What do you think is the next big web phenomena?

asim said:
I pose a serious question to you all.

I'm currently doing research into present and emerging web technology/services based around Web 2.0 (collaboration and sharing of information).

I've seen social networking sites make a big leap in the past few years and feel like it may have reached its peak, which means there maybe something new with an updated social and collaborative feel that could be seen in the next few years.

I'd like to know what you the people, users of the internet feel is the next major explosion on the web that we will not be able to do without.

Asim
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Doing research arund a silly buzzword? I pity you :p

Socialisation on the web will never stop since that's what humans do, it'll just continue getting easier prompting new buzzwords and over-analysis ;)

Then again I'm just a cynical, emotionless person :p

I come to this place for the awesome talent and people, and also to offer advice in HG&P etc :)
 
Beansprout said:
I come to this place for the awesome talent and people, and also to offer advice in HG&P etc :)
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It's a damn shame we need advice that outdoes Paint :p ;)


/runs
 
Beansprout said:
Doing research arund a silly buzzword? I pity you :p

Socialisation on the web will never stop since that's what humans do, it'll just continue getting easier prompting new buzzwords and over-analysis ;)

Then again I'm just a cynical, emotionless person :p

I come to this place for the awesome talent and people, and also to offer advice in HG&P etc :)
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Apparently you know a small number of people like social networking something like 80 million on myspace. :p

I'm looking for something new and different, not just the continous socialising sites, but rather a service that people actually want rather than a site fully focused on social networking. I mean some base them on providing content.

www.panjea.com is one I noticed earlier that lets people sell their music or videos and they keep 85% of the revenue.
 
asim said:
I'm looking for something new and different, not just the continous socialising sites, but rather a service that people actually want rather than a site fully focused on social networking. I mean some base them on providing content.

www.panjea.com is one I noticed earlier that lets people sell their music or videos and they keep 85% of the revenue.
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Trust me when I find it I'll send a jet to pick you up :D
 
Metadata and open data-exchange in general - the Semantic Web.

Rather than the Web being about using a traditional browser to visit a static page providing a singular source of information, I think we'll see a much stronger movement towards being focused on collating and presenting multiple data sources together in inventive ways. See: Piggy Bank.

I believe the browser (and websites) will have much less of a role in how we access the Web - it will just be one interface into online data. For example, last.fm have their own desktop applications for interfacing with the service - the website no longer acts as the sole gateway.

I think there'll be greater tie-in with desktop applications:
  • A music player that fetches lyrics for the current track, latest gig photographs from flickr, bio from Wikipedia, tour dates, recommended listening, related blog posts and so on.
  • A forum posting application that recommends threads you might like on your subscribed forums, produces related information about the thread you're currently contributing to...
 
asim said:
I'd like to know what you the people, users of the internet feel is the next major explosion on the web that we will not be able to do without.
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smellovision *nods* it'll revolutionise smutty subscription sites :)
 
It seems community sites are big atm, Myspace and Youtube are good examples of this. Both these site are Hugh now and probably making millions. All you need is an idea and someone too develop it.

And some monster servers :D
 
I had an idea of doing a site revolved around hobbies as I thought that would be interesting for people. Then I realised a lot of people don't have hobbies and most people would rather pimp their self than a hobby on the internet :p
 
William said:
I think there is an MMO where you do /pizza and it goes to the Dominoes website. :-/
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Yup. Everquest 2 does, although can't remember if it goes to Dominos or a different pizza site. It only works in the USA afaik.
 
Mik3 said:
It seems community sites are big atm, Myspace and Youtube are good examples of this. Both these site are Hugh now and probably making millions. All you need is an idea and someone too develop it.
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Last time I heard, YouTube were throwing investor's money down the drain like it's no man's business. Their monthly bandwidth bills alone reach well into the millions, and I doubt they are making a profit through CPC adverts alone.

If things are still like that, I doubt they will survive much longer. Especially now that they're facing a shed load of legal proceedings over copyrighted material.
 
Al Vallario said:
Last time I heard, YouTube were throwing investor's money down the drain like it's no man's business. Their monthly bandwidth bills alone reach well into the millions, and I doubt they are making a profit through CPC adverts alone.

If things are still like that, I doubt they will survive much longer. Especially now that they're facing a shed load of legal proceedings over copyrighted material.
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I thought they where doing well :eek: Whats the news on Myspace?
 
Mik3 said:
I thought they where doing well :eek:
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Far from it. They run a fantastic operation, and have a large portion of the online video market share to their name (I've heard figures around the 60% mark thrown back and forth), but as far as businesses go they are not at all successful. At the moment they are relying on an investment of $11.5m from venture capital firm Sequoia Capital (who invested in Google back in the day, apparently). In actual fact, it wasn't until this March that they began looking at trying to make the service profitable, with the implementation of Google ads. Three months ago Forbes magazine estimated their bandwidth costs at about $1m/month, and the number of visitors has doubled since that estimate was calculated.

YouTube are not profitable at the moment, and won't be for a considerable amount of time. In interviews they have sounded confident that things will turn around - they are looking for the "right" way to make money out of their market share. At the rate they're going, they'll be up for a second bout of funding soon, and I think they'll have to be a bit more convincing than that if they want to stay alive!


Mik3 said:
Whats the news on Myspace?
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I'm not sure there are any solid figures, but from what I've read MySpace are (very) profitable, and back in November 2005 they expected Myspace to "gross $30 million to $40 million this year." Regardless of whether they're making a profit or not, considering they were bought out by News Corporation last year for $580m, they aren't exactly going to collapse any time soon :)
 
Augmented said:
A music player that fetches lyrics for the current track, latest gig photographs from flickr, bio from Wikipedia, tour dates, recommended listening, related blog posts and so on.
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Amarok already does most of this :)
 
Una said:
Amarok already does most of this :)
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This is what makes new projects difficult because it looks as if just when you think you have a new idea someone has already done it. Creating something requires you to go beyond current expectations.
 
This generation's web phenomena was Google. It now serves as nearly every thing for the web. It'll cater for anything you need online.

Next generation? Perhaps more interaction. Like for example, 3D images, live content, smell touch and taste.

Possiblilities are endless.
 
Al Vallario said:
I'm not sure there are any solid figures, but from what I've read MySpace are (very) profitable, and back in November 2005 they expected Myspace to "gross $30 million to $40 million this year." Regardless of whether they're making a profit or not, considering they were bought out by News Corporation last year for $580m, they aren't exactly going to collapse any time soon :)
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Did Myspace start as a one man venture? It seemed to have popped up over night.

Me and my brother did some work for a small discount hotel site and travel site, they purchesed a massive user database and now their one of the largest travel sites in the UK. My brother got a job with them.
 
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