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Person responsible for maintaining one or many websites

A webmaster is a person responsible for maintaining one or many websites. The title may refer to web architects, web developers, site authors, website administrators, website owners, website coordinators, or website publishers. The term is sometimes used in the tongue-in-cheek feminine form webmistress. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: WebmasterA 5-minute orientation
  2. Pick up a classic book: The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of FacebookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  3. Read the landmark paper: Improving web accessibility: a study of webmaster perceptionsCited 209 times
  4. Go sideways: Search engine optimizationA closely related topic
  5. Go sideways: GooglebotA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A person responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining a website or websites.

Verb To design, develop and maintain a website.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. History
  2. Modern evolution

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

📚 Books worth reading

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