increasing 996% over 1995 – but still only represented 23,500 websites
2000 (WRONG) 2000 was part of the “Dot-com”. The number of websites grew from 3,177,453 in 1999 to 17,087,182 in 2000 (a 438% increase) but still not the right answer.
2001 (WRONG) in 2001 the number of websites almost doubled from the year 2000 from 17,087,182 websites to 29,254,370 websites. Impressive but not the right answer.
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