Guest Article: Online Predictions For 2007

Posted on November 27, 2006
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It’s coming up to the end of 2006 and it’s supposedly the most wonderful time of the year!

You’ve probably been looking back on 2006 and checking your initial goals and aspirations.

Can you honestly say that you have achieved your goals or maybe far surpassed what your aspirations?

Personally I have found that the majority of my goals have been achieved in respect to personal life and establishing a realistic timetable to get those necessary tasks done. Without putting too much emphasis on getting them done by a workable deadline.

Most importantly of all to keep a healthy attitude to work, life and making new lifelong online partnerships with likeminded individuals.

Today I would like to share Jim Edwards’s article on his predictions for the coming year of 2007.

I’ve definitely more positive about using multimedia on my web sites and on landing pages.

There really is no excuse not to use them.

There is a wealth of low cost and free multimedia resources that you would be plain lazy not to be using audio and video to enhance your site.

Besides if you’re shy like me you don’t necessarily have to plaster your photo or scare your visitors away with your photo or video starring yours truly.

You can use audio for web site introductions, recorded interviews. Or use video to produce step-by-step tutorials, MS PowerPoint style presentations and so forth.

Just use your imagination or head on down to some of the free video sharing sites for an abundance of ideas.

Anyway on to todays article which I hope will inspire you to think ahead and take action to get essential tasks and plans into gear.

Online Predictions For 2007
by Jim Edwards

Around this time of year I always like to make a few
predictions about what the upcoming year holds in store for
those of us who use the Internet with any regularity.

By the way, I’d like to point out that I was screaming from
the rooftops about online video 3 years ago and look where
we are now!

So, let’s peer into my crystal ball, delve into the future,
and take heed of the following signs of things to come.

* Isolation and Info-Overload *
Anyone who does business online, either full or part time,
knows the avalanche of information has not abated.

If anything, the "info-overload" syndrome worsened in 2006
as we were pelted with new offers, new opportunities, and
new things to do online.

Though this trend will only increase in 2007, all is not
lost.

Because of these feelings of isolation and overload, new
opportunities will arise to lessen, eliminate and, in some
cases, even fix these problems.

These solutions will manifest themselves in many ways
online.

* "Mash-Ups" and "Widgets" Will Rule *
"Mash-Ups" are sites that combine data from multiple sites
or databases to give the user the benefit of a unique
perspective not available on any one individual site.

For example, Maps.Google.com not only enables you to plot
destinations, but find specific locations, stores and points
of interest.

Search "hardware store Williamsburg VA" and Google returns a
list of local hardware stores and plots them for you on the
map.

"Widgets" take an opposite approach.

Widgets are small software applications that use only a part
of the massive amounts of data available from a specific
site or sites.

An example is the little weather widgets available from many
TV stations or even Weather.com that keep you updated.

Instead of logging on to a website to wade through all the
ads and extraneous information you don’t want, a widget
automatically delivers exactly what you need.

Both mash-ups and widgets save incredible amounts of time
and help to greatly reduce info-overload.

* Social Networking Sites *
Feelings of isolation create the need for social networking
sites.

Don’t believe me?

Look at the explosive growth of MySpace.com, eHarmony.com,
Match.com and other sites where people go to meet, greet,
and get a sense of community and belonging.

As the software and server power to create these sites gets
cheaper and more powerful, expect to see social networking
sites with very specialized "niche" audiences to appear and
thrive.

* Video, Video, Video *
It’s hot right now and will only get hotter in 2007.

With Google forking out over a billion dollars for
YouTube.com, the video train has left the station.

However, one trend to watch for is anything that will bridge
the gap between online video and people’s TV sets.

Despite the popularity of online video, people still enjoy
sitting in the Lazy-Boy with a cold one flipping channels.

I predict TiVo will come out of the gate with an easy way
for online video content providers to broadcast to a more
traditional audience.

They operate the equipment, have the audience, and it just
makes sense that TiVo will take the distribution of online
videos to the next level.

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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-
author of an amazing new ebook that will teach you how to
work less, get paid more… and have tons more fun!

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