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Just back from this and must say that it was well worth attending.

My thanks to K.F.N. for highlighting it on here. Otherwise I would have missed it.

TYM wrote:Just back from this and must say that it was well worth attending.

My thanks to K.F.N. for highlighting it on here. Otherwise I would have missed it.

All part of Web 2.0

TYM wrote:Just back from this and must say that it was well worth attending.

Yeah, totally agree TYM. Really interesting workshop and always good to meet other people too.

Certainly filled my head with more ideas!!

I usually give these things a swerve, not because it isn't of interest ... but mainly Micro$oft have an annoying habit of doing their own take on any technology that comes out. Therefore you end up with th M$ way of doing things and everyone elses, which is annoying.

"Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, has questioned whether one can use the term in any meaningful way, since many of the technological components of Web 2.0 have existed since the early days of the Web."

The main problem (as always) with the web isn't having an all singing & dancing site, it's about getting page impressions.
If only the "build it and they will come" thing worked. Unfortunately it doesn't. Manipulating search engine rankings are still where it's at, especially in commerce.

I noticed in the news this week that ITV were making huge cuts to their operation due to falling advertising revenues.
Maybe the web is a cheap and cheerful advertising alternative, especially the social snetworks.
But having been part of the .com revolution, it was mostly hype then ... and will be now.
Who knows ? .... definately not me !!!

£3.73 wrote:I usually give these things a swerve, not because it isn't of interest ... but mainly Micro$oft have an annoying habit of doing their own take on any technology that comes out. Therefore you end up with th M$ way of doing things and everyone elses, which is annoying.

"Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, has questioned whether one can use the term in any meaningful way, since many of the technological components of Web 2.0 have existed since the early days of the Web."

Yes, I'd agree. It's just that it is used so much more widely now that use of the technologies are certainly more advanced and can be easily incorporated.

I've a list of things I was going to do to try and promote the www.visitkintyre.info website and attending today re-inforced a number of these ideas.

This forum can be seen as one of these networking tools. Perhaps as part of the review of the forum things can be opened up more - for example, why not have a local business section that promotes their business?

£3.73 wrote:The main problem (as always) with the web isn't having an all singing & dancing site, it's about getting page impressions.
If only the "build it and they will come" thing worked. Unfortunately it doesn't. Manipulating search engine rankings are still where it's at, especially in commerce.

Totally agree and that idea was enforced today. The content of a website has to be ever changing or you'll only ever visit it once, perhaps more but not on a daily basis.

You should have came along - nice scones.