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Table 3.  Growth of Web Sites [1]

Date	Sites	Date	Sites	Date	Sites	Date	Sites
06/93	130	03/97	883,149	11/98	3,518,158	07/00	18,169,498
09/93	204	04/97	1,002,612	12/98	3,689,227	08/00	19,823,296
10/93	228	05/97	1,044,163	01/99	4,062,280	09/00	21,166,912
12/93	623	06/97	1,117,259	02/99	4,301,512	10/00	22,282,727
06/94	2,738	07/97	1,203,096	03/99	4,349,131	11/00	23,777,446
12/94	10,022	08/97	1,269,800	04/99	5,040,663	12/00	25,675,581
06/95	23,500	09/97	1,364,714	05/99	5,414,325	01/01	27,585,719
01/96	100,000	10/97	1,466,906	06/99	6,177,453	02/01	28,125,284
03/96	135,396	11/97	1,553,998	07/99	6,598,697	03/01	28,611,177
04/96	150,295	12/97	1,681,868	08/99	7,078,194	04/01	28,669,939
05/96	193,150	01/98	1,834,710	09/99	7,370,929	05/01	29,031,745
06/96	252,000	02/98	1,920,933	10/99	8,115,828	06/01	29,302,656
07/96	299,403	03/98	2,084,473	11/99	8,844,573	07/01	31,299,592
08/96	342,081	04/98	2,215,195	12/99	9,560,866	08/01	30,775,624
09/96	397,281	05/98	2,308,502	01/00	9,950,491	09/01	32,398,046
10/96	462,047	06/98	2,410,067	02/00	11,161,811	10/01	33,135,768
11/96	525,906	07/98	2,594,622	03/00	13,106,190	11/01	36,458,394
12/96	603,367	08/98	2,807,588	04/00	14,322,950	12/01	36,276,252
01/97	646,162	09/98	3,156,324	05/00	15,049,382	01/02	36,689,008
02/97	739,688	10/98	3,358,969	06/00	17,119,262	02/02	38,444,856

  WWW Growth:

Sites = # of web servers (one host may have multiple sites by using different domains or port numbers)