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Web 2.0’s most widely known websites.
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For those of you that may not be in tune with Web 2.0 most popular sites, here is a summary that can serve as a short guide.
Del.icio.us is a Web 2.0 platform used for sharing bookmarks. The social book marking web service allows you to store, share, and discover various web bookmarks. This website has belonged to Yahoo since 2005 and has a database of close to 100 million bookmarks.
Digg allows Web 2.0 users to share Internet content. This site allows you to submit links, vote and comment on these links. You can discover a wide range of stories and content from all over the world. The word “digging” translates the action of voting on different stories and content. Out of all the stories that get posted everyday, only the most voted for appear on the front page.
Facebook is an online network website community. You can join for free and be part of the phenomenon. Once a member, you can find friends, add pictures, join various groups, share your activities, and send messages to your friends. Where does the word “facebook” come from? It is a term used by prep schools to describe a book distributed to new students and staff in order to familiarize themselves with the others on campus.
Flickr is an image and video sharing community and one of the first Web 2.0 applications. Flickr is also widely used as a photo repository for bloggers and other Web publishers. The photos can be “tagged” which means they can be “associated to” an individual or an organization. It is recorded to hosting over two billion images.
MySpace is also an online network website community. Users can edit their personal profile, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. MySpace is currently owned by Fox Interactive Media and attracts near 230 000 registrations per day.
LinkedIn is a more business-oriented online social networking platform mostly used by professionals. It has a recorded 320 million registered users in over 150 industries. LinkedIn allows users to maintain an up-to-date contact list of professionals they know and trust. You can grow your network of connections by using the “degrees of connection”. Employers often search for potential candidates using this website.
StumbleUpon is a plug-in that allows its users to post and rate all kinds of web pages, including photos and videos. Once installed, a toolbar is added to your browser and by simply selecting the “stumble” icon; a web page is displayed for your vote and comments. The web pages are displayed based on previous submissions, comments and votes. The more a page is voted for, the more often it will show up when a user “stumbles”. This is a growing trend at the moment.
YouTube is a video sharing website. Anyone can publish and share their video clips. YouTube is currently owned by Google, but was created by three former PayPal employees. This site also includes user generated content, blogs, movie and TV segments. Users can view and upload videos, whereas visitors can simply watch the videos. A user can also join a video feed. Certain content is prohibited such as nudity and criminal conduct.
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