Information explosion

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Information explosion is a term that describes the rapidly increasing amount of published information and the effects of this abundance of data. As the amount of available data grows, the problem of managing the information becomes more difficult, which can lead to information overload or information fatigue. Fortunately, techniques to gather knowledge from an overabundance of electronic information (e.g., data fusion may help in data mining) have existed since the 1970s.

Contents 1 Web Servers 2 Blogs 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Web Servers

As of August 2005, there are over 70 million web servers. [1]

[edit] Blogs

According to Technorati, the number of blogs doubles about every 6 months with a total of 35.3 million blogs as of April 2006. [2]

[edit] See also

Metcalfe's law

[edit] External links

• Information Explosion
• The Information Overload
• How Much Information? 2003
• Surviving the Information Explosion: How People Find Their Electronic Information [3]
• Why the Information Explosion Can Be Bad for Data Mining, and How Data Fusion Provides a Way Out [4]