Introduction to Zones and Social Networking

Here at Helium we are excited to introduce our latest products. We’ve taken everything our users have been begging us for and put them into the form of Zones and Social Networking. Instead of a conventional user manual, we've decided to teach you through a community of Zones. How easy is that?

What are Zones?

Zones are comprehensive pages that Helium members create as one-stop overviews of a topic. You can add your own text and images to a Zone and also add content from Helium, YouTube, Flicker, Google Maps, weather-forecasting sites, polls and charts, and a wide variety of other web sources.

Why Create a Zone?

Zones are for everyone, whether you’re a newcomer to the Internet or a  savvy web surfer.  While there are almost limitless possibilities and uses for Zones, all of them feature:

• User-friendly Operation - Mashing up cool content from many different sources doesn’t get any easier. The built-in tools and widgets make it easy to grab legally offered content from Helium and the web.
• Instant links and traffic to pages - Take advantage of the power of Helium, which attracts hundreds of  thousands of visitors each day and is always growing. Links from Helium to your Zone guarantee traffic. Links from your Zone to Helium help the site grow even more robust!
• Great Search Engine Optimization (SEO) value - Already got a website for your business? Create a Zone to drive traffic to your existing site. Don't have your own website yet? Creating a Zone webpage is really simple - get on the information superhighway now!
• Fresh content - Never suffer from blog writer's block again! If you're looking for something new to add to your Zone, you can pick from close to a million debates and articles on Helium. But Zones also allow you to include the world of the web beyond Helium: Set up a feed from Delicious, get updated weather and forecasts, automatically refreshed news blocks, YouTube videos and much, much more.

Examples of Zones

Ready to start a Zone of your own? Before you dive in, check out the examples below, which show some of the ways you can use a Zone.

>>If you've written a lot of articles on Helium or anywhere else on the Internet, you might want to create a Writer Portfolio. Finally, there's an easy way to showcase all of your work in one spot.

>>Want to share your passion for a particular subject? This Grandparents Zone is a great example of what happens when you gather together all types of articles and content in one place.

>>Help increase traffic to your company's website and heighten your presence on the Internet by creating a Company Zone.