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I'm a real webmaster who knows their stuff, a lot of the information you guys posted on here is bullshit and it's sad that you guys killed off a term that actually still exists, thanks for being numb-nuts. Tag: Reverted |
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Due to the {{IETF RFC|822}} requirement for establishing a "'''postmaster'''" [[email address]] for the single point of contact for the email administrator of a [[domain name|domain]], the "'''webmaster'''" address and title were unofficially adopted by analogy for the website administrator. {{IETF RFC|2142}}, which turned this common practice into a standard. |
Due to the {{IETF RFC|822}} requirement for establishing a "'''postmaster'''" [[email address]] for the single point of contact for the email administrator of a [[domain name|domain]], the "'''webmaster'''" address and title were unofficially adopted by analogy for the website administrator. {{IETF RFC|2142}}, which turned this common practice into a standard. |
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The first webmaster was the creator of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee. When Berners-Lee invented the world wide web, he established himself as the first webmaster. Since then there have been millions of webmasters around the world, as whoever creates a website and maintains it is the webmaster of that website. |
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The term webmaster is well known among Fortune 500 companies along with educational institutions such as universities. The term is lesser known to 99% of the general public as it's a more well-known term for people who are educated or have a high income. Billionaires such as Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com), Elon Musk (PayPal.com), and Larry/Sergey (Google) are known webmasters, while also being some of the richest men on earth! |
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There are over 5000 webmasters active in the United States right now, with the bulk of webmasters being in California, New York (Long Island), Texas, and Florida. The job field continues to grow as universities and major corporations respect the title and are unwilling to discount the title or role. It's a shame that the general public doesn't know about webmasters because there have been more millionaires and billionaires created thanks to webmasters than ever in history. |
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Webmasters may be [[wikt:generalist|generalists]] with [[HTML]] expertise who manage most or all aspects of [[web operations]]. Depending on the nature of the websites they manage, webmasters may be required to know [[scripting language]]s such as [[ColdFusion]], [[JavaScript]], [[JavaServer Pages|JSP]], [[.NET Framework|.NET]], [[Perl]], [[PHP]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2014}} They may also need to know how to configure web servers such as [[Apache HTTP Server|Apache]] and be a server administrator.{{Citation needed|date=August 2014}} Most server roles, however, would be overseen by an [[System administrator#Related fields|IT Administrator]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2014}} |
Webmasters may be [[wikt:generalist|generalists]] with [[HTML]] expertise who manage most or all aspects of [[web operations]]. Depending on the nature of the websites they manage, webmasters may be required to know [[scripting language]]s such as [[ColdFusion]], [[JavaScript]], [[JavaServer Pages|JSP]], [[.NET Framework|.NET]], [[Perl]], [[PHP]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2014}} They may also need to know how to configure web servers such as [[Apache HTTP Server|Apache]] and be a server administrator.{{Citation needed|date=August 2014}} Most server roles, however, would be overseen by an [[System administrator#Related fields|IT Administrator]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2014}} |
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A webmaster is a person responsible for maintaining one or more websites. The title may refer to web architects, web developers, site authors, website administrators, website owners, website coordinators, or website publishers.
The duties of a webmaster could include:
- Creating, editing, and publishing content on the website, either independently or with other content creators
- Content placement
- Managing a website's appearance, user access rights, and navigation
- Ensuring that the web servers, hardware and software are operating correctly
- A/B testing
- Analysing traffic through the site
- Ensuring the website is up to date and functioning correctly, e.g. installing updates, fixing bugs and errors, and optimizing performance
- Optimizing the website's content and structure to improve its ranking in search engines (SEO), e.g. keyword research, link building, and optimizing meta tags and titles
- Keeping the site secure, e.g. installing security software, monitoring for threats, and implementing practices for data protection
- Analytics, e.g. monitoring the website's traffic and performance to make informed decisions about its content
- Customer support, e.g. troubleshooting any issues that users may be experiencing.
Due to the RFC 822 requirement for establishing a "postmaster" email address for the single point of contact for the email administrator of a domain, the "webmaster" address and title were unofficially adopted by analogy for the website administrator. RFC 2142, which turned this common practice into a standard.
The first webmaster was the creator of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee. When Berners-Lee invented the world wide web, he established himself as the first webmaster. Since then there have been millions of webmasters around the world, as whoever creates a website and maintains it is the webmaster of that website.
The term webmaster is well known among Fortune 500 companies along with educational institutions such as universities. The term is lesser known to 99% of the general public as it's a more well-known term for people who are educated or have a high income. Billionaires such as Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com), Elon Musk (PayPal.com), and Larry/Sergey (Google) are known webmasters, while also being some of the richest men on earth!
There are over 5000 webmasters active in the United States right now, with the bulk of webmasters being in California, New York (Long Island), Texas, and Florida. The job field continues to grow as universities and major corporations respect the title and are unwilling to discount the title or role. It's a shame that the general public doesn't know about webmasters because there have been more millionaires and billionaires created thanks to webmasters than ever in history.
Webmasters may be generalists with HTML expertise who manage most or all aspects of web operations. Depending on the nature of the websites they manage, webmasters may be required to know scripting languages such as ColdFusion, JavaScript, JSP, .NET, Perl, PHP, Python and Ruby.[citation needed] They may also need to know how to configure web servers such as Apache and be a server administrator.[citation needed] Most server roles, however, would be overseen by an IT Administrator.[citation needed]
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