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Names: Kelsey Comtois and Michelle Atiemo The "Long Tail" is a web page created by Chris Anderson that shows statistics of the information that is widely popular among different people on different websites such as: Rhapsody, Amazon, and Netflix. Also a term that is used to describe the very large amount of information that is available on these websites as compared to stores and libraries.
 * What is the "long tail"? Use your own words.

So that companies can see the comparison between their products and other company's products and work towards improvement. This allows for people to offer their information whether new or old. This relates to findability because the website is constantly growing and adding new statistics for customers and companies to look at and find rare information.
 * Why has the internet made the long tail important in business today? How is this related to findability?

Rhapsody - Offers nineteen times as many songs as Wal-Marts stock of 39,000 tunes. Amazon -2.3 million books as compared to Barnes and Noble's 130,000 Netflix - 25,000 DVDs as compared to Blockbuster's 2,000
 * What are some examples of long tail businesses? Explain why each is a long tail business.

There is a much wider variety of information available to us here.
 * Why is the long tail important?