What are websites? Well These are collection of web pages (documents that are accessed through the Internet), such as the one you're looking at now. A website is also a location connected to the internet that maintains one or more pages in the World Wide Web or also known as WWW. Wondering what is WWW or World Wide Web? It is basically a system of internet servers that support specially formatted documents.The documents are formatted in a markup language called HTML(HyperText Markup Language) that supports links to other documents, as well as graphics, audio, and video files. HTML is also platform independent that can create a code on a computer and then uses a browser on another type of computer to view that file as a web page. HTMLs are made in a text editor called Notepad. And all of this was invented by :
Tim Berners Lee
What an amazing guy! He truly rocks! Now,back to our topic .So a website is made through all of this.
Now there are some of the famous websites I know as of 2016. These are the commonly used websites by many people:
1.
- Google is a technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products that include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, and software
- It is also known as a search engine.(A search engine is like a page where you can search anything).
- It also has GMAIL(Google mail) for transferring mails.
- It was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
- It was founded on 1998 at Menio Park,California.
- It is used worldwide.
- Website address: www.google.com
You can search anything on it and can be your teacher.
Disadvantages of this website:
There are also bad things on it or bad websites.
2.
- Youtube is a website where you can watch videos or listen to music.
- Some of the people who work here,earn money and give entertainment to people are called Youtubers.
- It was founded by Chad Hurley,Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.
- Also used worldwide.
- It was founded on 2006 and is owned by the Google Company.
- Web address: www.youtube.com
Advantages of this website:
You can watch free movies,videos,music and many more to have entertainment in life.
Disadvantages of this website:
Other people can watch bad,violent and pornographic videos which may not be suitable for them.Then it affects their behavior and mind.
3.
- Facebook is a social networking site (a site that allows us to meet and communicate with other people and know everything about them).
- Also used worldwide.
- It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his other mates.
- It was founded on 2004 at Cambridge,Massachusetts, USA.
- Web Address: www.facebook.com
Advantages of this website:
You can communicate with other people and socialize with them in an easy way.
Disadvantages of this website:
You can be cyber bullied.You can be hacked and a stranger might stalk you by pretending to be a friend or relative then asking to meet. In this way,it can be dangerous and scary because someone might harm you.
4.
- Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia.It means information can be found through the internet,
- Used worldwide.
- It can be search engine for information.
- Anyone can write on it.
- It was founded as an offshoot of Nupedia, a now-abandoned project to produce a free encyclopedia, begun by the online media company Bomis. Jimmy Wales (founder of Nupedia and co-founder of Bomis), and Larry Sanger, whom Wales had employed to work on the encyclopedia project,
- It was founded on 2001.
- Web address: www.wikipedia.com
Advantages of this website:
It is surprising that some of the ideas in this blog is from Wikipedia that meants the site is very helpful on finding information than scanning books.
It is written in many languages so that foreigners can read it too.
Disadvantages of this website:
Sometimes the information here is edited by other people and can be wrong.It should not be written by anyone.If someone copies it,the information can be wrong and the one who copies it,becomes a fool.
5.
- Yahoo is an American Technology Company where they provide portal services.( e-mail, news, stock quotes, information from databases and even entertainment content.)
- It is also a search engine.
- Used worldwide
- It was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo.
- It was founded on 1995 at Santa Clara, California.
- Web address: www.yahoo.com
Advantages of this website:
It is mostly used for e-mails and entertainment.
Disadvantages of this website:
It can be hacked by e-mail.
6.
- Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets",
- Used worldwide
- The founders are Evan Williams, Noah Glass, Jack Dorsey and Biz stone.
- It was founded on 2006,San Francisco,California.
- Web Address; www.twitter.com
Advantages of this website:
You can tweet your opinions,advises,suggestions and comments even famous people.You can socialize and communicate with other people.
Disadvantages of this website:
You can be hacked and cyber bullied.It can also ruin your life.
7.
- Instagram is a social media website and you can share your photos and videos here with caption.
- Used worldwide.
- It can also be used as an app in phones or tablets.
- It was founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger,
- It was founded on 2010.
- Web address: www.instagram.com
Advantages of this website:
You can share your photos and videos,it will seem like sharing your talents.
Disadvantages of this website:
You can be hacked and your photos/videos can be edited by others and use it. You can have negative comments and be cyber bullied.
I can conclude that websites are helpful in our life but it still has disadvantages. It is helpful like making this blog using this website, I can share my opinions with you guys. We are being dependent on websites because we always post everything we think is good and not"thinking before clicking". We always copy work of websites like copying information from Wikipedia and not thinking if it right or wrong. We are becoming addicted to the web and learn new things. We are becoming minions again in the internet(like I mentioned on my 4th blog) because the internet is like ruling and controlling us now. Like the quote says:
The quote is stating that even we know the answer to our questions,we still search on the internet. We are being judgmental to our answers. We should LEARN TO BE INDEPENDENT.
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