1993: First publicly available web browser released (Mosaic)
October 1994: Netscape browser released
November 1995: Site put on WWW (first trial: Scopes)
(18,000 active websites, 16 million people have access to WWW)
Sept. 1998: Google incorporated and releases "Beta" version of search engine
1999: Famous Trials site averages 100,000 page requests/month for first time; 12 trials on site
October 1999: Site reviewed in New York Times
January 2001: Wikipedia launches; 500 million people have access to WWW; 20 trials on Famous Trials site
January 2002: Wikipedia posts 20,000 articles
2003: Famous Trials site averages over 1 million page requests/month for first time
2004: Google handles 85% of all search requests; Wikipedia posts 1 million articles
2006: Famous Trials hits peak usage of 1.81 million page requests/month
2010: Wikipedia, posting 3 million articles, called as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica by Nature;
70 million active websites; Google Books scanning 10 million books; 60 trials on Famous Trials site
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