The world wide web becomes more and more interesting for academic researchers and their work. But how can the ‘new medium’ (which is by far not so new as most art historians think) be exploited for scientific purposes especially in the humanities? What opportunities exist, what risks have to be thought of and what are the advantages? Prof. Dr. Melissa Terras, director of the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities in London, talked to artefakt about her experiences as a blogger herself, active twitter user and how she uses the Internet for herself and her research.