Sturvs
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Sturvs is a Nigerian social bookmarking website
where users can share news articles, music, videos and any other form of web content. It is a web 2.0
sharing and voting website that runs in a social and democratic manner, similar to popular website Digg
, but for Nigerians. Users are given the ability to vote on stories submitted by other users, and the stories with the highest votes make it to the front page. The word "sturvs" is a nigerian slang for "stuff", so basically it is just a place for Nigerians to view and share all their internet stuff.
The website was the first Nigerian social bookmarking
website and one of the first in Africa.
The website has a Facebook application, which was also the first ever Nigerian Facebook application. Another one of Sturvs' services is a search engine (still in beta mode) which was launched in June 2008 and is geared towards finding search results related to Nigeria.
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
where users can share news articles, music, videos and any other form of web content. It is a web 2.0
Web 2.0
The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...
sharing and voting website that runs in a social and democratic manner, similar to popular website Digg
Digg
Digg is a social news website. Prior to Digg v4, its cornerstone function consisted of letting people vote stories up or down, called digging and burying, respectively. Digg's popularity prompted the creation of copycat social networking sites with story submission and voting systems...
, but for Nigerians. Users are given the ability to vote on stories submitted by other users, and the stories with the highest votes make it to the front page. The word "sturvs" is a nigerian slang for "stuff", so basically it is just a place for Nigerians to view and share all their internet stuff.
The website was the first Nigerian social bookmarking
Social bookmarking
Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to organize, store, manage and search for bookmarks of resources online. Unlike file sharing, the resources themselves aren't shared, merely bookmarks that reference them....
website and one of the first in Africa.
The website has a Facebook application, which was also the first ever Nigerian Facebook application. Another one of Sturvs' services is a search engine (still in beta mode) which was launched in June 2008 and is geared towards finding search results related to Nigeria.