They can be useful as guides for research. Here is a collection of Web resources for journalists, for example. By the spring of 1997, there were about 2,00 commercial newspapers on the World Wide Web. In January of 1994, there was one. There were about 700 radio and television stations on the World Wide Web in the fall of 1996.
Many people put their resumes on line, and include their Web address in their printed resumes.
Many employers post job openings on the Web.