What is Social Media?

Before the Internet, the main media types consisted of newspapers, magazines, television, radio, Yellow Pages, and catalogs. 

While many of these media sources are still alive and well today, the Internet has added a new source, one that is called by many people as social media. This InlineSEO.com blog you are currently reading is an example of social media. 

Here are some examples of what social media (like this blog) can do compared to the ’static media’ of the past.

You can interact with it, find all past articles, search it easily, read it anytime you want, view text, audio and video all from one source, and it will be updated nearly instantly whenever changes are made.

Social media is often also called Web 2.0 and it brings with it interactivity. The many forums, bookmarking sites, and blogs on the Internet are examples of social media.