Comments on: The Content Aggregators and the Fat Belly http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:50:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: How do you maximize your time? | Widgets Lab http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128792 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:46:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128792 [...] what others are saying. GigaOM web2weblog Digital Alchemy var addthis_pub = 'happyshoemedia'; var addthis_language = 'en';var [...]

]]> By: people search dude http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128791 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:32:21 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128791 Just happen to run across this post and checked out Spokeo…gotta say, the site it pretty neat. I guess I’m late on knowing about the whole hyper-aggregation thing.

]]> By: GigaOM » Big Bigger .... Best? Probably Not! http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128790 Fri, 18 May 2007 00:13:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128790 [...] focused content. Sort of like the shift from broadcast channels to cable TV channels, settling at a happy medium between the big-n-bigger and the so-called long tail. (Robert Young called it the Fat [...]

]]> By: Davinder Jawanda http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128789 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:46:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128789 Hyper-aggregation allows the provider to own the customer relationship, but effective branding can allow it to own the customer’s perception of the offering’s core value — something much more valuable. For instance, lifestyle brands can obtain best of breed status because their core value is seen as the most productive solution for the customer’s need. (This dominant position allows a niche provider to expand the offering’s scope over time to effectively compete in new growth markets. The resulting threat to larger incumbents also allows the provider to position itself for a lucrative takeover by the incumbent.) Thus, hyper-aggregation in necessarily the end all be all. It can be a path though to that leading position in the customer’s perception of value provision.

]]> By: David Hosei http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128788 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:09:19 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128788 My wife and I couldn’t agree with you more. That is why we created http://www.efamily.com. We like to link to content anywhere on the Internet, rate it, personalize it on our profile, and discuss with other individuals (whether it be people in the same Lifestage) or family members.

Let’s tip the world towards goodness and truth.

Sincerely,

David Hosei

]]> By: lajolla5380 http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128787 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:26:03 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128787 bringithot.com – popurls for the girls

]]> By: Andy Falkner http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128786 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:08:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128786 http://popurls.com – nothing else

]]> By: DL http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128785 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:06:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128785 Original signal and million dollar homepage both seem to act as hyper aggregators from my POV. Because I am intriqued by how tech can juice “hyper” I am more likely to say OriginalSignal is more a pure hyper aggregator. It is interesting though to consider how an “aggregator” UI when tied to a “hyper” discovery engine could take rich media experience to another level so Viral Videos seem to fit nicely too.

What are some other examples that fit your description of hyper aggregators? hyper aggregation…I think you’ve coined the term well.

I’ve enjoyed reading your posts.
Thanks.

]]> By: Jordan Mitchell http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128784 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:38:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128784 With the explosion of content on the Web, it’s not at all about aggregation, hyper-aggregation or even hyper-mega-aggregation. It’s also not about the echo chamber formed by the 1% of users who actually contribute.

It’s about congregation. The content that’s important to me is the content that is important to other people like me, determined passively not actively.

]]> By: Clicked http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128783 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:20:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128783 It’s all fun and games until…

Alternate title for today’s entry:  Hold your Wii
It blows my mind that so many people are accidentally…

]]> By: Paul Jardine http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128782 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:48:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128782 Great post Om,
I think the aggregation question is a bit of a red herring (no pun intended).
My view is that it’s not about a personal view of the web (i.e. traditional aggregation), but about relevant content to a relationship. That’s a fundamental distinction.
The aggregation is specific to the connection I have with the other person (or organisation). I choose the information I want based on its availability to me. My granny may choose to publish her latest boyfriends pictures to me, but I may choose to ignore them.

]]> By: Nitin Borwankar http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128781 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:02:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128781 Hi Om,

the latest post at tagschema is about the fat belly and recommendation systems and how the fat belly provides the juiciest recommendations.

Nitin.

]]> By: dennis http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128780 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:24:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128780 Time is one constraint to finding the good stuff but so is effort and ability. Searching and filtering out garbage requires enormous skill and effort even if done passively. Aggregation works because it saves effort and leverages the hive mind. It’s ‘easy’.

]]> By: alan patrick http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128779 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:58:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128779 Om,

The “fat belly” was known pre-internet, retail inventory theory had A (hit), B (your fat belly) and C (long tail) stock classes before world war 2. I was actually amazed that all this pre ‘net stuff was never picked up in the Long Tail book, good old Operations Research has a long history.

As to Aggregation…it is as you say all about making time more efficient – do that and I’m happy, fail and I go away. That too has been a trend since before World war 2 at least!

]]> By: Harrison Tang http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128778 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:22:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128778 Thanks Om, for your kind mention. I love your term, “hyper-aggregation”, because it sums up Spokeo quite nicely. Aggregators are useful because readers have limited amount of attention span, and there are simply too much content out there. So, as Greg has put it nicely, what matters the most is how to stream the most relevant information in the shortest amount of time.

The Web 2.0 aggregators (Spokeo and Netvibes) are different from their older counterparts (portals and newspaper) because they are personalized and automated. Because the sources are personalized, the information is more relevant. Because the information delivery is automated, the news comes faster. I think those who have more than 10 feeds in their readers would all agree that they can’t live without aggregators.

The biggest problem we see from the today’s readers is “the starting cost”. Adding feeds is not only a hard concept, but a tedious process as well. Spokeo assumes that people are interested in their online friends’ content, and with that assumption, we create a one-button import that significantly lowers the starting cost. I think this is what makes Spokeo different and special.

]]> By: Chris Brogan... http://gigaom.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128777 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:18:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/the-content-aggregators-and-the-fat-belly/#comment-128777 Jeff Pulver built our company, Network2, such that our take on aggregation is somewhat different. We’ve chosen to focus specifically on quality independent content that’s episodic in nature. We think there are plenty of people out there watching for the next Diet Coke and Mentos, but fewer people are pointing to the great production demonstrated in shows like Galacticast, Something to be Desired, and Alive in Baghdad instead.

We think that finding great, free internet TV shows, sharing them with your friends, and having ways to review it yourself (rolling out shortly), will build the value of finding shows you want.

If YouTube is like a box of chocolates, we’re the fine meal you can feed your guests.

-Chris Brogan from http://network2.tv

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