There are plenty of brands that define the Web 2.0 movement: Google, MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, Digg, Wikipedia, YouTube. Each of these brands is different in their approach. For example, Wikipedia remains a not-for-profit company that doesn’t allow advertising on the site. Google, on the other hand, is huge, publically traded company that has redefined online […]
One element of Web 2.0 applications is their use of folksonomy to help categorize information. Folksonomy ultimately helps save money for the developer when users control the content they read, and also increases accountability. With more users online with greater control, those users will keep incorrect information in check in the interest of accuracy and fairness. […]
Sites like Digg, Del.icio.us, and Backflip allow registered users to store all of their bookmarks in one location online, which allows them to access their bookmarks from any place that has Internet access, regardless of the web browser they use. These sites also add customization and interactivity to this feature where users can […]
One of the reasons that Web 2.0 is considerably improving the experience for the user is that the emphasis of Web 2.0 is making content highly accessible. Also, Web 2.0 is encouraging sharing among users, further solidifying the social nature of these new Web applications.
What Web marketers have discovered over the years is that […]
When the term “Web 2.0” was coined, the emphasis of the term wasn’t the Internet or even existing movements on the Internet, but more the software used online that would eventually drive the Web 2.0 movement. Without software, there would be no Web 2.0. New and innovative software is crucial for the development […]
Testing is an absolutely crucial part of any website launch. Without testing, the website could be full of bugs and problems that prevent visitors from using or wanting to come back to the site. The purpose of testing a website is to work out all the bugs within the code of the page […]
Links are a large part of the Web experience and are important to websites. Search engines can determine a lot about a site based on looking at links. Search engine spiders look at both the site itself as well as the links within sites. Why do they do this? Isn’t looking at the […]
Viewing HTML code is helpful for understanding the concepts in this section. The screenshot on the following page depicts selected HTML code for the website Amazon.com, the code that’s most important for the purposes of SEO.
See the Code for Yourself
If you’re in Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to View, and then click on SourceIn Mozilla Firefox, […]
There are two types of websites that can be found online: dynamic and static. Static pages stay the same no matter what. No user can personalize these sites, nor are there any options to do so. Every visitor to that site sees the same information. In order to find new information on a […]
A cookie is a tiny HTML-based document that users download automatically from certain websites just by visiting. Cookies are used generally to enhance the experience of the site’s users. Viewing cookies firsthand is helpful for understanding the concepts outlined in this section.
See For Yourself
If you’re using Internet Explorer, go to Tool then click on […]