Web Sites that may define the next internet decade
Posted on July 4, 2008
Filed Under business opportunities, starting up |
Recently I’ve been looking at some other things on this blog, but this post is dedicated to websites and web 2.0 companies that are growing and are likely to have a defining effect in the coming years .
I’m looking at online businesses that one way or the other have either introduced a new paradigm or have added a new twist to an already established concept. As with all such posts and lists there is no guarantee that these one’s will make it over the others. But since I’ve been around for quite a while, and I’ve done a lot to keep my eye open to things that will attract the average internet user, I’m sure these sites really stand a good chance. So here comes my list …
At the top of my list is Page Flakes. I’ve got one word - Amazing. Its nice attractive, and I simply like the concept behind this web site. Its got a whole lot of tools and ‘pageflakes’ to make it a breeze, and it loads pretty fast. Its been around for a bit, and has taken its own fair share of criticism . But its basically pulled ahead of the usual one-hit, start-up wonders on the internet.
Alexa Rank : 30, 461
Next up is Eye Spot . So what’s so special about EyeSpot ? In my opinion as bandwidth supply increases, especially with the huge attention online videos are getting , services like this will continue to grow. Providing platforms that allow users to carry out work on the internet rather than on their desktops is the way to go. As a matter of fact I believe that eventually most software companies will need to host their own software themselves, allowing users to work on the web most of the time.
Alexa Rank : 32 208
Then Popurl . The web is quickly becoming clogged with websites offering the ‘hottest’ , ‘latest’ , ‘newest’ information, pictures, video clips etc. Sometimes everyone gets a bit tired of having to drop by all these different sites to get this information. Popurl puts everything in one place for you allowing you to get all your information from the various social media sites on one page. As more social media sites pop up, with interesting diversity and strong appeal to web surfers , web sites like popurl may not just be useful , but may become a necessity.
Alexa Rank : 61 548
Stumpedia - the Human powered search engine. So Google rules the search world, no one’s arguing with that. A while ago I had this bright flash, to build a search engine thats based on user submissions, and then I discovered that I was a bit late. Stumpedia had already developed it and so I went over and joined. It isn’t so big now, but as user generated content increases, and it becomes a source of traffic, no matter how small, it’s bound to explode at some point. Yes I’ve got another idea for better searches but that will wait for some other day
Alexa Rank : 83 707
So why have I chosen to show just the alexa ranks? simply to indicate growing popularity and the fact that these websites are actually on their way up.
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Nice post, agree with all of your picks although PageFlakes is quite old. I have a couple more:
Zopa: P2P lending. This is already taking off and they have a US competitior, Prosper.
NewsCred: News based on quality, not popularity. Isn’t that a must as social news sites mature?
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Thanks a lot William. Looked into the 2 sites you mentioned - really cool. I put page flakes because of its scalability and what it can become in the future if its huge potential is tapped into. Thanks for commenting
Stumpedia is pretty sweet. I am really excited to see where that goes. Even if it doesn’t do much for your site now, its still nice that whatever you want to add is instantly accepted into the database.
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