The Internet has completely revolutionised the computer and communications world. The Internet is a world-wide broadcasting capability, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location.

Since the Internet has become popular, it's being used for many purposes. Through the help of the World Wide Web and websites, the Internet has become very useful in many ways for the common man. Today Internet has brought a globe in a single room. Right from news across the corner of the world, wealth of knowledge to shopping, purchasing the tickets etc.

Some common uses of Internet are:

1) Email: By using Internet now we can communicate with others very easily and quickly. Today for better communication, we can avail the facilities of Email. There are plenty messenger services and email services offering this service.

2) Information: Internet and the World Wide Web has made it easy for anyone to access information and it can be of any type, as the Internet is flooded with lots of information. Any kind of information on any topic is available on the Internet.

3) Business: World trade has seen a big boom with the help of the Internet, as it has becoming much easier for buyers and sellers to communicate and also to advertise their sites. Now a day's most of the people are using online classified sites to buy or sell or advertising their products or services. Classified sites save a lot of money and time so this is chosen as medium by most of people to advertise their products. We have many classified sites on the web like craigslist, Adsglobe.com etc.

4) Shopping: In today’s world everyone is busy and prefers to shop online. Now a day's almost anything can be bought with the use of the internet. In countries like US most of consumers prefer to shop from home. We have many shopping sites on internet like amazon.com, Dealsglobe.com etc. People also use the internet to auction goods. There are many auction sites online, where anything can be sold.

5) Social Networking: Today social networking sites became an important part of the online community. Number of users of social networking site Facebook proves this point. People use it for personal and business purposes.

6) Entertainment: We can watch movies, play online games on Internet. Music, hobbies, news and more can be found and shared on the Internet.

7) E-Commerce: E-commerce is the concept used for any type of commercial guiding, or business deals that involves the transfer of information across the globe via Internet. It has become a phenomenon associated with any kind of shopping, almost anything. It has got a real amazing and range of products from household needs, technology to entertainment.

8) Job Search: Internet makes life easy for both employers and job seekers as there are plenty of job sites which connect both employers and job seekers.