Exam 6: Wikis, RSS, Mashups, and Virtual Worlds

RSS feeds can be offered by any site although traditionally they are offered by sites that update content often.

As of July 2008, ____ is the largest and most populated virtual world, with about 550,000 unique visitors per week.

Virtual worlds are like social networking sites on steroids.

The bright ____ RSS icon has permeated practically every media-related site and blog on the Web.

The original wiki site was created with an ____ agenda.

RSS has its roots in the Opera Web browser, which developed an early version of the tool in 1999.

According to Wikipedia's own figures, as of April 2008, over ____ people visit the site each month.

Often, virtual world environments are three dimensional.

The purpose of Wikipedia is to transmit knowledge, not to cause change.

All RSS readers are free for download.

The letters RSS stand for Radical Site Syndication.

Most large media sites have already adopted RSS feeds into their sites, and marketers are finding it useful as well.

When building a site, programmers have to have an understanding of what people are going to do on the site and what's going to motivate them to do it.

In a ____, large numbers of players compete with each other in a virtual world, strive to reach new levels, or amass points in an attempt to win the game or complete specific tasks.

If you're a developer that understands the customer, you're developing a business at the same time you're developing technology.

Wiki sites are collaborative by nature.

On the user side, RSS summaries are displayed through a program called an RSS ____, which accepts the feeds and displays them to the subscriber.

RSS feeds can usually be scheduled to scan for new information once per day.

____ are Web sites or pages that visitors can edit without needing to know any programming code or languages.

Companies use ____ to keep up with competitor news and activities.