The seven greatest things of the internet

Here it is a list of the seven greatest things of the internet. Of course it's my opinion and I would like to have some feedback of you.


7th - Hi5



Many people ask me what is the purpose of hi5. "I can't get it , it's useless" - Usually is what they say.
Probably they are right but, honestly, I think it's a good way to get in touch with people that disapeared from our life a long time ago and you want to know how they are these days.
At least this happened with me. I think I'm not the only one.
And it's a good way for meeting new interesting people.
Technologically speaking, hi5 is improving and providing new interesting services for its users. Such as Photo Albums & Chat. Wait and see.
You must acknowledge that it's probably the greatest community of people online.

6th - Blogs and Forums



Blogs and Forums are the main discussion tools 'on tha innernet'.
Such tools as Blogger or phpBB are powerful tools for letting people express their ideas using the web.
These tools let people like my mom to make her own space on the internet where she expresses her feelings and what ever she wants on a public place. (Just a scenario ... it isn' t real :P) These revolutionary tools make the internet more approachable for its major users, the lame ones.

5th - MSN & VoIP



MSN and the other million protocols is the version 2 of the IRC.
The old school guys met each other in some crappy rectangular boxes with black and white text, and some people like it that way. I liked that too but these days i prefer msn. Now, voIP is the new thing. We can talk to each other over the internet for free. It's another great tool witch improved the internet and it's services for the major users. In a long term I think phones will be forgotten as we know them these days.


4th - E-Commerce




Amazon or eBay let people buy/sell items all over the world.
Now I can buy a book from US or UK and 3 days later there it is on my mailbox at home.
WOW ! The weapon of world wide globalization and probably the greatest tool for capitalists.
Amazon and eBay are the state-of-the-art of the e-commerce. You can open your shop world wide and sell your products to everywhere.
Probably without this, the internet would never be what it is now. Think about it.


3rd - HomeBanking



Now that you think the Internet is amazing with all those stuff that globalize this world, let's talk about what really matters : money!
I'm not cold hearted as you think, but for the today's world i'm pretty right that money is the thing.
Now I'm really sure that you can do everything from your computer at home. Money is our excuse to go outside and now you can spend it from your home. (This is quite a nerd view of homebanking, I like to go out with my friends though ...)

2nd - Online Casinos



Why did I chose online casinos as the 2nd wonderfulness of the internet ? Well because now you can even EARN money from the Internet !!
You need to be a good poker player and you will be able to earn some real money playing online. For some people it's their job and with a really nice income ;)

1st - GOOGLE!



Now the first place, Google!
Google is the state-of-the-art of the internet.
Everybody in the world knows what Google stands for. Clean, fast and precise search engine.
This USA company surprises us every day with their new services such as google earth, google scholar, google news, gmail and even google mars! Yes, MARS!
The business model is simple : ads!
Now it's possible to advertise for specific target as you or me, scanning your email or using the information about what you are looking for on the internet. It's the perfect marketing and what the big companies want. Personalized targets. What you want is what you get!