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How to build your own internet empire by Robert Steers
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How to build your own internet empire |
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Website Design,Business,Website Promotion
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Now there are a thousand programs that you can buy, re-purpose, develop and change to create almost anything you might care to build. Facebook was crafted from PHP and Javascript, now there are open source programs you can use to create your own social network that won't cost you anything. Your Own Facebook/MySpace Creating a social network around your brand is probably the direction most businesses will try to take over the next 5 years. Whether that is on Facebook or on their own website, it is the best way to connect their brands with the users. WordPress mu has now been folded into just straight WordPress. Ning isn't free, but it is a pretty good, low cost, social networking platform. Groups like The Plain White Ts use it to connect with their fans. Joomla and Com Builder are probably a little more advanced than the previous two, and really only for those that have some development knowledge and skill. However they are free, and very powerful. Your Own eBay There are a plethora of open source auction scripts out there. However the one with the most promise is probably WeBid. It comes standard with all the things you would need to get started, templates, pricing structures and an easy to use admin section. Your own Digg. Reddit code is open source, but not really for the faint of heart. It does have a great community of developers working around it, but you need more than a basic idea of what you are doing. Your Own Mashable If you wanted to create something like Mashable, again you would turn to WordPress. It already has all the different author levels built in, with plugins that can help with quality control, spam protection etc. Online Forums Again, open online communication is going to be key for brands over the next 10 years. Scripts like SMF offer you the chance to have an online forum for your business. You could use it to build a forum on the latest in car building trends. The possibilities are actually endless. Your own Google You could use Google's custom search but this is restricted to a search of only 3000 websites, which is still big enough for most people, but not big enough to create a complete search engine. Also, of course, you are restricted to Google's own engine. Your own Twitter Probably the most complete is Status.net, with a good range of themes and plugins for you to choose from. Your own Craigslist/Gumtree Some cPanel/Fantastico systems come with a free classifieds program called Noahs Classifieds. They claim that NOAH is the fastest growing Classifieds Platform on the Web. It comes with sub.categories, custom fields and e-commerce to charge to post. OSClass is another fairly complete classifieds program, with the added bonus that it is open source. Your own Realestate.com.au/Domain.com.au Again, cPanel comes with Open Realty, which has, integrated blogging and lead capture. Combine this with commercial add-ons such as IDX data importer, RETS data importer, and advanced Google map integration and you have all tools needed to have a top real estate website in your market. Your own Wikipedia Choosing the right wiki platform for you comes down to what you want, and how capable you are of building the templates yourself. At Creative Development we work hard to create sales for our clients. This is an article created by us to highlight SEO Sydney. We are a marketing agency that creates world class Web Design Sydney.
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