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Dirik Hameed
Elgg is an open source social networking platform and was voted the best of its kind in 2008. It allows you to create a social hub for education or your company. It may be an academic institution or a niche industry. You need not be concerned that a third party will suddenly close down your service for no apparent reason. It includes a Profiles section, Blogging, Social Bookmarking and Activity. Elgg cloud hosting offers overall control in a private cloud server. Building trust amongst members in one's community takes time. These trusting communities are very valuable. When a third party has the power to remove this community from you for no apparent reason this can cause some genuine concern. Elgg cloud hosting allows the user to import the valuable data about the community as well as to have it migrated to your servers. There is a lot of flexibility with the platform that allows the user to customize the components. The profiles can be tailored to meet the needs of the audience. This is useful in locating other people who share similar goals. The possibilities are increased for joining forces in collaborative projects. Common factors can be identified in job responsibilities and locations. There are limitless profile variations that can be developed in this social media platform. Real time updates are provided on channel, site and group activity. This is an invaluable feature because it allows you to target where the action is taking place and how you can benefit from it. It allows you to target where you need to be spending your valuable time in order to better develop your relationships. The frequency of activity will help you to ascertain what academic institution to collaborate with. You can extend your network to other campuses. The sharing of content is as simple as uploading files and images. The just need to be tagged so that others in the community can comment. You can also create a photo album for your community, add your news services with RSS feed and add videos from You Tube to a video library. The video library can be yours or the groups. You are essentially creating a similar community as you would have on a popular platform like Facebook but it cannot be shut down. You are the person or your outsourcer who controls the admin panel. No one will be telling you how you run your community. You are creating a social media site that will be one without unpleasant surprises. The innovative social media platform offers some SEO friendly themes. The names include the Redpod where the tricolors of grey, red and white are used, the Greenpod where black, green and white is used and the Blackpod and Fashion theme. The basic color themes are generic and suitable for most people to adopt. Elgg can be hosted on Amazon Cloud as well as several other hosting companies such as Arvixe and HostUpon. Cloud computing is still in its infancy. For Cloud computing you can pay per hour also if you need the extra Cloud power for testing and development. When that is done then you can remove the Cloud. Elgg cloud hosting provides the user with overall control. A growing number of companies and institutions have a desire to create their own social media platforms and do not wish to have a third party controlling their content and database. The Elgg platform provides them with freedom from intrusive third parties.
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