Technologies To Watch Fail In 2009 108
An anonymous reader writes "Microblogs, targeted advertising, social news, online video, streaming music, and enterprise social networking are among the technologies that will probably fail in 2009, according to a new report from Internet Evolution. The report cites revenue figures, failed or non-existent business models, and an overabundance of 'me-too' start-ups, combined with the current recession, as reasons the aforementioned technologies might not survive the year. 'Whereas the past couple of years have been defined by overcrowding and overfunding in the Web 2.0 space, and an onslaught of startups with no purpose or plan to make money, this recessionary year is likely to see more due diligence on the part of VCs, allowing strong companies and technologies to emerge from the smoldering pile of dead ones.'"
Re:Not technologies that will fail (Score:3, Informative)
I'm interested in what my friends are doing - and 'celebrities'. It's sort of like the status update on facebook - but with a service like twitter that's all that happens. And is a completely opt-in format. I started following a guy a few weeks back - and then when I realized I didn't care for the content, I just stopped following. No one can push stuff to me without my requesting it. Very nice.
I have a few friends from here at slashdot I follow on twitter and I think it is a cool way to keep in touch and know what they have going on. I don't think any of them fall into celebrity status - though The Fun Guy [slashdot.org] has been on tv and radio I guess.
Re:Not technologies that will fail (Score:4, Informative)
All you need with a federated service like identi.ca is a small percentage of the participants to host a server. and those people just need a hosting account they can get out of their disposable income. With open social and the like a lot of other things can work the same way - there is no need for a central authority or revenue generator - everything is distributed. And the costs are low enough out at the end points that their need not be income derived from the activity itself.
Re:The trouble with "targeted advertising" (Score:3, Informative)
I agree about needing to weed out the bottom feeders, but I remember reading that Google still makes a pretty penny out of them, so I doubt they'll ban them
The "bottom feeders" are mostly into ad arbitrage. They're not selling anything; they're just sending users to pages with more ads. The advertisers whose ads appear on those pages didn't ask to be there; they were stuck there by Google. And they don't like paying for those useless clicks.