The Web Economy/05

Content Is King
This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Topics

 * There are some sites that attracts alot of traffic due to its content . They may not be the first movers, but they are visited for their content and soon become tops such as wikipedia.
 * Possessing knowledge makes one king. It is the Knowledge economy. Those who does not know cannot really possess content.
 * There are those that generate content through networking or a viral community.
 * Huge content pools may not appeal to most people. But they possesss a long tail such as in the case of Amazon.com.
 * Many are copycats of others' contents. They do not produce or solicit responses and so end up at the bottom of the well.

Discussion

 * Name a site that uses content to attract you.
 * How does the site makes you return again?
 * Compare and differentiate between such a site with another site that you often visit.
 * More and more sites know about the content game. Are there anything new they must do to be better at it?

Activities

 * Publish your works in an attractive manner in your user page, stating your own views and findings providing links to your sources. Use the talk page here to score marks.
 * Create or edit sub-pages of course materials within wikiversity.
 * Discuss in the forum (link shall be provided) by offering your ideas and answering or comment on others' postings.

Links to Student Notes
(Provided by Students - subject to edit ranking by tutor)

Notable Links to Resources
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Sub-Pages
(Done in wikiversity as course material by the students under the guidance of the tutor)

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