E-Commerce The Social Shopping Faceoff Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus It's no accident that Time magazine choose YOU as their Person of the Year. In 2006, the Web was all about the social. User generated content was king this year - and the Time editor in chief is betting that the impact of this will be felt for years to come. In this article, just in time for… Alex Iskold View comments
web 2007 Web Predictions Written by Richard MacManus, Ebrahim Ezzy, Emre Sokullu, Alex Iskold and Rudy De Waele. Also John Milan wanted to contribute, but unfortunately got caught up in the Seattle storm - so best wishes to John and all our Seattle readers. In our previous post we reviewed the Web trends of 2006, noting trends such as the hyper-growth of social… Richard MacManus View comments
Search Ask X - New UI for Ask.com Secretly Launched Tonight I stumbled upon what appears to be a brand new User Interface for Ask.com. I was doing some searches on Ask.com, when I noticed a link in the top right asking me to try out something called Ask X. Screenshot below: When I clicked on the link, it regenerated my original query using a new interface - labeled Ask X. The following 3-pane… Richard MacManus View comments
Statistics The Shrinking Long Tail - Top 10 Web Domains Increasing in Reach Last week I was following the De-Portalization of the Internet thread, started by Fred Wilson and then extended by Keith Teare. I was struck by one observation in particular by Fred: "I don't have the data to prove it, but my guess is if you looked at the percent of all pageviews that are generated each month, a much smaller portion exist on… Richard MacManus View comments
Publishing Services Digg Goes Multimedia - Launches New Video, Podcasting Features Popular social news site Digg has announced a number of new features in anticipation of the new year, including a beta podcasting service and enhanced video on the site. Digg says the aim of the new features is to make Digg a more inviting environment for new users, in line with Digg's business imperative to broaden their audience beyond its… Richard MacManus View comments