Comments on: Big Shifts In Internet Usage http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kayla http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116741 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:06:47 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116741 i think that teen parent should not have to check on there childs internet usage or where they have
been. but in to days socity parents should be more aware of what there sutent / child is doing. beause it is not tere child nessasrly but the other people on the sites or around them . so if i where a parent of a teen you should limit time on the computer. get a safty block for unwanted sites.and conintaly chack for thing that are inapropreat an there email cell phone. BUT PLEASE I ASK BLOCK MYSPACE IT IS A DEATH TRAP FOR ALL YOUNG TEEN !!!!!!! so thank you so much for your time you took to read this measage
thankyou
kayla

]]> By: Raj http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116740 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:31:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116740 How long MySpace will last is anybodys guess.

The die hard survivers of the dotcom boom are the real strong species that will perhaps evolve into more stronger entities.

These die hard survivors have the basic simple model which is focused on catering to the common user. Sites like craigslist.org, ebay, paypal, monster are the perfect example. They didnt need any Web2 or whatever to make a blockbuster hit. They needed people who had needs. Period

]]> By: hanawa http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116739 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:15:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116739 PV and UV actually is a limited resource, because the total population on the net and also their time spending is finite.

I wonder if your post is indicating that users are beginning to change their habit of web use because they think it’s convenient enough to spend time in environment like MySpace.com, rather than discovering/roaming the open web via search.

If so, where can the “edge aggregation” guys go to get their users?

]]> By: dave http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116738 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:19:03 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116738 how about re-doing those pixelated graphs?

]]> By: Andrew Goodman http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116737 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 02:57:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116737 How easily we forget Xoom.com and TheGlobe.com (and the aforementioned Tripod & Angelfire). This too will fizzle.

]]> By: carl http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116736 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:06:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116736 Om,

I spend two evenings a week at the local library studying some continuing education courses. I bring my laptop and to do my work because 80% of the computers are occupied by kids on MySpace. It is amazing to see.
I don’t know the future of myspace but the page linking, ease of customization and the limited content keep the focus on social networking. Many kids use the messaging fuction instead of email and these clearly seperate it from the Anglefires of years gone by.
However, teens have not changed and if something is this hot it surely will get cold just as quickly and unless MySpace can evolve it will die.
Remeber ten years ago how many geocities and tripod pages you would get when doing a yahoo or lycos search? Today you get almost none.

]]> By: Stu http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116735 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:11:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116735 It’s tough being the elephants, with all options on the web and Murdoch completely out maneuvered every other mogul in the world with the My Space buy. Props to Rupert on that move.

]]> By: steve http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116734 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:06:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116734 what % of myspace is spam, bots and porn and the like? guess we all have short memories: in the end it became clear that all the first-gen traffic heavyweights (and “user generated content” pioneers) like geocities, tripod, angelfire et. al. were essentially just massive repositories for bots and porn, which explained why they never could create business models (advertisers simply dont want their ads on such pages, or on pages which have unpredictable content.) i am trying hard not to be a skeptic but i can’t help but assume myspace and the rest will end similarly.

]]> By: Jeff Zwelling http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116733 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:37:27 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116733 Remember when GeoCities was about to eclipse Yahoo in UVs and PVs?

]]> By: Penguin http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116732 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:11:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116732 The growth numbers are cool… saw some stats from comScore Media Metrix (probably same report you refernce): Feb-Feb y-o-y growth for MySpace: 318%; WikiPedia: 275% and Blogger a WHOPPING 528%. But these are unique visitors and I wonder how long they stay? For example, how many people go to MySpace, set up a profile, use it for a while and then lose interest? Or same with Blogger… there must be tons of abandoned blogs out there.

]]> By: guest http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116731 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:14:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116731 interesting bit of news… but, dude, those graphs are teh suck.

why are crappy bitmap images still being used to convey important information in this advanced web 2.0 world?

]]> By: Marcelo Calbucci http://gigaom.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116730 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:34:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/big-shifts-in-internet-usage/#comment-116730 One thing to remember is that Page Views and Unique Users are not “limited resources”, like cars sold every month, or copies of Microsoft Office.

The beauty of the Internet is that a company can grow without taking anybody else’s traffic. I think one of the trends of “web 2.0″ is that users are making better (and more) use of Internet services.

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