位于纽约的国际数字艺术与科学学会自1996年开始举办一年一度的“威比奖”评选。日前，该奖评选出过去十年十大最具影响力的互联网事件。“威比奖”的执行主管大卫-迈克尔•戴维斯在一份声明中说：“互联网是过去十年的一个大事件，因为它推动了诸多领域的变化，不仅包括我们日常生活的各个方面，还涉及商务、通讯、政治、流行文化等各个领域。”
“威比奖”评选出的过去十年互联网十大最具影响力事件如下：
1. 2000年，免费分类信息网站Craigslist将业务拓展到旧金山以外的地区，此举影响到了各地的报纸发行商。
2. 2000年，谷歌发布AdWords网络广告平台，使广告商可以精准地定位目标受众。
3. 2001年，免费开放源代码百科全书“维基百科”上线，迄今该平台已用271种不同语言发表了1400多万篇文章，并通过各种主题将陌生人聚集在了一起。
4. 2001年，（旧版）Napster网站关闭，开启了文件共享之源。
5. 2004年，谷歌首次公开募股，从此搜索引擎开始影响人们生活的方方面面。
6. 2006年，网络视频革命，从此互联网上涌现出大批自制且颇具专业水准的视频内容，流行文化和政治等各领域也因此发生变化。
7. 2006年， Facebook面向非大学生群体开放，Twitter面世。
8. 2007年，iPhone问世，智能手机从奢侈品成为必需品，其应用功能与现代生活息息相关。
9. 2008年，美国总统大选，互联网改变了竞选过程的各个方面。
10. 2009年，伊朗大选抗议活动中使用Twitter。Twitter在组织示威游行和抗议活动中发挥了重要作用。
U.S. elected Decade's top 10 Internet Moments
Recently, the New York-based International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which has presented the annual Webby awards since 1996 selected 10 influential moments on the Internet in the past decade.
"The Internet is the story of the decade because it was the catalyst for change in not just every aspect of our everyday lives, but in everything from commerce and communication to politics and pop culture," said David-Michel Davies, the executive director of The Webby Awards, in a statement.
Here is the Webby's list of the 10 most influential Internet moments of the decade:
1、 Craigslist, the free classifieds site, expands outside San Francisco in 2000, impacting newspaper publishers everywhere.
2、 Google AdWords launched in 2000 allowing advertisers to target their customers with laser-sharp precision.
3、 Wikipedia, the free open-source encyclopedia, launches in 2001 and today boasts more than 14 million articles in 271 different languages and bringing strangers together on projects.
4、 Napster shut down in 2001, opening the file-sharing floodgates.
5、 Google's IPO in 2004 put the search engine on the path to powering countless aspects of our everyday lives.
6、 Online video revolution in 2006 led to a boom in homemade and professional content on the Internet and helped reshape everything from pop culture to politics.
7、 Facebook opened to non-college students and Twitter took off in 2006
8、 The iPhone appeared in 2007 and smart phones went from a luxury item to a necessity with an application for just about every aspect of modern life.
9、 In 2008 US presidential campaign, the Internet changed every facet of the way campaigns were run.
10、 Iranian election protested in 2009 when Twitter proved vital in organizing demonstrations and as a protest too.
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