Twitter has become a huge phenomenon and has grown over a thousand percent within the last 12 months, but why? Because it’s like texting with mates, but everyone can see. Already, the noise is getting loud. But, from the initial awe of being able to follow people in real time, it has become a challenge to manage. So what’s next?
Some say video is the next big thing, but that’s been predicted before. People seem to always forget that it is CONVENIENCE and RELEVANCE that makes services on the internet big – and ‘video twittering’ isn’t very convenient and relevant. It’s effort and no one will bother to watch it. That’s why the most popular clips on youtube are the ones that aren’t created ‘virally’, but clips of old tv shows, new tv shows, films, music videos, and some viral hits like ‘evolution of dance’. Just google seesmic, and I will promise you you will get bored after 5 minutes max.
So, what about Friendfeed then?
Friendfeed is, like Bloglines, Feedreader and a content aggregator. It combines all your locations on the internet (flickr, youtube, your blog, twitter, etc.) and creates a ‘lifestream’ of all your activities.
Some predict that it actually will become the next Google – which is a bold statement, but in principle makes sense. Friendfeed has what Google doesn’t – it can connect information directly to the person creating it. It makes people searchable in the best possible way you could think of and is able to interconnect content in a more relevant and engaging way. Out of this, it could become whatever it wants – a search engine, a social ‘meta’ network, everything Google aspires to be.
Is the time ready? I doubt it. Before friendfeed will really gain mass traction, it will suffer from what Google, Facebook and other major hubs of personal information suffered from – a backlash of users realising privacy is actually important. Privacy matters are increasingly on the radar of people concerned about what information goes to who.
Blogging and marketers
Blogs and large corporations have always had a bit of a love-hate relationship. Blogs moved into the spotlight of corporations realizing the power of the medium when engadget’s
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