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The amount of information on the Internet is big. How big? One good guess
said that in March, 1999, the number of web sites went over 4,389,000.
Another guess said that by Spring, 1999 there were 800 million web pages!
Now, there are over 1 billion, 600 million web pages on the Internet!!
Compare this number to the size of a typical printed encyclopedia, which takes up about 2 feet of space on a bookshelf and contains about 10,000 pages. So if we tried to fit the Internet on a bookshelf, the bookshelf would have to be nearly 32 miles long! It must be impossible to look something up on the Internet, right? No, it's not impossible. A lot of people have been working to help you look up things on the Internet, and have dreamed up search tools especially for kids that can find just the right stuff you're interested in or need. However, using these tools requires practice and skills that not many people (even grown-ups) knew about until recently. These pages are meant to teach you these skills in fun ways. It's up to you to practice them. Let's start! |