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Introduction to Online Organizing

What is all this stuff anyway?

Definitions and Concepts

  • RSS - RSS Primer: One Page Quick Introduction to Rich Site Summary/Real Simple Syndication (interchangeable terms)
  • Google PageRank: PageRank reflects Google's view of the importance of web pages by considering more than 500 million variables and 2 billion terms. Pages they believe are important pages receive a higher PageRank and are more likely to appear at the top of the search results. PageRank also considers the importance of each page that casts a vote, as votes from some pages are considered to have greater value, thus giving the linked page greater value.
  • New Media - Interactive digital media, such as the Internet, as opposed to traditional media such as print and television
Introductory Resources