Archive for October, 2006

  The guys over at Techcrunch pointed me to the release of a personalized (and customizable) search engine offered to site owners and bloggers by Google. The whole idea seems strangely similar to what they’ve already had for localized (one’s own website) and web search, but perhaps there’s something going on there that has been [...]

Greetings to all you web 2.0 enthusiasts. You probably don’t know me yet, but as from today Profy.com has asked me to write some articles for them explaining and testing the most important web 2.0 developments. About me: But first, let me introduce myself: People on the web know me as a web 2.0 networker [...]

Without a shadow of a doubt, I’m guessing that most of you guys use Digg, Del.icio.us or Slashdot, or in some of our cases, all of them. So wouldn’t it be great to get the best of each of them delivered straight to one page? Well, with Diggdot.us, now you can! Customize which sites articles [...]

Askeet! is an old rival to Yahoo’s incredibly popular Answers Service. Askeet! has far fewer users and is relatively a lot more quiet than their competitor, Yahoo. Nevertheless, Askeet! is still going strong, proven by a PageRank of 6. To give an overview, that compares to Profy’s rank of 1. Obviously PageRank isn’t everything, but [...]

iUniverse is a publishing company that helps people self-publish books. And you don’t have to spend a fortune either. They also have editorial services, marketing and publicity services. The most interesting part is they have a link with Barnes and Noble, so if you sell a lot of books, Barnes and Noble will be interested [...]

The Netscape.com model which is paying content submitters is terribly wrong, according to Derek Powazek.This is because when the submitter lives on a relationship that is based on getting paid, it never goes farther than that and when the money runs out, it’s time to pack up. JPG and Threadless do not pay for participation [...]

Did you use Pinger.com before? What is Pinger? Pinger is instant voice messaging for your mobile phone. With Pinger you send voice messages directly to someone instantly—no ringing, no greetings, no lengthy prompts. Pinger is fast and efficient like email, but with your voice. It’s mobile like text messaging, but with more personality. Pinger Instant [...]

  Web 2.0 isn’t a place. It’s not a thing, per se. It’s more an idea. It’s a way of life. It’s progress. So without further adieu, Mozilla advances Firefox v2.0…tomorrow (Oct 24th). Not a giant leap by any means, the project has passed a milestone of relative significance. It’s meant to bring the best [...]

For some weeks now, Yahoo! Mail Beta has been availed for the public to try out. Here’s my take on it. First, it’s important to note that Microsoft’s Live, along with several other, smaller email “servers,” have already been out of the bag for several months. But there’s no rush. Right? Well, with what Yahoo! [...]