Sunday, February 20, 2011

TYPES of SOCIAL MEDIA

Social Networking
Myspace The infamous Myspace is a social marketing powerhouse for many bands and artist who have climbed the echelons of pop music. A typically younger audience can be found roaming the interwebs of Myspace.com. It's social media for the wee ones.

Facebook – The most visited website on the Internet, Facebook is immensely popular and widely used by people of virtually all age groups. By creating a page for your business or organization, you can share news, videos, images and other content of interest with users who “like” you.


MicroBlogging
Twitter – With this microblogging site (and we mean micro; updates or “tweets” cannot exceed 140 characters), users can join in on the ongoing conversation by posting updates about new products, industry news, company awards and other things of note. Twitter also gives Twitterers an opportunity to interact with their following, which can help build and strengthen relationships.


Professional Network
LinkedIn – Essentially Facebook for the professional set, LinkedIn allows users to build an online resume for networking purposes. A LinkedIn profile can help you establish yourself as an authority among business-oriented movers and shakers.
Plaxo , Rolodex


Social News
Digg – One of the most popular social news sites, Digg allows users to share links, as well as photos and videos. Other users can then choose to “digg” articles they like or “bury” articles they don’t. The articles with the most digs are featured on the front page of the website.
PopURLs


Video Sharing
YouTube
- One of the most popular websites on the Internet, YouTube is the go-to source for millions of users for videos of everything from snippets of the latest Family Guy episode to knitting demonstrations. Posting and optimizing a how-to video on YouTube not only exposes you to millions of potential viewers, but establishes your business as an authority in a subject, which can help win over customers.
Vimeo


Photo Sharing
Flickr – As they say, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” If you have terrific images of your products, make sure to share them on image-oriented social media sites such as Flickr, Picasa or Zooomr. Optimize them by adding descriptive captions, tags and alt text.
PhotoBucket


Product-based Communities
Ebay and Amazon.com — Many sites that started as a means of buying and selling products online have incorporated the community aspect into their sites.


Content-driven Communities
Wikipedia — Also known as “Wikis.” This type of social media is popping up everywhere. The largest and most well known.


Podcasting Communities
Blubrry.com — Podcasting communities are social networks that help connect podcasters, advertisers, and listeners.


Social Q&A
Answers.com and Yahoo! Answers Users can submit or answer questions.



Social Search
Google and Yahoo! — Some search engines have evolved beyond providing search results into to a social media communities where users can create profiles and interact through email groups.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

history & timeline

HISTORY

•Web browser dates back in to the late 1980s, when a variety of technologies laid the foundation for the first Web browser, by Tim Berners-Lee in 1991.

•Web browser or Internet browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web.

•An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content.



TIMELINE

•early web browsers( up to present)•


1991 WorldWideWeb (Nexus) · Line Mode Browser (libwww)

1992 ViolaWWW · Erwise · MidasWWW · MacWWW (Samba) · tkWWW

1993 NCSA Mosaic · AMosaic · VMS Mosaic · Cello · Lynx (2.0) · Arena

1994 IBM WebExplorer · Netscape Navigator · MicroMind SlipKnot (1.0) · TradeWave MacWeb · IBrowse · Navipress · Argo · Minuet · AIR Mosaic(Internet in a Box) · Spyglass Mosaic · TCP/Connect II · ANT Fresco

1995 Internet Explorer 1 · Netscape Navigator 2.0 · OmniWeb · WebRouser · Sun WebRunner (HotJava) · Grail · Internet Explorer 2 · Delrina Cyberjack · AOL Web Browser for Macintosh · eWorld Web Browser for Macintosh · NetShark · WebShark · Opera · AMSD Ariadna · UdiWWW · ALynx

1996 Arachne 1.0 · Internet Explorer 3 · Netscape Navigator 3.0 · Oracle PowerBrowser · Apple Cyberdog · INRIA Amaya (.9) · AWeb · VaporWare Voyager · tcpCONNECT4

1997 Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape Navigator 4.0, Netscape Communicator 4.0, Opera 3.0 , Amaya 1.0

1998 iCab, Mozilla

1999 Amaya 2.0 , Mozilla M3, Internet Explorer 5.0

2000 Konqueror, Netscape 6, Opera 4 , Opera 5 , K-Meleon 0.2, Amaya 3.0 , Amaya 4.0

2001 Internet Explorer 6, Galeon 1.0, Opera 6 , Amaya 5.0

2002 Netscape 7, Mozilla 1.0, Phoenix 0.1, Links 2.0, Amaya 6.0 , Amaya 7.0

2003 Opera 7 , Safari 1.0, Epiphany 1.0, Amaya 8.0

2004 Firefox 1.0, Netscape Browser, OmniWeb 5.0

2005 Safari 2.0, Netscape Browser 8.0, Opera 8., Epiphany1.8, Amaya 9.0  , AOL Explorer1.0, Maxthon
1.0, Shiira 1.0

2006 SeaMonkey 1.0, K-Meleon 1.0, Galeon 2.0, Camino 1.0, Firefox 2.0, Avant 11, iCab 3, Opera 9 , Internet Explorer 7, Sputnik

2007 Maxthon 2.0, Netscape Navigator 9, NetSurf 1.0, Flock 1.0, Safari 3.0, Conkeror

2008 Konqueror 4, Safari 3.1, Opera 9.5  , Firefox 3, Amaya 10.0 , Flock 2, Chrome 1, Amaya 11.0 

2009 Internet Explorer 8, Chrome 2, Safari 4, Opera 10  , Chrome 3, SeaMonkey 2, Camino 2, Firefox 3.5

2010 Firefox 3.6, Chrome 4 through Chrome 8, Opera 10.50  , Safari 5, Opera 11

2011 Chrome 9

•Browser••Creator•
AmayaW3C, INRIA
AOL ExplorerAmerica Online, Inc
AroraBenjamin C. Meyer
AvantAvant Force
CaminoThe Camino Project
ChromiumGoogle
DilloJorge Arellano Cid, Geerken, Rota, et al.
DocZillaCiTEC
ELinksBaudis, Fonseca, et al.
EpiphanyGNOME
FlockFlock Inc
GaleonMarco Pesenti Gritti
Google ChromeGoogle
GNU IceCatGNU
iCabAlexander Clauss
Internet ExplorerMicrosoft
Spyglass
Internet Explorer for Mac (Terminated)Microsoft
K-MeleonDorian, KKO, et al.
KonquerorKDE
LinksPatocka, et al.
LunascapeLunascape Corporation
LynxMontulli, Grobe, Rezac, et al.
MaxthonMaxthon International Limited
MidoriChristian Dywan, et al.
MosaicMarc Andreessen and Eric Bina, NCSA
MozillaMozilla Foundation
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Foundation
Netscape (v.6-7)Netscape Communications Corporation, AOL
Netscape Browser (v.8)Mercurial Communications for AOL
Netscape Communicator (v.4)Netscape Communications
Netscape Navigator (v.1-4) Netscape Communications
Netscape Navigator 9Netscape Communications
(division of AOL)
NetSurfThe NetSurf Developers
OmniWebThe Omni Group
OperaOpera Software
Opera MobileOpera Software
Origyn Web BrowserSand-labs
SafariApple Inc.
SeaMonkeySeaMonkey Council
ShiiraHappy Macintosh Developing Team
SleipnirFenrir Inc.
WorldWideWeb (Later renamed Nexus)Tim Berners-Lee
w3mAkinori Ito



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