The emerging web trend of Web 2.0 has brought with it the idea of a more interactive and social web. Ideas like social networking and wiki collaboration are exploding across the web, and for someone just now getting started with these emerging web trends, getting caught up can seem like a daunting task.
Web Trends - Personalized Start Pages
Personalized Start Pages are designed to be your starting point to the web. These highly customizable sites use web widgets and custom gadgets and allow you to create your own virtual web portal that focuses on what you are interested in seeing.
Web Trends - Social Bookmarking
Social Bookmarking began as a way to store browser bookmarks and share them with friends, but it is quickly becoming a surrogate to traditional search engines as more and more people discover sites like del.icio.us to be a great way to find what they are looking for.
- What is Social Bookmarking?
- How To Get Started With Social Bookmarking
- Social Bookmarking as a Search Engine
Web Trends - Social Networking
Social Networking has been around on the web since the mid-90's, but it has really taken off in the last few years with sites like MySpace and Facebook becoming among the most popular websites in the world. The newest web trend in social networking is a move toward niche social networking sites that concentrate on a specific interest like sports, music or movies.
- Social Networking Basics
- How to Get Started With Social Networking
- The Top Social Networking Sites
- How to Create Your Own Social Network on Ning
Web Trends - Social News
Social news is to articles what social bookmarking is to websites. It is a great way to sift through the ocean of news to find quality articles and engage in discussions on current events, sports, technology, etc.
Web Trends - Widgets
Widgets can be a source of increased productivity, or a source of increased fun. These small portable applications can be placed on your website, blog, social networking profile or personalized start page to spice up your page or add utility to it. You can use a widget to play a YouTube video, display the latest Dilbert cartoon, or simply list what music you are listening to.
- Web Widgets -- What Are They, and How Can I Use Them?
- How To Get Started With Widgets
- What is the Difference Between a Web Widget and a Desktop Widget?
- What is the Difference Between a Widget and a Gadget?
- The Top Widget Galleries and Providers
Web Trends - Wikis
Wikis have quickly become the most popular content management systems on the Internet. Easy to search, easy to read, and easy to maintain, wikis have turned the sharing of information into an art form.
