Thursday, May 15, 2008

What Is Del.icio.us?

Del.icio.us is a 'social bookmarking' site that lets you keep all your bookmarks (your favorite links on the Internet) in one place, and show other people your bookmarks. Instead of having your bookmarks only in your browser, you can access them from anywhere.

YOU'LL LIKE IT IF YOU LIKE: Keeping Track Of Your Favorite Stuff, Discovering Interesting New Stuff, Sharing Your Favorite Stuff, Networking


What Is Technorati?

Technorati is primarily a guide to all of the the blogs on the Internet, but also to other user-generated content. It tracks what content is popular on blogs and other sites as well as which blogs and sites are the most popular.

YOU'LL LIKE IT IF YOU LIKE: Blogging, Tracking Blogs, Staying Up To Speed With What People Are Talking About, Reading Blog Content, Blog Rankings


What Is Digg?

Digg.com is a 'social news' site where users submit, view and vote for news stories, videos, pictures, etc. that they like, or 'Digg.' Stories and content that get lots of votes get on the front pages of Digg, where they get a lot of exposure.

YOU'LL LIKE IT IF YOU LIKE: News, Browsing Internet Content, Being In The Know About What's New, Networking, Sharing Content


Monday, May 12, 2008

What Is Search Engine Optimization?

Search engine optimization, or SEO, is the process of optimizing how a website shows up in searches on Google, Yahoo Search, etc. For example, a website selling golf equipment will use SEO to try to show up on the first page of search results when someone searches 'golf equipment' or 'I need a new putter' or 'golf clothes.'

YOU'LL LIKE IT IF YOU LIKE: Building Websites, Writing Content, Marketing, Advertising, E-Commerce, Driving Internet Traffic


What Is HTML?

HTML stands for 'Hyper Text Markup Language.' It's the basic language that websites are written in. It tells your web browser (like Internet Explorer) what to display and how to display it.

YOU'LL LIKE IT IF YOU LIKE: Creating Web Pages, Programming, Learning Languages, Web Design


What Is Twitter?

Twitter is a website and community that lets you "microblog," or post little bits of information to your Twitter site in lots of ways - from your cell phone, email, browser widget, etc.

YOU'LL LIKE IT IF YOU LIKE: Text Messaging, Instant Messaging, Blogging, Always Being Connected