How Discussion Forums Bring in Business

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Overview: Online discussion groups predate the World Wide Web, and they are as popular as ever with active Internet users, although they now exist in several new as well as traditional formats. They exist on every imaginable specialty topic - doing business in Ireland, writing romance novels, underwater photography, investing in biotechnology - and come in two main varieties. Some, usually called a forum, require participants to go to a place - a Web site, a section on one of the online services, a group on Usenet (a pre-Web segment of the Internet) -- where the most recent postings are available to browse and read. Others, called discussion lists or simply lists, deliver the messages to subscribers by e-mail. The better lists are moderated, to keep the relevance and quality of postings high. These discussion forums and lists focus on relatively specific topic areas and attract participants who are passionate and knowledgeable about that subject.

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Format: HTML | Date: Jan 2003 | Pages: 1

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