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=== //Web 2.0// is a term describing changing trends in the use of [|World Wide Web]technology and [|web design] that aim to enhance [|creativity], information sharing, and collaboration among users. These concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and [|hosted services], such as [|social-networking sites], [|video sharing sites], [|wikis], [|blogs], and [|folksonomies]. ===

=Blogs = BLOG -- T he frequent, chronological publication on the Web of personal thoughts and opinions for other [|Internet] users to read. The form of a blog is very much dependent on the individual who keeps it. Most blogs are a mix of what is happening in a person's life and what they feel about things they see on the Web. In this respect, they are a kind of hybrid diary and guide, although there are as many unique types of blogs as there are people who keep them. The popularity of blogging has given rise to a number of tools that can remind you about blogs you read or that generate more views of your blog. blog (a contraction of the term "Web log"). media type="custom" key="8958530"

=Wikis = WIKI -- A ** wiki ** is a collection of [|web pages] designed to let any visitor become a participant. You can create or edit the actual site contents without any technical knowledge or tools. Wikis are often used to create [|collaborative] [|websites] and to power community websites. media type="custom" key="8958484"

=Podcasts = PODCAST- A “podcast” is a buzzword to describe a very simple concept: an audio or video file available on the Internet for you to listen to and/or watch. A podcast can also refer to a series of these audio or video files (similar to how a TV or radio “show” can be a series of shows or just one show). When using the word “podcast”, most people refer to the entire series and not just one audio or video file. Podcasts are distributed over the [|Internet] using [|syndication] [|feeds] for playback on [|portable media players] and [|computers]. The term //podcast//, like //[|broadcast]//, can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also called podcasting. The [|host] or [|author] of a podcast is often called a podcaster. media type="custom" key="8958458"

=Social Bookmarking =

Delicious (formerly del.icio.us, pronounced "delicious") is a [|social bookmarking] [|web service] for storing, sharing, and discovering [|web] [|bookmarks]. You can save all your bookmarks online, share them with other people, and see what other people are bookmarking. It also means that we can show you the most [|popular] bookmarks being saved right now across many areas of interest. In addition, our search and tagging tools help you keep track of your entire bookmark collection and find tasty new bookmarks from people like you. media type="custom" key="8958540"

=RSS= RSS FEEDS -- (an acronym that stands for Rich Site Summary and is alternatively defined as Really Simple Syndication) RSS feeds are the structures that organize content which is being updated on a regular basis in order for others to retrieve it. The content could be articles, blogs posts, photos, PDF documents, PowerPoint Presentations, audio files, video files, or other applications. RSS feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content quickly and automatically. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place. media type="custom" key="8958560"