Top 10 Web Predictions for 2006

Conversion rator has an excellent list of web predictions for 2006:

1. RSS will become two-way with the help of Simple Sharing Extensions from Microsoft
2. Social news site Digg will expand into other content areas and media types and then will be acquired
3. Web 2.0 will be looked down upon as a buzzword, and it’s usage will drop off dramatically
4. Face-recognition photo application Riya will be acquired by a major player
5. Some ecommerce shopping applications using the more recent advancements in social web technologies will be developed and will succeed
6. Google Analytics will again drop the hammer on the web analytics industry
7. A forward thinking company will build technology to support transparency, efficiency, and relationships in the online advertising business
8. Microsoft will launch a contextual advertising network that will either be huge, or fail miserably
9. Two to three new startups will be so cool and successful they will make the heroes of 2005 like Flickr and del.icio.us seem small and insignificant
10. The venture capital investments and acquisition bubble will heat up even more, then deflate in the 2nd half of 2006 after a number of companies fail

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