While the web services aren't grouped into the usual solid, liquid, gas, and synthetic categories, you do have search engines, internet tools, site ranking, aggregators, webcomics, productivity and so on.
Of course, any attempt to actually index the internet so that you can see the whole thing on one page is bound to fail. There are thousands of sites you may visit every day that aren't included. But it's fun to look at.
What are your favorite attempts to graphically represent the web?
[via Neatorama]
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7-17-2007 @ 5:26PM
iamhoff said...
XKCD ftw!!
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7-17-2007 @ 6:15PM
Nico said...
Check out Lisa Jevbratt’s 1:1 project, “a project created in 1999 that consisted of a database that would eventually contain the address of every Web site in the world and interfaces through which to view and use the database.”
Info here: http://jevbratt.com/1_to_1/
Graphical representation here: http://128.111.69.4/~jevbratt/1_to_1/interface_ii/2/index_f.html
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7-18-2007 @ 5:52AM
Aidan Henry said...
Is there any moral to this story or just a cool graphic?
Cheers,
Aidan
www.MappingTheWeb.com
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7-18-2007 @ 7:06AM
Wolfwood said...
XKCD ftw indeed!
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7-18-2007 @ 8:36AM
Jack said...
Actually, many inaccuracies.
First of all, Cnn.com and NYTimes.com are inert and NOBLE gas?!? Hardly - They are the most active instigators in the political realm of the internet. (represented as Neon and Argon - Ne Ar)
Google and Homestarrunner.com are very likely compounds. I think not. (Represented as Litium and Fluorine - respectively - LiF)
MySpace (or Facebook) and ThisLife.org - I dont see this as a very likely compound. However CO2 and SiO2 are very readily forming compounds in nature.
So overall, this is a bit off and probably not a good way to represent the internet.
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7-18-2007 @ 8:41AM
Matt Jones said...
Nice that's really original!
http://bloggingfingers.com
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7-18-2007 @ 11:08AM
Anton said...
Check this out:
-200 Most Successful Websites Overview-Map of the Web Trends for 2007
link:
http://novini.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/%d0%9a%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%82%d0%b0-%d0%bd%d0%b0-200-%d1%82%d0%b5-%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%b9-%d1%83%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%88%d0%bd%d0%b8-%d1%83%d0%b5%d0%b1-%d1%81%d1%82%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%86%d0%b8-%d0%b7/
-GNU/ Linux distro timeline
link: http://novini.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/%d0%98%d1%81%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%8f%d1%82%d0%b0-%d0%bd%d0%b0-gnulinux-%d1%81%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%bc%d0%ba%d0%b0/
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7-18-2007 @ 2:54PM
Anton said...
Visit also:
The history of the computer languages,
UNIX and Windows.
Follow the link below: http://novini.wordpress.com/2007/07/18/%d0%98%d1%81%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d1%8f%d1%82%d0%b0-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%bf%d1%8e%d1%82%d1%8a%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b5-%d0%b5%d0%b7%d0%b8%d1%86%d0%b8-unix-%d0%b8-windows/
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7-18-2007 @ 4:06PM
Anon said...
I would have thought that Google gets the hydrogen slot: The most common element in the internet universe.
Either that or spam.
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7-18-2007 @ 4:35PM
4mysales said...
This is a great way to show who the major players in web 2.0 currently are, and as a viral blogger, where to spend your time.
4MySales
http://realtorleads.blogspot.com/
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7-18-2007 @ 4:42PM
Jason said...
What, no YouTube???
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7-18-2007 @ 4:51PM
Tim said...
Awww, I want to push on the squares and get to the sites.... :(
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7-18-2007 @ 6:44PM
Jordan Running said...
I remember when Nikolai Nolan did this six or seven years ago: http://www.fairvue.com/blogalia/webelements/
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7-19-2007 @ 1:22AM
ben schatz said...
if it were true to the internet, most of those would be porn sites.
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7-19-2007 @ 8:16AM
always.smile79 said...
how come yahoo is at the top?
Tracking Clickbank sales:
www.CBNotifier.com
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7-20-2007 @ 7:35AM
Martin said...
it´s cool idea!
Greetings from Germany
Martin
http://www.artikel-mania.de
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