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assignment 6- websites that suck

One website that really sucks is the Mrbottles.com. The name by itself is horrible. When i viewed this site i was exspecting something a little different but i was fooled. This site was informational but no one cares about it. The audience is only for people who collect bottles and actually keep up with them. This website gets a bad grade in my book

Assignent 5- Hacker

1) Information that is online containing a lot of my personal details is free to almost anyone. Facebook is an key example of this. So much information is distributed over facebook just from us as users posting it on there. This is information that doesn't take any kind of effort to obtain. All you have to do is simply add a person to your friends list and click away.

2) The type of information that is distributed contains full names, age, date of birth, location, job entitlement, hobbies and photos. A picture can display more information than you know. If you are wearing a shirt with your school name on it or your school is displayed in your background then this shows where you go to school at and other information.

3) Your full name labels exactly who you are and with this information a person can find out information about you by simply asking questions. Your address is your place of residence and this is also where your mail comes. If a person knows where you live they can go through your trash like described in the reading. A cell phone is a great device but if a person attains that number then they can call and get your voice patterns as well as find out information about where you may be located.

Assignment 4

One of the main advantages to posting an ad on Facebook is the fact that many people can pass it along as far as commenting on the ad or reposting it for other friends to see it. The article used the 2010 Nike commercial as a great example. They were able to double their Facebook fan from 1.6 million to 3.1 million and on Facebook that is great increase over one weekend. It also cost a lot less by putting ads on Facebook because others are sharing it instead of the company having to continue to show the same commercial over and over again. The total revenue received is another great advantage.

Some major disadvantages that users may encounter are the low click-through rates. If a person is not paying attention to the advertisement then it will not be clicked on therefore it will not be viewed by the users. Facebook also, in a way, forces the advertisement upon you and that is not generally a good way to advertise something. Users on Facebook are not looking to view ads. They are Facebook for communication with friends and other miscellaneous things. Advertisements are only good on Facebook it they are in commented on by other users so that they are able to be viewed by that user's friends.

Informational

I am a Junior at Appalachian State University. I am currently 20 years old. I am a menber of the track and field team. Track is something that i am very passionate because without it i would not be here and be the person i am today. I have lived the last 7 years without my mother and i continue to do everything i do for her.