Online services

Online services

Any business that provides its subscribers with a wide variety of data transmitted over telecommunications lines, an infrastructure in which they can communicate with one another as well as the means to connect with an almost unlimited number of third-party information providers.

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asynchronous interaction

Internet; Social media

Online discussions that occur independent of time or location in which participants send messages to a central location (e.g. A discussion forum). These messages are archived for ...

anchor text

Internet; Social media

The visible text used in a hyperlink. Anchor Text can improve Search Engine Optimization by making hyperlink text relevant to the landing page of a Web site.

astroturfing

Sociology; Social media

Describes formal public relations projects that deliberately seek to engineer the impression of spontaneous grassroots behavior. The goal is the appearance of independent public ...

webring

Internet; Social media

A is a collection of Web sites pulled from various locations the Internet that are joined in a circular, ring-like structure that links together a group of sites with the same ...

social intermediaries

Internet; Social media

Resources such as Digg and del. Icio. Us, that allow users to collect and submit links to news, Web sites, and other media the are rated by other users.

user generated content

Internet; Social media

Various kinds of media content that is produced or primarily influenced by end-users. Content can include incremental individual efforts or collaboration (e.g. Co-creation) on ...

vlog

Internet; Social media

Video blog. A blog that uses video as its primary content. The video is linked to a post and is usually accompanied by supporting text, images, and additional metadata to provide ...