| 2 Web 2.0 Sites to Utilize and Get Traffic From |
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Web 2.0 has been an Internet phenomenon since 2004. It's been 5 years down the road since it was first defined by Tim O'Reilly. In a way, Web 2.0 can be perceived as a World Wide Web upgrade. It is still essentially the web - an improved version of the web.
Web 2.0 has been an Internet phenomenon since 2004. It's been 5 years down the road since it was first defined by Tim O'Reilly. In a way, Web 2.0 can be perceived as a World Wide Web upgrade. It is still essentially the web - an improved version of the web. Tim O'Reilly defined it as ".. the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform. Chief among those rules is this: Build applications that harness network effects to get better the more people use them." The chief difference between the old web (now known as Web 1.0) and Web 2.0 is the driving force behind the website itself. In the days of the old Web 1.0, web site contents are driven by the site owner alone. There was not much, if any at all, interaction between the web site and its visitors. Web 2.0 sites are totally driven by visitors. Yes, the owner still have absolute power over the content. For the most part, however, site content is contributed by visitors the the Web 2.0 site. Following are 2 examples of Web 2.0 sites and applications. After taking a close look at these types of web sites, you will certainly comprehend what makes Web 2.0 sites the rave of the town. Blogs In essence, a blog is no different from a regular website. Its initial use was originally as a form of internet diary where the owners jot down their daily life activities and what nots. Blogs were very personal back then. Today, blogs are much much more effective and interactive. Interactions between the blog owner and readers happen via the comments field. Comment blogging is really huge nowadays. There are blogs with really large comments. Some even reaching hundreds of comments per article. Comments will certainly boost up web interaction between the owner of the blog and the visitors. Blog comments actually is a win win situation for the blog owner and the people who left comments. Both parties gets the benefit of securing extra web hits due to the popularity of the post. Social Bookmarkings A social bookmark is essentially your bookmark on steroids. It's the online spot where you save your web url. You save your url as a bookmark over at the bookmark sites. The saved url will then slowly bring in visitors to you in large numbers. Of course you will need to share your save links to the public. Otherwise the general internet population will now know about the shares. So, have you started to bookmark properly yet? There are quite a number of bookmark providers today. Just do a search on Google and take a look at the web pages on the first page. Head on over to the top 5 sites and create your accounts with them. Before you even start to push your bookmark links to the masses, you've got to first comprehend the terms of use of the particular bookmark provider. Blogs and Social Bookmarks. These two Web 2.0, sites I mentioned are more than just the tip of the ice with regards to getting web hits from Web 2.0 sites. There are plenty more Web 2.0 web sites to take advantage of. Use the two methods mentioned above for a few days or weeks and monitor the traffic hits that you received. Is there an increase? |
