web surfers
Internet page hoppers
Web surfers are people who browse the internet, moving from site to site in a casual, exploratory way.
The term emerged in the early days of widespread internet use, when navigating online felt novel enough to warrant a playful metaphor—riding waves of information.
Though the phrase sounds dated now, it still appears in discussions of online behavior and digital culture.
Web surfers spent hours clicking through links before search engines streamlined navigation.
- browsersWeb navigation programs
- browser tabsInterface for multiple webpages
- clickstreamSequence of webpage visits
- incognito modeSession without history saved
- websitesInternet pages collections
search history · searching · clicks · click bait · hyperlinks · bookmarking · internet · online · homepages · online communities · social media · going viral · tabbed browsing · computers · users · downloading · content curation · scrolling
web surfersnewspaper readers
Consumers of printed journalism
web surferscontent creators
People making online media
web developers · bloggers · publishers · webmasters · digital creators
web surfersprogrammers
Those who write code
hackers · coders · network engineers · sysadmins · cybersecurity experts
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