by jamison

What is the diameter of the World Wide Web?

According to an article in Nature, September 1999:
http://www.yak.net/walker/bm/2Net/1Web_Building/www_diameter.txt
the diameter of the World Wide Web is 19 clicks

 


 
Read more of   The Yak's Frequently Questioned Answers   (mod.2008-06-12)

384.   Where can I find good undergraduate summer research/internships?   [virgil/2003-10-03]
352.   Where can I see an example of looping code in G and in C?   [jake/2003-02-26]
347.   How can I boot KNOPPIX off my hard drive?   [strick/2003-02-15] ( jake/2003-02-20 )
334.   How can you stop neutrinos?   [strick/2004-07-19]
331.   how do i convert my gaim buddy list to a centericq buddy list?   [jesse/2002-10-16]
322.   how do i verify an address in sendmail?   [jesse/2002-08-30]
319.   why do i get an error "make: don't know how to make /usr/share/tmac/tmac.andoc. Stop" when building a pkg on netbsd?   [jesse/2002-08-10]
302.   How can I raise my website's placement on google?   [macki/2002-01-20]
265.   Who is Brad   [brad/2002-07-16]
256.   How does the new Windows Product Activation (WPA) scheme work?   [rupe/2001-07-10]
240.   Where can I find black and white photos of people and places in San Francisco?   [rupe/2001-06-05]
214.   Where can I find major and minor classical texts on the 'Net?   [rupe/2001-04-18]
73.   How many Zelda games are there?   [vonguard/2001-06-25] ( combee/2001-07-10 mennonite/2001-03-27 )
44.   What web pages are by VONGUARD?   [strick/2000-02-02]
41.   Which OS Sucks? Which OS Rules?   [strick/2000-02-02]
23.   What is an extropian?   [strick/2000-01-19]
10.   are there ICKY THINGS on the internet?   [strick/2000-01-17]