Have you ever wanted to create your own internet presence? It's now easy for anyone to do just that thanks to the power of Web 2.0. No longer do you need to be a programmer or computer whiz.First up a quick background on Web 2.0 is and then how you too canbuild a web presence for free!Web 2.0 really rose out of the ashes of the Dot Com collapse in late2001. Prior to that the 'web' had, to a large extent, been controlledby the traditional commercial enterprises. Those with money that, atthat time could afford the cost of domain registration and teams ofprogrammers to create their sites.The term 'Web 2.0' wasn't coined until three years later in 2004 ina meeting between Tim O'Relly and Dale Dougherty.
New technologies such as blogs, social bookmarking, wikis, podcasts and RSS feeds arejust a few of the technologies that are helping to shape and directWeb 2.0.The Web before the dot com crash is often referred to as Web 1.0 nowbut only since the coining of the term Web 2.0.Some of the more obvious difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 are:DoubleClick replaced by Google AdSense, Britannica Online replaced byWikipedia, Personal Web Pages replaced by Blogs, Content ManagementSystems replaced by Wikis and Directories replaced by Tagging.
These are only a very few of the differences between Web 1.0 and Web2.0 but they are major ones.You will notice, if you look carefully that the commonality of manyof the differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 is that Web 1.0 wasdriven and controlled by the 'powers-that-be' and Web 2.0 is drivenby users.That is a huge difference and the one that is making Web 2.0 moreand more user friendly not to mention more and more profitable forjust average people. You might even call it a power shift of giganticproportions. Blogs are at the forefront of Web 2.0. There are all the socialsites but basically they are just another medium for blogging withvarious other features built in.
Thanks to all the social sites and others like blogger.com andwordpress.com anyone can create a blog for free. There's no need toregister a domain name, pay for hosting or have any technical skillswhat so ever.Where you would have created a website previously, to promote anaffiliate product, with all the technical overheads that go alongwith that plus the costs, it can all now be done for free and withno technical knowhow at all.There are other advantages too. It's well known that blogs get rankedquicker in the search engines.The free blog platforms get ranked quickerthan other blogs, Google loves them!The free blogging platforms are so easy to use that it is entirelypossible to create and publish a blog based site in under an hour.
This is really powerful, as anyone can create and publish a blog basedsite with no prior experience. Many of the free blogging platforms makeit easy to monetise the site and start you on the road to your owninternet business empire.This is the essence of Web 2.0. It has brought the internet to theman and woman in the street. It is no longer the private domain ofthe professional.So, there you are. To have your own website, indeed multiple websitesthat can actually provide you with an income while you sleep, is nowentirely possible thanks to Web 2.0.So what are you waiting for? As a well known advertising campaign says: Just Do It!
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