Individuals and organizations can publish on any topic, to a global audience and at a low cost.The main use of the Internet is to send and receive email.Email is private and goes from one user to another.
Many use the World Wide Web to access news, weather and sports reports, to plan and book holidays and to find out more about their ideas and interests.
Subject gateways are useful when you need information to support your school/college work. I guess comps are getting new and better, but books are still better to read.Sitting in front of a computer to read makes my eyes and back hurt, because you have to
sit up to do it and the computer screen is too bright.