Using Web 2.0 Sites To Promote Your Products and Services Online

There is so much confusion about what Web 2.0 websites are but having used them for a while; I’d say they are user-generated content sites. Visitors to these sites sign up and start contributing their own content to the site.

Web 2.0: Understanding it

A video submission site such as youtube.com allows users to sign up and submit videos as such there is diverse content on the site. This is different from a traditional or web 1.0 site which is static.

In this case, the webmaster generates the information and shares it with you, you have no say in what is shared with you neither do you have a chance to leave your opinion on the information shared with you. Now, some traditional sites have space for comments but don’t confuse that with the broad user-generated content of the Web 2.0 sites.

Networking or Promoting Your Products and Services Through Web 2.0.

One of the best ways to market your website and do so for virtually free is to utilize Web 2.0 sites.

There are various types of Web 2.0 websites on the World Wide Web and these websites have their own marketing potential and popularity as well. The popularity, the marketing potential as well the page rank has a lot of influence on your website when it is enlisted.

Types of Web 2.0 Sites

Social Networking Sites-

The Social Networking Sites allows you to create a company or individual profile. This makes it easy to land a sale or gain a client for your services. While your website may tell potential clients more about you in a business sense, social networking sites make them see the human side of you.

Examples of some social networking sites are as follows: Facebook.com, Twitter.com, Linkedln, Myspace, Google+, DeviantArt, Livejournal, Tagged, Orkut, CafeMom, Xing, Meetup, mylife, myYearbook, Badoo, Hi5

Social Bookmarking Sites-

The Social Bookmarking Sites allows you to bookmark your website on their website, it makes your website visible to all and sundry and drives traffic to your site. Examples of some social bookmarking sites are as follows: Digg, Stumbleupon, Reddit, Buzzfeed, Delicious, Tweetmeme, Fark, Slashdot, Friendfeed, Clipmarks, Newsvine, Diigo, Dzone, Chime.in

Social Blogging Sites-

TBlog.com allows thousands of users to create individual blogs on a variety of subjects. Blogs allow you to create teasers that get people interested in your product or service and you then drive them to your website for more information. Examples are: TBlog.com, blogger.com

Social Video Sites-

The social video sites allow you to create and upload creative videos about your products and services with a bid to driving more people to your site. The main objective is to gain name recognition and product or service interest. When users leave comments, you now see how they perceive your product.

Examples of some social video sites where you can upload your videos are as follows:http://video.yahoo.com , http://soapbox.msn.com ,http://video.msn.com, http://video.google.com http://www.youtube.com , http://vids.myspace.com , http://www.dailymotion.com http://uncutvideo.aol.com , http://video.aol.com , http://www.veoh.com , http://video-upload.download.com , http://www.4shared.com , http://www.multiply.com , http://www.metacafe.com , http://stage6.divx.com , http://www.yourfilehost.com, http://www.flurl.com , http://www.webshots.com , http://www.break.com,http://www.tinypic.com , http://www.broadcaster.com , http://www.esnips.com , http://www.buzznet.com

Directory of Web 2.0 Sites

Myspacetv.com

Megavideo.com

Blogger.com

TBlog.com

Metacafe

With all these web2.0 site, you can promote your products and services online and success is guaranteed.

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