Are these the chemical elements of the web?

Are Yahoo and Wikipedia really the Hydrogen and Helium of the World Wide Web? And is Fark the rutherfordium?



They sure are, according to this Periodic Table of the Internet.



It's a nice idea and I can sort of see the logic behind it. But I can't help thinking Google should be up there with Wikipedia at the top. I'm also a bit sad that NewScientist didn't make the table, especially since we're one of the most linked-to sites on the web. How about making us the equivalent of something like Mendelevium guys? Can anyone see any other glaring omissions?



Will Knight, online technology editor

World Wide Web goes underground

Following on from last week's post about the Periodic Table of the Internet, here's another interesting re-imagining of the World Wide Web, this time in the form of a map of the Tokyo metro. It was created by Information Architects Japan and I think it's almost as confusing as the real thing.



Unfortunately New Scientist is absent. Perhaps we'll have to create our own "map" of the web, just to get ourselves a prominent position.



Will Knight, online technology editor