Freewebs Unveils New Site Blending Best Features of Web Publishing, User-Generated Content and Community.New Design Enables Daily Showcasing of Thousands of Members Furthering the Company's Pledge to Drive Traffic to Their Sites SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Freewebs.com, the Internet's leading free do-it-yourself Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. service, has completed a series of significant advancements for its global base of 12 million users and 17 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. each month. Today's announcement continues Freewebs' progression from a provider of simple and easy site-building tools, to also providing a broad stage upon which site and content creators See content provider. can gain global visibility and traffic. "One message we've heard loud and clear is that people creating websites want their sites to be seen, they want more visitors," said Haroon Mokhtarzada, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Freewebs. "We are making that a big part of our focus." To achieve that, the new look harnesses AJAX technology and modern UI design to streamline the user experience and bring member-created content to the forefront. Leveraging people clouds, tag clouds A tag cloud (or weighted list in visual design) is a visual depiction of content tags used on a website. Often, more frequently used tags are depicted in a larger font or otherwise emphasized, while the displayed order is generally alphabetical. , enhanced search and prominent content promotions on the homepage and other key screens, the new site celebrates the members and is a step forward in Freewebs' commitment to increasing the visibility of their sites, helping to introduce members' sites to the more than 17 million unique visitors who visit Freewebs sites each month. "This is an important day in the history of Freewebs. We are combining our immensely popular Web publishing tools with a new and unique interface that encourages visitors to explore the millions of other sites created by Freewebs members. We are, for the first time, opening the curtain to our millions of sites and connecting 12 million individual members into a true and diverse community," said Shervin Pishevar, Freewebs' president. New Web Publishing Features Accompany New Design Since its inception, the company has committed to delivering a simple and complete toolset to empower members to create a high-quality Web presence. Relying upon its "listen-and-learn" philosophy, Freewebs continuously collects member input to prioritize pri·or·i·tize v. pri·or·i·tized, pri·or·i·tiz·ing, pri·or·i·tiz·es Usage Problem v.tr. To arrange or deal with in order of importance. v.intr. the next features to be delivered. Today's announcement furthers the company's commitment to providing members with the latest site-building features, tools and widgets, all the while ensuring they are simple to use. Specific new features available today include: * Add YouTube Video in a Single Click: Freewebs has added a new "Video Injector" that allows users to insert videos from the popular YouTube site to their Freewebs site with a single mouse click, without leaving their Freewebs page. * Design Made Simple: Users can choose from hundreds of templates in the new tag-based and searchable template picker. AJAX technology makes it a smooth and fun experience. * Create Only Once: Import tools allow users to further centralize cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. their online presence without having to recreate content. Email contacts, blog entries and profiles from other leading Web properties can be imported to Freewebs simply by providing a username The name you use to identify yourself when logging into a computer system or online service. Both a username (user ID) and a password are required. In an Internet e-mail address, the username is the left part before the @ sign. For example, KARENB is the username in karenb@mycompany. and password. All features are currently available at www.freewebs.com, where websites are always free and user-generated content The production of content by the general public rather than by paid professionals and experts in the field. Mostly available on the Web via blogs and wikis, user-generated content refers to material such as the daily news, encyclopedias and other references, movie and product reviews as is celebrated. About Freewebs For everyone with an Internet connection and something to share, Freewebs.com is the free, do-it-yourself website builder Most web site builders are proprietary tools provided by web hosting companies which cater to people who wish to build their own websites without learning the technical aspects of web page production. that guarantees anyone can easily create and share a complete, high-quality website through its versatile Web publishing platform. Today, more than 12 million individuals, groups, organizations and small businesses worldwide use Freewebs to create and host comprehensive websites that include blogs, photos, videos, music, e-commerce and more. The company has received funding from Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Columbia Capital. Founded in 2001, Freewebs is privately held and based in Silver Spring, Md. |
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