The term Document Sharing comes from English and literally means the sharing of documents. In fact, the expression describes a communication channel that many companies today use to make information about products, the industry, or the company available on the Internet. Points of contact for this are so-called document networks, which often also serve as virtual pressrooms. jobspot.at presents the best-known websites for Document Sharing:

10 Websites for Document Sharing

1. Slideshare

Originally, Slideshare only allowed presentations to be uploaded, but that changed quickly due to the service's great success. Today the website is visited by 60 million internet users per month, who share, in addition to presentations, audio files, YouTube videos and much more. Among Slideshare's most famous users are NASA, the White House, UNICEF and well-known companies like Dell, Hewlett Packard and IBM. Recently the sharing platform was chosen as one of the 10 best tools for education & e-learning worldwide. Particularly popular with users is the integration with social networks like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

2. Google Drive

Since Google Docs was renamed Google Drive in 2012, it has been one of the best-known document networks on the Internet. Anyone who registers with Google for free gets access to 15 gigabytes of storage to store or publish a wide variety of documents. These include text documents, spreadsheets, presentations and images in various formats. The respective documents can be viewed and edited by multiple users. Speaking of visibility: of course files can be shared so that they are visible across the web and easily found by search engines (especially Google). Because Google has particularly high reach, Drive is often used by companies for external communication, e.g. distributing press releases.

3. Yumpu

Not as well known as Google Drive but at least equally suitable for publishing purposes is the Yumpu platform. A total of 19,082,561 magazines are currently online, including travel catalogs, customer magazines of large companies and business-to-business magazines. Yumpu impresses with clear design and functionality. PDF files can be converted into magazines with just a few simple steps, which are then accessible to all interested parties on Yumpu. During the conversion of the PDF files attention is also paid to search engine optimization, so that the publications can be quickly found by search robots and displayed accordingly in the search results.

4. Scribd

This platform is sometimes referred to as the "YouTube for documents." Scribd was founded in March 2007, and since then 40 million books and documents of all kinds have already been collected there. The Scribd community is extremely active, as the statistics underline: 80 million readers worldwide access publications posted there every month. The selection is correspondingly large. On the one hand, Scribd offers books and current bestsellers (for registered users); on the other hand, you can find numerous other types of content there, such as magazines, court records, presentations, "how-to" guides, forms, maps and posters. Scribd enjoys a high reputation with search engines, which is why the platform is also popular with companies.

5. Issuu

Issuu — 14 million publications that are accessed and read for free by 70 million people every month. There's plenty of variety, too: 25,000 new documents are added each day. Whether fashion, lifestyle, sports, or information about companies and products, the selection is incredibly large. Conveniently, users can use an attractively designed menu bar to select the thematic area that interests them most. Available categories include Travel, Art & Design, Fashion, Food & Home, Surfing, Wedding, and special recommendations from Issuu staff. Also convenient: the "Stack" feature — where you can save your favorites much like a playlist.

6. Caleméo

On Calameo both private individuals and businesses can publish documents for free and without limits. Simple PDF files are turned into attractive magazines, brochures, or catalogs — depending on the target audience and needs. The publications are stored as so-called flipbooks. Interested readers can simply flip through them with a mouse click, almost like with printed documents. This feature is particularly interesting for companies that want to present their magazines as lifelike as possible. Calaemo has good integration with Facebook and Twitter. The platform is now available in 10 languages.

7. DocDroid

This platform DocDroid is still in beta, but already a genuine all-rounder. DocDroid accepts documents in almost any format. These include: PDF, DOCX, DOC, ODT, RTF, OTT, XLS, XLSX, TXT, PPT, PPTX and ODP. Since the site is still under development, it can be assumed that additional formats will follow. DocDroid stands out for its ease of use and clear design. Great service: readers can decide for themselves in which format they'd like to download the selected publication. Although the platform is not yet very well known, it is nevertheless interesting for companies, since it has considerable growth potential.

8. Competence-Site

NetSkill AG has operated this document network since 2000. As the name suggests, Competence-Site is a platform that primarily targets the business-to-business sector. More than 6,000 experts and 9,000 companies from the fields of management, IT, production, logistics, finance, real estate and law share their expertise on Competence-Site. Current issues are discussed in 100 topic-focused Competence Centers by experts, interested professionals, up-and-comers and decision-makers. The platform, which is visited annually by 1.6 million users, is suitable for any company that wants to position itself competently within its industry.

9. Joomag

The list of companies that trust Joomag is long. It includes well-known names such as IMB, Google, Remax, Stanford University and the American mobile carrier Verizon. In addition, more than 30,000 private individuals publish here. In total, 83,335 publishers worldwide ensure that the latest presentations, white papers, catalogs and press releases are always available on Joomag. Tip: with the handy online editor you can create publications quickly and easily. There is also the option to enhance the text to be published with multimedia elements such as videos and audio files.

10. Whitepapercentral

This document platform is aimed exclusively at the business-to-business sector. Accordingly, the network mainly contains specialist publications in the form of press releases, presentations, white papers and exposés written by experts. Registration at Whitepapercentral is free; the documents are provided in PDF format.