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If your goal is to share information about your company or service, or to communicate among members of an organization, a standard website can be set up for very little money.
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For as little as $6.95 a month and some sweat equity, you can set up a store that will enable you to offer your products to customers around the world. No HTML or technical expertise required. |
Blogs (short for web logs) have become very popular. Like an online diary, they let you post your thoughts, ideas and emotions to the web whenever you wish, without having to know anything about HTML or other web technologies. Some let your readers post responses to your entries. You can get an ad-free blog completely free at a number of sites. An easy-to-use one is Diaryland, which has a teenage-looking interface but is customizable.
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Film developers like and camera manufacturers like want you to store your photos on their site because they're hoping to sell you prints, coasters, calendars and so forth. These sites are a great deal. You're not obligated to buy anything, and you get free online photo albums for your friends and relatives to view. |
Forums and chat rooms are both ways for people to talk to each other. Forums are online bulletin boards, where people leave messages that others can read and reply to. Chats are real-time text conversations.