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See Where TheBlaze Fits in on This Interactive ‘The Internet Map’

The Internet Map By Ruslan Enikeev Shows Scale of the Internet and Relationship Between Websites

(Image: The Internet Map)

What do you get when you put 350,00 websites and 2 million links from 196 countries and on a map making their size relative to traffic? A map of the Internet that looks like a constellation of colored dots resembling stars in space.

This is exactly what Ruslan Enikeev did, but that’s not all. The grouping of constellations on the map is significant as well. Gizmodo explains that the space between each dot is “determined by the frequency with which users jump from one to another.” In short, this provides perspective on users preferences based on the neighbors within the groupings.

“Users’ switching between websites forms links, and the stronger the link, the closer the websites tend to arrange themselves to each other,” Enikeev writes on his site.

The Internet Map By Ruslan Enikeev Shows Scale of the Internet and Relationship Between Websites

(Image: The Internet Map)

Here are more details on The Internet Map from Enikeev:

 As one might have expected, the largest clusters are formed by national websites, i.e. sites belonging to one country. For the sake of convenience, all websites relative to a certain country carry the same color. For instance, the red zone at the top corresponds to Russian segment of the net, the yellow one on the left stands for the Chinese segment, the purple one on the right is Japanese, the large light-blue central one is the American segment, etc.

Importantly, clusters on the map are semantically charged, i.e. they join websites together according to their content. For example, a vast porno cluster can be seen between Brazil and Japan as well as a host of minor clusters uniting websites of the same field or similar purposes.

Here’s a progression of TheBlaze zooming inward:

The Internet Map By Ruslan Enikeev Shows Scale of the Internet and Relationship Between Websites

The red box indicates the grouping where TheBlaze is located. (Image: The Internet Map)

The Internet Map By Ruslan Enikeev Shows Scale of the Internet and Relationship Between Websites

(Image: The Internet Map)

The Internet Map By Ruslan Enikeev Shows Scale of the Internet and Relationship Between Websites

(Image: The Internet Map)

What was Enikeev’s point in making this map — aside from the fact that it is fun to find your favorite websites and see where they reside in Internet space? He writes it is an “attempt to look into the hidden structure of the network, fathom its colossal scale, and examine that which is impossible to understand from the bare figures of statistics.”

Play around on the map here.

Comments (37)

  • JUSTANOTHEROPINION
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 9:18pm

    Let’s check the relevant size in a year. My money is on it being increased 50% or more. Eventually everybody gravitates to the truth though they do tend to resist at first.

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  • MeMadMax
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 6:18pm

    Hey TheBlaze: This means you need to get a hold of a internet publicist to start driving up traffic/sales. I can tell you one thing that will drive it up is to partner up with Disqus instead of, uh, yea, whatever it is you are using for commenting section. Also, adding more features such as a live chat or something to involve more people would be nice. Your guy’s website is blah, spice it up a little, and don’t be a offshoot of GBTV! =D

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  • Red herring
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 3:13pm

    Anyone notice the websites that are in relative proximity to whitehouse.gov?
    mormon.org – Not far to the bottom left. Maybe this means there is a Mormon close to being in the White House?
    pampers.com – Even closer, to the bottom of it. Maybe this has something to do with Obama’s reaction to the first.

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  • oinia
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 12:51pm

    Best infographic I’ve ever seen. Great work.

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  • Mr.Fitnah
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 6:00am

    I would have though drudge would register somewhere,

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  • YourVoiceMatters
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 1:41am

    It is a great visual….but i am not curious enough to go any futher with it at this point. Too many important things to take care of for now….i think it is a great marketing tool to use in the future….once we can blow by obama in ‘012 election…the future will brighten this up immensely!!! Like a 4th of July celebration!! Right now it is rather like watching the monitors hooked up on a dying patient….it distracts you from the important thing at hand, being in the moment with the patient….Take back the country! Once acomplished it is on with getting everything up and running…Talk about lighting up a constellation!!! The awesome thing will be the before and after shots of this new visual tool! I am not pessimistic as much as i am proactive to see our country back on the course for freedom to reign once again for America….I still hear that bell ringing!!! Freedoms call is the most important focus and that will drive my attention every waking moment!

