Web+2.0+Terminology


 * Source: Wikipedia**

A **blog** (a [|contraction] of the term "**web log**")[|[1]] is a type of [|website], usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning //to maintain or add content to a blog//.
 * Blog**

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal [|online diaries]. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, [|Web pages], and other media related to its topic. The ability of readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art ([|Art blog]), photographs ([|photoblog]), videos ([|Video blogging]), music ([|MP3 blog]), and audio ([|podcasting]). [|Microblogging] is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.

A **wiki** (pronounced [|/ˈwɪki/] [|// WIK -ee//] ) is a [|website] that allows the easy[|[1]] creation and editing of any number of [|interlinked] [|web pages] via a [|web browser] using a simplified [|markup language] or a [|WYSIWYG] text editor.[|[2]][|[3]] Wikis are typically powered by [|wiki software] and are often used to create collaborative websites, to power community websites, for personal [|note taking], in corporate [|intranets], and in [|knowledge management] systems.
 * Wiki**

Wikis may exist to serve a specific purpose, and in such cases, users use their editorial rights to remove material that is considered "off topic". Such is the case of the collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia.[|[3]] In contrast, open purpose wikis accept content without firm rules as to how the content should be organized.

[|Ward Cunningham], the developer of the first wiki software, [|WikiWikiWeb], originally described it as "the simplest online database that could possibly work."[|[4]] "Wiki" (pronounced [|[ˈwiki]] or [|[ˈviki]] ) is a [|Hawaiian] word for "fast".[|[5]] "Wiki" has been [|backronymed] by some to "What I Know Is".[|[6]]

In computing, a **feed aggregator**, also known as a **feed reader**, **news reader**, **rss reader** or simply **aggregator**, is [|client software] or a [|Web application] which aggregates [|syndicated web content] such as news headlines, blogs, [|podcasts], and [|vlogs] in a single location for easy viewing.
 * Information Aggregator**


 * Social Media**[[image:Social_media_-_Wikipedia,_the_free_encyclopedia.jpg width="778" height="130" align="right" link="@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media"]]
 * Social media** is media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Social media uses Internet and web-based technologies to transform broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many). It supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers. [|Andreas Kaplan] and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of [|Web 2.0], and that allow the creation and exchange of [|user-generated content]"[|[1]]. Businesses also refer to social media as [|user-generated content] (UGC) or [|consumer-generated media] (CGM). Social media utilization is believed to be a driving factor in the idea that the current period in time will be defined as the [|Attention Age].

Social media can take many different forms, including [|Internet forums], [|weblogs], [|social blogs], [|microblogging], [|wikis], [|podcasts], pictures, [|video], rating and [|social bookmarking]. Technologies include: [|blogs], picture-sharing, [|vlogs], wall-postings, [|email], [|instant messaging], music-sharing, [|crowdsourcing], and [|voice over IP], to name a few. Many of these social media services can be integrated via [|social network aggregation] platforms like [|Mybloglog] and [|Plaxo]. Examples of social media software applications include[//[|citation needed]//]: Communication Collaboration Multimedia
 * Excerpt from Wikipedia's Social Media Entry **
 * **[|Blogs]**: [|Blogger], [|LiveJournal], [|Open Diary], [|TypePad], [|WordPress], [|Vox], [|ExpressionEngine], [|Xanga]
 * **[|Micro-blogging] / Presence applications**: [|FMyLife], [|Jaiku], [|Plurk], [|Twitter], [|Tumblr], [|Posterous], [|Yammer], [|Qaiku]
 * **[|Social networking]**: [|Facebook], [|Geni.com], [|Hi5], [|LinkedIn], [|MySpace], [|Ning], [|Orkut], [|Skyrock], [|Qzone], [|Vkontakte], [|RenRen], [|Kaixin], [|ASmallWorld], [|studivz], [|Xing], [|RunAlong.se], [|Bebo], [|BigTent], [|Elgg], [|Hyves]
 * **[|Social network aggregation]**: [|NutshellMail], [|FriendFeed],
 * **Events**: [|Upcoming], [|Eventful], [|Meetup.com]
 * **[|Wikis]**: [|Wikipedia], [|PBworks], [|Wetpaint]
 * **[|Social bookmarking]** (or social tagging)[|[3]]: [|Delicious], [|StumbleUpon], [|Google Reader], [|CiteULike]
 * **[|Social news]**: [|Digg], [|Mixx], [|Reddit], [|NowPublic]
 * **Photography and art sharing**: [|deviantArt], [|Flickr], [|Photobucket], [|Picasa], [|SmugMug], [|Zooomr]
 * **Video sharing**: [|YouTube], [|Viddler], [|Vimeo], [|sevenload]
 * **Livecasting**: [|Ustream.tv], [|Justin.tv], [|Stickam], [|Skype]
 * **Music and audio sharing**: [|MySpace Music], [|The Hype Machine], [|Last.fm], [|ccMixter], [|ShareTheMusic]
 * **Presentation sharing**: [|slideshare], [|scribd]

A **social network service** focuses on building and reflecting of [|social networks] or [|social relations] among people, e.g., who share interests and/or activities. A social network service essentially consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services. Most social network services are [|web based] and provide means for users to interact over the [|internet], such as [|e-mail] and [|instant messaging]. Although [|online community] services are sometimes considered as a social network service in a broader sense, social network service usually means an individual-centered service whereas [|online community] services are group-centered. Social networking sites allow users share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks.
 * Social Network (Social Network Service)**

The main types of social networking services are those which contain category places (such as former school-year or classmates), means to connect with friends (usually with self-description pages) and a recommendation system linked to trust. Popular methods now combine many of these, with [|Facebook], [|Bebo] and [|Twitter] widely used worldwide; [|MySpace] and [|LinkedIn] being the most widely used in North America;[|[1]] [|Nexopia] (mostly in [|Canada]);[|[2]] [|Bebo],[|[3]] [|Hi5], [|StudiVZ] (mostly in [|Germany]), [|iWiW] (mostly in Hungary), [|Tuenti] (mostly in Spain), [|Decayenne], [|Tagged], [|XING];[|[4]], [|Badoo][|[5]] and [|Skyrock] in parts of Europe;[|[6]] [|Orkut] and [|Hi5] in [|South America] and [|Central America];[|[7]] and [|Friendster], [|Mixi], [|Multiply], [|Orkut], [|Wretch], [|renren] and [|Cyworld] in Asia and the Pacific Islands and [|Orkut] and [|Facebook] in India.

**Dennis Richards ~ i3blog ~ i3wiki ~ i3leader **