Research

I sat in the library for about 4 hours today trying to make my presentation look professional. Having never done one before at Falmouth I was slightly worried about how it would compare and be marked against all of the others so I left it simple using one of the page patterns the program offers.

I research WEB 2.0 in the library using both the books and internet and was able to come up with some quite useful stuff. I combined both the notes, I was given in class and what I had found out, and was able to create a clear understanding of Web 2.0 in my presentation.

I then looked in to Horse and Riders website and made notes of all the ways they are using Web 2.0; including screen shots etc. I joined their face book groups, you tube, twitter etc, so that I was able to use the most up to date information in my case study.

Although they do use Web 2.0 they don’t use it to its full potential. With You Tube they post the videos, and although you are allowed to comment and post video responses, there is no way of uploading your own videos on to the site; or even there home site.

Twitter is obviously a good use of Web 2.0. It has 1994 followings and 1783 followers, one of them now being me! They also have a face book page, with 359 members. You are obviously allowed to use it as you would any other page; Posting links, photos and comments etc.

There are places on the website where you can put your horse up for sale and links to other websites with a variety of equestrian things for sale.

The forums are also a good use of Web 2.0, however, they are monitored strictly. Regardless of this there are 3319 topics, 1547 posts and 405 members.

There are also links mentioning the magazine on the website and also information in the magazine about the website and various other things online.