Sunday, September 19, 2010

What Web sites do users visit on the Internet?

A recent survey found that users visit various types of Web sites, as shown in the chart below. For more information, visit scsite.com/dc2009/ ch1/faq and then click Web Sites.

Many people use the Web as a means to share personal information/ photos/ and videos with the world. Anyone can create a Web page and then make it available/ or publish it/ on the Internet for others to see. Some Web sites provide publishing services at no cost.
Millions of people worldwide join online communities/ each called a social networking Web site/ that encourage members to share their interests/ ideas/ stories/ photos/ music/ and videos with other registered users . Some social networking Web sites are college oriented/ some business oriented/ and others are more focused. A photo sharing community/ for example/ is a specific type of social networking Web site that allows users to create an online photo album and store and share their digital photos. A video sharing community is another type of social network­ing Web site that allows users to store and share their personal videos. Read Ethics & Issues 1-2 for a related discussion.


Hundreds of thousands of people today also use blogs to publish their thoughts on the Web. A blog is an informal Web site consisting of time-stamped articles in a diary or journal for­mat/ usually listed in reverse chronological order. As others read the articles in a blog/ they reply with their own thoughts. A blog that contains video clips is called a video blog.
Podcasts are a popular way people verbally share information on the Web. 

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