Ireland, Ranked #10 (world wide / The Web Index)

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http://thewebindex.org/

Measuring the true reach of the Internet-related technologies is a difficult task to perform, a task that the World Wide Web Foundation is now trying to make easier with its new Web Index. The project aims at ranking how well the nations of the world are using the Web to improve their social, economical and political conditions and much more.

Presented by the Web inventor and creator of the World Wide Web Foundation Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the Web Index wants to be “the world’s first multi-dimensional measure of the Web’s growth, utility and impact on people and nations”, an analytical database which “covers 61 developed and developing countries, incorporating indicators that assess the political, economic and social impact of the Web, as well as indicators of Web connectivity and infrastructure”.

Barners-Lee introduced the Web Index during an event held in London: “I have spent most of my life with fellow geeks trying to make the web more powerful”, the Web creator said, “then I realised while we were making it more powerful only 20 percent of the world was using it”.

The Web Index for 2012 ranks Sweden at the first place for Internet usage, its social, economical, political impact and connectivity infrastructure. The second place is for the USA, where the Web is having a sensibly lower impact (91 against 100 of Sweden), the third is for the UK, then come Canada, Finland, Switzerland and so on.

Funded by Google, the Web Index also highlights critical situations where the Internet cannot be easily reached for cultural, economical and infrastructural issues: in Africa, the Index reveals, only one in six people is connected to the network.

“The high price of connectivity is stopping billions of people from achieving their right to knowledge and participation”, Sir Berners-Lee stated, so “costs have got to come down dramatically” if the entire world wants to adopt Internet as the universal medium it could be.

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Bipolar Joe

OK!

Senna

Funded by Google....

.....so they can work out how to make even more money.

Mr Benevolent

Powerfully boring, deeply dreary stuff. Just like your username.

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Confab wrote: »

Powerfully boring, deeply dreary stuff. Just like your username.

Thank You. You made me feel better, +1 for you.

SEPT 23 1989

ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz

J. Marston

Confab wrote: »

Powerfully boring, deeply dreary stuff. Just like your username.

Because ''Confab'' just screams excitement.

Lando Griffin

We are not the highest users/abusers or takers of something shock thread.

1ZRed

We are are also number 1 for rimming searches. just sayin.


Nothing to do with me tho...

newmug

1ZRed wrote: »

We are are also number 1 for rimming searches. just sayin.


Nothing to do with me tho...

Well how did you know that then?:cool:

old_aussie

So what's the OP's opinion?

Chucken

Go on Op, tell us what you think.

The King of Moo

How much did my posts contribute to that result?

A lot.

Thank this post enough and get us to #9. Be patriotic.

Chucken

1ZRed wrote: »

We are are also number 1 for rimming searches. just sayin.


Nothing to do with me tho...

Link?



I'm joking!!!!

1ZRed

newmug wrote: »

Well how did you know that then?:cool:

Look, I have a lot of time on my hands and I only need one of them to do the searches.. *cough*

IM0

and this means?

oh and since were posting useless dead info

Chuck Stone

IM0 wrote: »

and this means?

this

Pronoun:
Used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being indicated or experienced: "is this your bag?".

Adjective:
Used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being indicated or experienced: "don't listen to this guy".

Adverb:
To the degree or extent indicated: "they can't handle a job this big".

Synonyms:
pronoun. it - that - this one - these
adverb. thus - so - that

You are more than welcome Sir.

Mickey H

newmug wrote: »

Well how did you know that then?:cool:

Coincidence, pure coincidence.

The King of Moo wrote: »

How much did my posts contribute to that result?

A lot.

Thank this post enough and get us to #9. Be patriotic.

I'd thank it twice if I could. Just doing my bit you now.

Firefox11

the "#10" spot has probably more to do with the large number of multinationals with high bandwidth connections in this country than anything to got to with speed or usage by the general population.

squod

Message me a sammich OP. Something with chicken an' mayonaisse.

Oarrack Bama

I'm shocked and trolled at the same time. Damn you OP!

MadsL

Mr President!!!!

Stands, salutes...











...oh it's you.