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Wikis are far less prevalent than blogs, perhaps because they seem more
like work than play, and they have a more specific purpose, so there are
fewer hosting sites for wikis. Among the ones that exist are Wikia
(wikia.com) and WetPaint (wetpaint.com). It is also harder to search for
wikis than blogs. One way is to use the Wiki Bus Tour, which can be started
at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TourBusStop.
Feeds and syndication
The very large number of blogs and dynamic web sites that are out there pre-
sent a problem to researchers wishing to keep track of them. Certainly, web
browsers have a bookmark feature that allows a browser to return quickly to
a desired site, but it still requires the viewer to explicitly select the bookmark
and go there. Increasingly, therefore, blog sites and other sites with fre-
quently changing content provide what is called a “feed”. More accurately
such a web or blog page has a link on it which points to a special document,
written in a form of Extensible Markup Language (XML) which can be
imported by a feed reader or aggregator. These reader applications, with this
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