Top Web 2.0 Sites
Twitter
Follow me on @ my twitter address: https://twitter.com/bostmag
Twitter is the second most popular social network (microblogging platform to be more specific). If your content is viral in nature then it can bring instant massive traffic to your blog/website in no time. The purpose of twitter is to communicate current information and publish your opinion on relevant topics in culture.
24% of internet users (21% of all U.S. adults) use Twitter. Roughly one-quarter of online adults (24%) use Twitter, a proportion that is statistically unchanged from a survey conducted in 2015 (23%). Younger Americans are more likely than older Americans to be on Twitter. Some 36% of online adults ages 18-29 are on the social network, more than triple the share among online adults ages 65 and older (just 10% of whom are Twitter users). Twitter is also somewhat more popular among the highly educated: 29% of internet users with college degrees use Twitter, compared with 20% of those with high school degrees or less.
Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California, and has more than 25 offices around the world. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williamsand launched in July of that year. It began where you could only use 140 characters called “tweets”. on November 7, 2017, this limit was doubled for all languages except Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
Twitter can be used to promote your business, product, platform. People post their opinions as tweets and you can interact with others. Sometimes there are twitter rants that happen. This is usually when a poster disagrees with another.
Facebook
Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard Collegestudents and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The founders initially limited the website's membership to Harvard students. Later they expanded it to higher education institutions in the Boston area, the Ivy League schools, and Stanford University. Facebook gradually added support for students at various other universities, and eventually to high school students. Since 2006, anyone who claims to be at least 13 years old has been allowed to become a registered user of Facebook, though variations exist in this requirement, depending on local laws. The name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students. Facebook held its initial public offering (IPO) in February 2012, valuing the company at $104 billion, the largest valuation to date for a newly listed public company. It began selling stock to the public three months later. Facebook makes most of its revenue from advertisements that appear onscreen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
Instagram
Instagram can be used to post your photos and selling and promoting wares is now very popular on Instagram. With tags on links to your website either right on a product on by including your website in your profile. You can also post live videos now to create interest in your posts.
32% of internet users (28% of all U.S. adults) use Instagram. Around one-third of online adults (32%) report using Instagram – roughly the same share as in 2015, when 27% of online adults did so. To a greater extent than the other social platforms measured in this survey, Instagram use is especially high among younger adults. Roughly six-in-ten online adults ages 18-29 (59%) use Instagram, nearly double the share among 30- to 49-year-olds (33%) and more than seven times the share among those 65 and older (8%). And as was the case in previous Pew Research Center surveys of social media use, female internet users are more likely to use Instagram than men (38% vs. 26%).
(also known as IG[8]) is a photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc. It was created by Kevin Systromand Mike Krieger, and launched in October 6, 2010 (7 years ago) exclusively on iOS. A version for Android devices was released a year and 6 months later, in April 2012, followed by a feature-limited website interface in November 2012, and apps for Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 in April 2016 and October 2016 respectively. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram
Although praised for its influence, Instagram has been the subject of criticism, most notably for policy and interface changes, allegations of censorship, and illegal or improper content uploaded by users. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is used to network and find jobs and work and business connections. You can introduce people you know or get introduced through connections. Professional people use LinkedIn. But a basic account is free for anyone.
29% of internet users (25% of all U.S. adults) use LinkedIn. The share of online adults who use LinkedIn has remained steady over the past year: 29% report using the site, similar to the 25% who said this in 2015.
LinkedIn has long been especially popular with college graduates and high income earners, and this trend continues to hold true. Half (50%) of online adults with college degrees are on LinkedIn, compared with 27% of those who have attended but not graduated from college and just 12% of those with high school degrees or less. Similarly, 45% of online adults with an annual household income of $75,000 or more use LinkedIn, compared with just 21% of those living in households with an annual income of less than $30,000. And 35% of online adults who are employed use LinkedIn, compared with 17% of those who are not employed for pay.
LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs. As of 2015, most of the company's revenue came from selling access to information about its members to recruiters and sales professionals. As of April 2017, LinkedIn had 500 million members in 200 countries, out of which more than 106 million members are active. LinkedIn allows members (both workers and employers) to create profiles and "connections" to each other in an online social network which may represent real-world professional relationships. Members can invite anyone (whether an existing member or not) to become a connection. The "gated-access approach" (where contact with any professional requires either an existing relationship or an introduction through a contact of theirs) is intended to build trust among the service's members. LinkedIn participated in the EU's International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn
Pinterest
My Pinterest Page: Let’s start pinning together!
Pinterest is a web and mobile application company that operates a software system designed to discover information on the World Wide Web, mainly using images and on a smaller scale, GIFs and videos. The site was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp. Pinterest has reached 200 million monthly active users as of September 2017. 31% of internet users (26% of all U.S. adults) use Pinterest. Roughly three-in-ten online Americans (31%) use Pinterest, identical to the 31% who used the platform in 2015. Continuing a long-standing trend, women use Pinterest at much higher rates than men. Nearly half of online women use the virtual pinboard (45%), more than double the share of online men (17%) who do so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinterest
Jing
Jing is a screencasting computer program launched in November 28, 2007 (10 years ago) as Jing Project by the TechSmith Corporation.The software takes a picture or video of the user's computer screen and uploads it to the Web, FTP, computer or clipboard. If uploaded to the web, the program automatically creates a URL to the content so it can be shared with others.[5] Jing is compatible with Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. Users must sign up for an account before using the software. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing_(software)
I intend to sign up for this service & test it out!
Google Applications
The original Google was released on August 28, 2006; 12 years ago(as Google Apps for Your Domain)
G Suite (formerly Google Apps for Work and Google Apps for Your Domain) is a brand of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, software and products developed by Google, first launched on August 28, 2006 as "Google Apps for Your Domain". G Suite comprises Gmail, Hangouts, Calendar, and Google+ for communication; Drive for storage; Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, and Sites for collaboration; and, depending on the plan, an Admin panel and Vault for managing users and the services. It also includes the digital interactive whiteboard Jamboard.
While these services are free to use for consumers, G Suite adds enterprise features such as custom email addresses at a domain (@yourcompany.com), option for unlimited cloud storage (depending on plan and number of members), additional administrative tools and advanced settings, as well as 24/7 phone and email support.
Being based in Google's data centers, data and information is saved instantly and then synchronized to other data centers for backup purposes. Unlike the free, consumer-facing services, G Suite users do not see advertisements while using the services, and information and data in G Suite accounts do not get used for advertisement purposes. Furthermore, G Suite administrators can fine-tune security and privacy settings.
As of January 2017, G Suite has 3 million paying businesses, and 70 million G Suite for Education users. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_Suite
Youtube
Uploader holds copyright (standard license); Creative Commons can be selected.
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries. YouTube allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to favorites, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. It offers a wide variety of user-generated and corporate media videos. Available content includes video clips, TV show clips, music videos, short and documentary films, audio recordings, movie trailers, live streams, and other content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos. Most of the content on YouTube is uploaded by individuals, but media corporations including CBS, the BBC, Vevo, and Hulu offer some of their material via YouTube as part of the YouTube partnership program. Unregistered users can only watch videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos and add comments to videos. Videos deemed potentially inappropriate are available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube
References and research data taken from:
Pew Research Center - this is a cool website for research on trends
Including research on who uses what social media. Current trends, history and more.
