The Web : Actors and Technologies

The Web is both a virtual and real space, a world in which we live through nicks and avatars and an interface with businesses and organizations in the real world.

Actors of the Web

The sites and key services they provide to webmasters.

Google.

And all the Google sites.
Anatomy of the search engine.
Knol.

Second Life
A virtual universe that is still expanding.
StreetView.
Yahoo! the success of the collaborative way.
MySpace.
The rise and the decline.
Youtube
Another success story. Best videos.
Facebook
Should us register?
Wolfram Alpha
A search engine that understands the questions.
Bing
The Microsoft's engine vs. Google.
Twitter essentials.
The Dmoz Directory.

Technologies

The basics of Web development and the world of browsers.

Cookies and programming.
MySQL. The database manager of CMS and Web services.
WebGL. 3D in the browser.
WebKit. Rendering engine of Safari and Chrome browsers.

Statistics and data

Key data of the Web.

See also

Alexa. Knowing the traffic of a website.