The Evolution of Social Media

By Josh Lyons

Five Social Media Website Categories1. Collaborative Projects2. Blogs3. Virtual Worlds4. Social Networking Websites5. Content Communities

Collaborative Projects

Wiki Wiki Web - 1995

Wikipedia - 2001

Blogs

Open Diary - 1998

Blogger - 1999

WordPress - 2003

Virtual Worlds

Second Life - 2003

World of Warcraft - 2004

Social Networking Sites

MySpace - 2003

LinkedIn - 2003

Facebook - 2004

Content Communities

Flickr - 2004

YouTube - 2005

SlideShare - 2006

This concludes the emergence of the five types of social media websites

Watch the following video to see what social media is as of today:

Social Media Revolution 3