When trade and community freedom starts to cost, click on! Written by M6.net
Ecommerce is product, and 'dotcom' greed, waste; and in it's wake is strewn a vibrant internet community, oozing a strong passionate flow of community and trade presence. Fear from dotcom 'crash', due to over priced and underachieving Internet ventures, has pushed many businesses, in panic mode, to close down their Net products, and re-open them at a cost. This blinkered attitude, stoked by a need to make Net pay, has these companies trying to turn Internet into a closed trading arena, charging people on entry. It is a fanciful idea to think that Internet can be a closed medium, left to authoritarianism of a few greedy misguided entities, hell bent on creating closed money farms. The Internet is still a place in which to find freedom to trade, get involved in community activities, and push oneself in a pioneering way. To observe true Internet success, one must meet internet savvy people. With their new global passion, they encourage 'visitors' to share their ideas and thoughts through written content, dotted around Net on their own websites or free content sites. Unfortunately Internet was exploited early on by 'get-rich-quick' opportunists, financed by 'investment return' hungry backers, who very quickly saw potential for so little cost; and hijacked them to be used as tools in next consumer revolution. Fortunately though, what opportunists chose to ignore, to their peril, was that THESE consumer types were not consumers in-confirmation, they were only 'potential' consumers, and still very private people being 'home-invaded'. These were real people in a private environment, being themselves. This was vital picture they missed, signpost they missed while cruising at dangerous high speeds. When people use internet they are in an environment where THEY are 'in control', able to defend them selves against obtrusive 'opportunists'. They would now have to be 'wooed'. People seek communities offline, so why should it be different online. Local, global, real time, interactive, informative and social, traits of 'community'. These people do not come together on internet only to buy, this is generally last thing on their minds, stats show that people come online, in majority, to socialise. These social outlets have been targeted by Opportunist and Co. as next entry fee based Ecommerce centres. Internet users must be shown it's easy to keep web free for all to use. One only has to think about a subject and go searching for information on it. The moment an opportunist tries to make money by selling you information, just continue your search for community that wants to share your passion, for free.
| | Net novice no moreWritten by M6.net
A relative novice when it came to Internet, not too long ago I didn’t have a clue where to start when trying to create a website or why I had need for one. Luckily though, with time and practice, it became apparent. Having a website has advantages, providing solutions to a wide range of everyday problems. Websites can be used as a personal identity to promote you or what you offer, to world, be it global, local or personal. Web hosting, where one puts a web presence and stores it along with pictures, pages and 'tricks'. As a novice I felt need to have things explained to me in simplest of terms and I know I’m not alone. For all those out there who quietly sink into their seats when friends or colleagues start discussing "Net", I am going to explain to you, what web hosting is. Simply. The web page. This is a document file, created by a web Editor software such as FrontPage or DreamWeaver. It is your first step, this is page you will view. It will hold your pictures, your logos, your text, your links to other places and your Internet 'tricks and fancies'. You then need to create your content, as above, pictures, logos, text etc. Once compiled, as you have with other computer design programs, you need to take images and web pages and find a web host. This a service provider that offers space for your 'Net presence'. Now ...once you have negotiated a 'rent' for your presence on providers land (his servers), you will need to "move in". You will be given key, a secret password and ID that only you will know, which will unlock your "plot" of web presence.
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