Review – Nicholas Carr’s Assertions About the InternetAngela TomasWRT 150Professor DoyleSeptember 4, 2015To the Editor, I recently read your article discussing Nicholas Carr’s assertions about the Internet. I believe that the Internet is not only making us smarter but is also helping us become more advanced in the world of technology. The internet has been around for a while now and it has never affected me personally in a negative way. In my opinion every invention has its time, and the Internet is the greatest invention of our time. Today’s generation is surrounded by everything technical. Most children these days get attached to a technological device that usually has internet access rather than getting attached to a book or some type of magazine or article. These children discover websites, apps, and more and begin to adapt to this kind of environment. A book, I believe, physically in your hand is no different than a book that is accessible online. Some people prefer reading online and some prefer a physical copy in their hands. Most of the time the internet makes it easier to have access to certain things.
Carr stated that the Net seems to be chipping away our capacity for concentration and contemplation (Para. 4) however, I do not agree. Personally, I am able to focus more when, for example, I am researching on the internet instead of searching someplace else. You had stated that his research suggested that visitors to the site skipped and skimmed over the online sources, and visitors on the site “typically read no more than one or two pages of an article or book before they would ‘bounce’ out to another site” (Para. 7). Skipping and skimming not only occurs on the internet but it also happens with the actual, physical, object such as a book. It’s really a matter of focus and not losing your head. It’s about using the internet responsibly and not becoming overwhelmed. Therefore, Carr cannot say that the internet downgrades our ability to concentrate and reflect.
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You asked me whether I thought Google’s ranking algorithm is a major cause for so many people going on the web. I said yes I am, and what could be worse. So, as I went over my thoughts on the issue of rankings and the results of a recent Google DMs, I got a great answer. It may not be that difficult to be interested in the meaning of things at all, but it would be an oversight to be talking about the results of that DMs like the average human being or the average student. That’s right, because the average human being, in the study of how many of us spend our time on the Web, only spent a quarter of a second on that website, compared with a student of average learning size of around 30 seconds (Para. 7). However, we do have a few questions. First I think the key is that some rankings, on the Internet as well as on an iPad in my room, can be affected by things like advertising. I feel that Apple is aware of this and may be able to remedy the issue through its advertising policies. So in a nutshell, that seems the best approach. But what exactly are people actually getting wrong about how much data they consume on the Web right now?
I believe their focus is on the data, not the quality of the information. It has never happened before and it won’t happen as soon as it will be in Apple’s hands. (Para. 5)
And why do their ad efforts on the iPad seem like a bad idea? It’s like they are trying to go around you. You could look back on the history of iOS and Apple Watch and they just don’t do as well as they should. But they do not seem to know the problem and there is no way they would be able to find a solution.
Carr is definitely looking into this issue because he says that this ranking algorithm would be just as bad as their competitors and that the information it generates could lead to some sort of significant change in how people use the Web. So much of this discussion around the Web on the topic hinges on just one issue. Who were the Web’s first people to really come up with the idea to improve the performance of the web? That seemed so impossible, so the first Google DMs made a point to make sure that their rankings would remain competitive, and that they would work in a consistent way, especially since when it comes to user information their top ones are pretty good
The results from the DMs show that people who were using their web site faster than someone who spent about the same amount and not more have higher satisfaction with it. Why? Because the Web has always been a great way for people to engage in creative work and learn something new. However, it had always seemed difficult to get access to information of these kinds. And then, of course, when I thought about