Not 2.0?: “More immediately, Web 2.0 is the era when people have come to realize that it’s not the software that enables the web that matters so much as the services that are delivered over the web. Web 1.0 was the era when people could think that Netscape (a software company) was the contender for [...]
Sharecropping the long tail: Nicholas Carr Carr argues here that the aggregation of trivial items from individuals is creating massive value for businesses such as MySpace and Facebook (combined the two sites account for 17% of all page views in November 2006) and suggests the explosion of web content has been brought about through a [...]
Time’s person of the year: you : Lev Grossman In 2006, Time magazine awarded “you” the Person of the Year award. They did this in recognition of the new reality of web 2.0 and the manner in which people around the world were sharing all manner of information for free. “The new Web is a [...]
The economic value of user contributions to Internet sites: Andy Oram Useful starting point where the author points out that many Internet businesses have huge valuations with only small amounts of physical assets on their balance sheet. “The phenomenon of building a business on user-provided data is not completely new (for instance, a colleague reminded [...]
A hallmark of a successful Web 2.0 business is their ability to focus on what it is the consumer, or end user, wants rather than on how they’re going to make money out of an idea. As Marissa Mayer points out in a short video entitled Users, Not Money, the best strategy is to focus [...]
Many people, often confused and dazed by the speed of Internet technology, are asking what’s after Web 2.0? Well ask no longer. Here’s the answer. It’s an amazingly insightful, although light-hearted, glimpse into the future.
I’ve read, heard, and seen lots about the power of blogs. They provide us with the tools to be an author, critic, and publisher – you name it, it can be done with a blog. Sure, I buy into that part of the story. If it makes someone feel better to tap away at a [...]