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  • Gumbercules
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 9:30pm

    You think that the ‘adult sites’ would show up as bigger dots – just sayin’ . . .

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  • marybethelizabeth
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:25pm

    Mr. Beck was claiming on his radio show yesterday that his internet webstream was larger than CNN.
    Here’s proof that GBTV is only a small fraction of CNN web presence, let alone its television presence.
    Mr. Beck had to know he was lying when he said it. Even the worst schizophrenics are not that detached from reality.

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    • HeidiTreadwater
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 10:44pm

      Are you kidding me? He was referring to the CNN TV audience, which is smaller than GBTV subscriber numbers. How does this graphic of internet traffic refute that?

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    • 13thCousinOfTheAntiChrist
      Posted on August 1, 2012 at 6:16am

      I believe the word you are looking for is delusional, not schizophrenic. On behalf of my girlfriend, who _is_ schizophrenic but not delusional, I would really appreciate it if you would use more than one brain cell at a time in your future posts, jackov.

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    • iwillnotbequiet
      Posted on August 2, 2012 at 5:38am

      Mary did you hear him say that? If you think you did you might want to clean your ears. And facts would help too.

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  • mbean
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:06pm

    “The answer is out there, Neo, and it’s looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to. “

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  • Stone Cold Truth
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:25pm

    After seeing this I now believe the universe is a giant internet. The matrix is real!

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  • Logistician
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:32pm

    The map is cool, but now I’m depressed!

    Report Post » Logistician  
  • bpodlesnik
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:41pm

    Now this is cool!

    Report Post » bpodlesnik  
  • RugerHoyt
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 5:41pm

    This is very impressive. You think companies would be banging down his door to know this kind of information.

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  • Critters58
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 4:23pm

    We’ve got work to do! Get us a bigger dot on the map!

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  • blOWS
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 4:06pm

    How come Amazon and Starbucks show up in black light?
    ewwww…

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  • OperationNorthwoods
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 4:04pm

    That’s a really cool site. Thanks Blaze.

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  • BenInNY
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 3:41pm

    dccc dot org is disconcertingly close to the blaze. (bottom right, smaller)

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  • soybomb315_II
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 3:06pm

    God created the universe and free minds have created that internet space….When you look at the big picture, we were clearly made in His likeness

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 3:27pm

      Nice thought!

      Report Post » Gonzo  
    • Max jones
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 11:45pm

      I’ve often thought about dogs and horses as a fine gift to God….
      A bit off topic, but……

      Report Post » Max jones  
  • kickagrandma
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 3:05pm

    Coming on strong, BLAZE! Keep up the good work.

    Stories: follow up on one of our outstanding leader’s suspicious death (murder?) Remember all the aides/friends of the clintons who suddenly disappeared or “died” when they knew “too much”.

    Stuff to do: save the world!

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  • Karron
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 3:01pm

    Yet another time waster for users that is designed to either bloat the ego or devastate it. Yawn.

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  • N37BU6
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 2:57pm

    I love it.

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    • 22AUTOMATIC
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 3:42pm

      I invite everyone to go into your email contacts and sign-up all friends and family for The Blaze and/or Glenn Beck newsletter. I did this several months ago after realizing so many people have no idea what’s actually happening in the world. These are too urgent of times to allow to fall into the hands of chance (people “stumbling” on the truth). Just enter their emails at the links below, one by one, and watch what happens. My cousin is in grad school and when she started watching, because I signed her up originally to the Blaze, I saw firsthand how she started posting links and then watched it spread like wildfire. Remember, one person can make a difference. Lets unlarge the Blaze’s circle of influence. If they want to cancel later they can. See links below:

      http://www.glennbeck.com/connect/newsletter/?email=Your+Email&view=signup

      http://www.theblaze.com/user/?action=register

      Note: can’t be signed in when viewing the links

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  • Constructionist
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 2:54pm

    I’ll send $100 to the first sci-fi movie writer/director who, on the big screen, references a section of interstellar space as the “porno cluster”.

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  • soybomb315
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 2:48pm

    amazing (no sarcasm)

    Report Post » soybomb315  
    • Zipit
      Posted on August 2, 2012 at 10:57am

      Yo SOY! (no Spanish pun intended), ” Even a blind squirrel…….”.

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