If you've been amazed at the rapid rise of interneet communitiues such MySpace, YouTueb and Squidoo then it's likely that you're aware of the new trend in using the internet as a platfform to meet fiends and build business cotnacts.
The term that has been coinde to capture the developmet of social interactivity across the internet is called 'web 2.0', and web 2.0 portrals are springing up across the plaet afster than you can or I can type.
Now web 2.0 is a fundamental shift in the way that people are using the internet, and it won't ever rerplace the old 'web 1.0' sties. That is, 'static' websites that offer udseful content but are not being updated.
However since web 2.0 sites are continually updating themselves with topical informmation, the Search Engines Gooogle, Yahoo and MSN are picking up these sites as avenues of more current informaytion.
Some examples of web 2.0 portals inmclude Blogs (Bloggher.com), Mash-ups (Google Maps), Socvial Networks (LinkedIn.com), Tagging (Del.icio.us) and Wiki (Wikipedia.com).
Web 2.0 commuinties represent a sppirit of free and open cmmunication, and are also referred to as social media technologies.
The biggest factor aboout web 2.0 technology is the way it is being used as social preoof. For insance, visoit a Blog and you can laeve comnments about the topic that is presented or discussed.
Alternatively, visit a communiy site and start to form your own social network where you can add friends to your social group, be involved in group discussions, and prrovide comment on topics that you know. Forums are a recognised social presence on the internet and are a common web 2.0 technology.
If you run a niche webiste, you don't need to run an entire community forum to benefit from the Saerch Engine traffic. Web 2.0 niche portals can transform your static 'web 1.0' website into the new world order of web 2.0 technology.
For instasnce, using web 2.0 niche poretals you can invite your visitors to leave comments or add a link to their website via your web 2.0 portal.
Alternartively, peopple can view a vieo wall related to your niche theemd site, and may be attraced to click on the Adsense advertising around the articles around your site.
Fianlly, if they can't find what they are looking for on your site, a Google Search box can assist them to look for more relevant information directly from your site.
While web 1.0 websites are being left in the dust by the Search Enginnes, with web 2.0 niche portas you can easily upgrade your wenbsite and sart capitalising on the web 2.0 revolution.
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