Real time collaboration is not new, btw. It started last century.
Bernard Moon
· 1 month ago
Of course in many town halls and meeting rooms, right? :) But remote and distributed collaboration wasn't possible then.
bhartzer
· 1 month ago
We already have real time analytics. There are lots of analytics tools that update in real time. Heck, even Statcounter does that.
Bernard Moon
· 1 month ago
These are very basic and not referring to the data analytics I envision.
Search Engine Optimization
· 1 month ago
I am really looking forward to the possibilities that are going to spring up from everyone using Google Wave, its really gonna be awesome.
Walter Roark
· 1 month ago
As an online editor for a social networking community vendor, I am convinced real-time web activities will play a major role as elements in our evolving platform. The real-time possibilities are simply too compelling. I look forward to seeing them in development.
People Search
· 1 month ago
I am surprised that you didn't mention OneRiot.com in this post, which I think is the best real-time search engine at the moment. Google's social search is interesting and has great potential, but it isn't really the best example of real-time search in its current form.
Bernard Moon
· 1 month ago
I like OneRiot.com and agree that Google isn't there yet but for startups it reminds me of blog search a few years ago. When Technorati, Feedster and others arrived on the scene. I loved their services, but believed that once Google paid attention to this space and developed their own blog search that Technorati and others would be toast. A few years later, Google quietly launched their blog search service and I made the switch within a year once their search results were better than Technorati’s.
So I'm doubtful of any big new companies in this space and expect only smaller exits of $10M-$30M for those trying to be a comprehensive search engine. That's why I think vertical categories have more potential. Of course, I could be wrong but will keep track of this space. Thanks!
Nick D.
· 1 month ago
Here's a contrarian thought. Twitter may in fact be a lagging indicator of business and social trends. If this is true, their data firehose might not contain much of real predictive value for consumers (this is a good/bad product) or businesses (here is a trend I can exploit). We came to this conclusion after an experiment that studied Twitter trends in company reputations. You can read more about it here http://blog.vanno.com/ .
great article the information is useful There are lots of analytics tools that update in real time thanks for the sharing
brian els
· 1 month ago
Google Wave is limitless
Anchorage
· 1 month ago
Fantastic Post Bernard Moon, Thank you for this.. Real time search is the future.. Google results now compared to tweetbox/twitter results are soo stale, old school.. kinda like Depeche Mode ;-) hey there aint nothin wrong with the 80s!
Anchorage
· 1 month ago
I ment tweetgrid!!! not tweetbox.. sorry..
YouPage
· 1 month ago
Great Post. I think real-time recommendation engines is an area that has not received much by way of development. You might like to take a look at YouPage (http://youpage.com). We are building a new way for people or groups of people to express opinion and share interesting things online.
Ryan
· 1 month ago
All good points. Reall time search will take off the most.
Pixelrage
· 1 month ago
Augmented reality will be another huge one.
Maggie
· 1 month ago
Great post! I think the comparison to RSS feed four years ago is an excellent comparison. The two situations share a lot of similarities. It will be interesting to see how it all pans out and which applications/platforms come out on top!
Bernard Moon
· 1 month ago
Thanks, Maggie! Yeah, here's my old post on the RSS space:
Woow, lot of companies tackling these problems. Google Wave, Viralheat, Twitter search. Good times.
Claudius
· 1 month ago
enjoyed this article as well. keep this stuff coming. Does anyone have a free google wave invite left? if so send me one at claudiuswaveinvite [at] gmail [dot] com
Claudius
· 1 month ago
Great post keep them coming. If anyone still has a spare Google Wave invite I'm still trying to get one. Claudiuswaveinvite [at] gmail [dot] com
The real time aspect of Google Wave is certainly a compelling part of its collaboration possibilities but there are other compelling parts too and some disappointments see http://www.dynamicalsoftware.com/news/?p=51 for more information.
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Here's an old piece with a mix of numbers and notions:
http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/24/tech-trends-f...
Thanks for the comments!
So I'm doubtful of any big new companies in this space and expect only smaller exits of $10M-$30M for those trying to be a comprehensive search engine. That's why I think vertical categories have more potential. Of course, I could be wrong but will keep track of this space. Thanks!
the information is useful
There are lots of analytics tools that update in real time
thanks for the sharing
"RSS: Real Simple Syndication or Really Saturated Space?"
http://bernardmoon.blogspot.com/2005/03/column-...
http://bharatclick.com