by Dawn Hawkins

Created on: January 18, 2009

Internet technology has grown vastly since it first became available to the everyday user. We have gone from nearly nothing to simply everything spanning over a twenty year period. The internet is an amazing wealth of information right at your fingertips. The internet gives it users a varied amount of information from several sources and viewpoints. Are there ways that the internet is annoying though? Certainly there are. That is what we will cover today.

I cannot imagine my life without the internet. It is not only an important function in my daily work routine but a daily function in my personal life. I am by all accounts an internet junkie. It is much like the couch potato except at least my fingers get some exercise. Keeping in contact with family and friends is one of the most important things that I do in my online world. There is also the added bonus of earning a little extra cash or maybe some gift cards while I surf. Helium.com and MyPoints.com have made these possible for me to mention just a couple of the many ways you can earn a little something for your trouble. What are those troubles though? Let's take a peek at some pet peeves involving internet life:

1. Pop-Up Ads- This has to be the most annoying part of internet life. Sure you can turn on your pop-up blocker. That saves a lot of those little things from jumping in your face. Then there are the die hard pop-up ads. You know the ones that I am talking about. The ones that won't allow you to go to the site that you are looking for unless you look at their ad. I am not talking about ads on someone's page. Those are a part of internet life and keep important sites going. Do people really find it necessary to incorporate those pop-up ads into their sites configuration? Apparently they do. Now if they would only look for a better way.

2. Internet Connections- This is another all time favorite pet peeve where the internet is concerned. You are right in the middle of doing something important such as writing an article or writing a long letter on your email and the connection goes kaput. This causes you to lose all of your excellent writing and time without so much as a warning. It doesn't matter how long it is out, it just takes less than one second to destroy an hours worth of work.

3. Wrong/False Information- You must be very careful of this one. It can cause a great deal of problems for you. You do your research on something and are trusting the internet for accurate information. You must look beyond

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