CHAPTER 9

Web 2.0 and Social Networks

Chapter Opening Case: From Social Networks to Social Commerce

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Most Common Web 2.0 Memes

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Geo-Tagging

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9.2 Web 2.0 Applications

Blogs and Blogging

Wikis

Netcasting

Web 2.0 Media

Printing-on-Demand

Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing Web Sites

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9.3 Categories of Web 2.0 Sites

Social Networking Sites

Aggregators

Mashups