After 1 January, 1983 considered officially as the birth of internet, everything we perceived around us changes quite dramatically. This was truly a miracle of the 20th century. With the onset of internet the whole idea of business and advertisements changed completely. From watching ads on television to scrolling through web and coming across new product ads, we have come a long way and so does the web.
When first websites were written in pure html they looked ugly, atleast by today's standards. But what grabbed the attention of users is that this was something with a huge potential to become a behemoth of what it is today. As technology changed with arrival of CSS, Javascript, and many more frameworks the web has revolutionsied completely displaying its full power over the years.
The internet traffic has skyrocketed within a decade as a result of which small to large companies, everyone can display their products to the users with the help of web. It became the new digital marketplace. The ad business today worth in hundreds of billions and may reach trillion in coming years. All of which was possible due to the advancement in web technology.
The 20 years that followed saw the web become a worldwide phenomenon – and the number of websites surpass 1 billion. Today, that number is 1.7 billion and rising, although only around 200 million of them are active. Such is the influence people are finding it extremely useful to promote their product through websites.
“There are three responses to a piece of design – yes, no, and WOW! Wow, is the one to aim for.” ― ― Milton Glaser
Further development of web technology will lead us to an unprecedented world of innovaton which can be fruitful for many people. We are just steppng into a pandora box.
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