The explosion of Craigslist’s online classifieds. The death of Napster. The “Twitter Revolution” in Iran.
All big moments on the Internet. In fact, according to the Webby Awards, they’re among the 10 biggest of the past decade.
On Wednesday, the group that runs the awards–itself an online institution for more than a decade–released what it considers the 10 most influential Internet moments of the 2000s.
David-Michel Davies, the executive director of the Webby Awards, said, “That depends on who you are and what you’re interested in. The Internet is life in a way…. What’s the most important moment in the world is a broad question.”
In alphabetical order, here are the Webbys’ Top 10:
• Craigslist expands beyond San Francisco (2000)
• Google AdWords launches (2000)
• Wikipedia launches (2001)
• Napster shuts down (2001)
• Googles IPO (2004):
• Online video revolution (2006)
• Facebook opens up, Twitter takes off (2006)
• The iPhone debuts (2007)
• US presidential campaign (2008)
• Iranian election protests (2009)
(article and photo source: CNN)










