I originally posted this article last year, but the information is still good.<\/p>\n
A lot has changed since I started this site in 1996, including the web — back then websites where static pages with a couple of images and links, and only geeks like myself knew how to make them.<\/p>\n
Now there are lots of web sites where YOU<\/strong> can share your cicada photos and video. Now you<\/strong> can write about your cicada discoveries on a blog, read other cicada blogs, or share cool cicada web sites with the world using bookmarking sites like Digg and del.icio.us. The web is now all about you<\/strong> (and the cicadas you find). The power is in your hands: start sharing your cicadas!<\/p>\n Flickr<\/a><\/strong>: Flickr is a web site where you can post and share your digital photos. You can also connect with other photographers and people with similar interests. It’s a fun site. When you post your cicada photos, don’t forget to tag <\/em> them with tags like “cicada”, “broodxiv<\/em>“, “Magicicada”, “17year”, “periodical”, etc. Don’t forget to include geographic information in the descriptions.<\/em><\/p>\n Panoramio<\/a><\/strong>: Panoramio is a photo sharing site like Flickr, but it places your photos in Google Maps, which is really cool. <\/p>\n As of 2008 Flickr lets you upload videos too.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n YouTube<\/a>:<\/strong> You’ve heard of YouTube, haven’t you? It’s a great site where you can upload your videos and share them with the world. Like Flickr, don’t forget to tag<\/em> your cicada video with cool tags like “17year”, “cicadas”, “broodxiv”, and include geographic information in the description.<\/p>\n Others: MySpace videos, Veoh<\/a>, Metacafe<\/a> (has a family filter), Google Video<\/a> (upload longer videos than with YouTube), Dailymotion<\/a>, Yahoo Video<\/a> (has SafeSearch) etc. Again the important thing is to look for a service that will allow to to send links to your videos and embed them in web pages. <\/p>\n You have a Blog, don’t you? If you don’t, it’s never too late to start! Blogger<\/a>, LiveJournal<\/a>, WordPress<\/a>, Typepad<\/a>, and of course MySpace<\/a>. Best of all, they’re free to use! So why not?<\/p>\n The homepage of this site is a blog — if you notice, it’s composed of multiple posts about cicadas. Blogs aren’t like other websites, because they’re updated frequently and they’re composed of a series of posts. This series of post is known as a feed, which is available as both an xml file and the webpage you’re reading (too technical, I know…). Blog Search Engines<\/strong> are like regular search engines, but they’re adapted specifically to search blogs. Now, you’ve found a cool cicada website — you want to share it, and you want to remember it. <\/p>\n del.icio.us<\/a> is my favorite bookmarking site. I can bookmark sites at work and then check them out later on my home computer, or at a friend’s house.<\/p>\n Digg<\/a> is a super-popular forum where you can share and vote on (digg\/bury) links. I read it every day.<\/p>\n StumbleUpon<\/a> is a cool site and toolbar for your web browser. The toolbar will suggest cool sites for you to try. I’ve “stumbled upon” many cool sites using StumbleUpon. <\/p>\n More to explore: Furl<\/a>, ma.gnolia<\/a>, Newsvine<\/a>, reddit<\/a>, Simpy<\/a>, Spurl<\/a>, Yahoo MyWeb<\/a>, Google bookmarks<\/a>, Fark<\/a>…<\/p>\n You don’t have to use these resources for just cicadas, but I’d be disappointed if you didn’t use them at all. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I originally posted this article last year, but the information is still good. A lot has changed since I started this site in 1996, including the web — back then websites where static pages with a couple of images and links, and only geeks like myself knew how to make them. 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Share Your Cicada Video:<\/h1>\n
Blog Your Cicada Stories:<\/h1>\n
Reading & Searching Blogs:<\/h1>\n
\n Blog Readers<\/strong> let you subscribe to blog feeds — subscribe to enough feeds and you can build your own virtual newspaper made up of the stories and news you care about (like cicadas). <\/p>\n\n
Sharing the sites, video and images you find on the web:<\/h1>\n