How Do I Market Myself As An Internet Guru: 11 Facts You Must Know

Any Internet Guru must know these 11 quick facts about social media and the widespread use of social media. Here goes.



1. In 2010, 107 trillion emails were sent on the Internet. (The Radicati Group, Inc. April 19, 2010)



2. At the current rate 36 billion photos will be uploaded to Facebook each year. (Facebook Press Room, 2011)



3. Each day 2 billion videos are watched on YouTube. (YouTube, November 10, 2010)



4. Each month 30 billion pieces of content (links, notes, photos, etc.) are shared on Facebook. (Facebook Press Room, 2011)



5. In 2010, users sent 25 billion tweets. (Twitter Blog, December 15, 2010)



6. Worldwide there are 1.97 billion Internet users. (Internet World Stats 2010)



7. At the end of 2010, there were 88.8 million – .COM domain names registered. (Verisign, 2010)



8. As of December 2010, there were 255 million websites. (Netcraft, December 2010)



9. Worldwide, there are 2.9 billion email accounts. (The Radicati Group, Inc. April 19, 2010)



10. The average Internet user watched 186 online videos per month (USA). (comScore, November 2010)



11. Every minute 35 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube. (YouTube, November 10, 2010)



Some of these statistics make more sense when put into perspective. The current world population is approximately 6,897,100,000 according to the United States Census Bureau. This means if there are 1.97 billion Internet users and the world population is 6.9 billion, 29 percent of the world population is using the Internet.



In 1992 the Internet became generally available to the public. For a few years prior to this the Internet was used by Universities and government bodies. By 1997 the number of worldwide users was estimated to be 10′s of millions. Typically these users accessed the Internet through their corporate high-speed networks or through telephone dial-up accounts. December of 1990 was the introduction of the worlds first "www" or world-wide web where pages were a combination of text and graphics. Prior to this pages consisted of lists of names that were links to other lists of names or files that could be downloaded.



It was in 1999 digital subscriber lines or DSL was introduced to the world. With DSL the general public had access to high-speed Internet for affordable prices. These connections could also be shared using a new class of low cost business and home routers.



It is amazing to look back over the last 19 years. From the first public availability of the Internet to affordable high-speed Internet to almost 30 percent of the world’s population using the Internet. It’s been a great ride and I have a feeling it is just getting started!

For this and other articles by Dano Ybarra please visit http://www.mymark.com/blog. Dano Ybarra is General Manager of MyMark. I made my mark with MyMark, providers of an integrated personal profile, blog, and home base for professionally branding you. Original post http://bit.ly/gXi6iy