Blown to Bits Chapter 4 was all about the organization of bits, and how the internet is organized. After all, there is simply so much data on the internet, one must wonder exactly how search engines such as Google can pull up websites from this virtual sea of chaos. Well, at first, the internet was mainly a repository for information. Websites were browsed in a hierarchical order, with the websites of most precedence appearing before those with less prominence, which makes a lot of sense if you think about it. I mean, if a scientist was looking for a source with which to cite his paper, this hierarchical system would be pretty great.
For a while, this system worked great, but then a ton of new websites began popping up everywhere as it became
For a while, this system worked great, but then a ton of new websites began popping up everywhere as it became