24 Mind-Blowing Facts About The Size Of The Internet

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In just eight years, mobile devices have become ubiquitous. Everyone now carries the Internet in their pockets.

That has led to some amazing changes in the business world. Scrappy Internet upstarts have become bigger than the physical world competitors they replaced.

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Mitch Joel, author of the business strategy book, "CTRL-ALT-Delete: Reboot your business. Reboot your life", has pulled together some mind-blowing facts that show the internet is so much bigger than you think it is.

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There's no question ...

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You need to understand just how much.

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Apple helped lead the way

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Amazon is astoundingly diverse

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Amazon is also physically very big

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Without a single physical retail store ...

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Things are moving so fast

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The Internet has become portable

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We use our phones to socialize over the Internet

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The mobile Internet has become a crucial part of our lives

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Businesses that don't go mobile will be in trouble

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The Internet has created new business and new ways to fund them

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Crowdsourced funding is saving the arts

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Some businesses are headed for a cliff

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Many have already gone over the cliff

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Marketing has become a very hard job

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The Internet is so big, your business could get lost

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More tablets and devices are coming our way ...

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Instagram is already the Next Big Thing for business

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Mobile phone users want info based on their location

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Most of us view the Internet as a trustworthy source for research

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The Internet is unbelievably big

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And mobile is still just a small part of the Internet

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An Internet site can interact with an enormous number of people ...

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... with a tiny number of employees.

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Now check out these mind-blowing facts about the future of the mobile

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