Comments on: 6 Predictions for 2007

By: Corporate Blogging in 2007

Corporate Blogging in 2007 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:13:00 +0000

[...] This issue puzzled me a lot when Easton posted it. The benefits are clear, there are so many cases to prove that it works, and the best thing is – it doesn’t require a lot of resources to start a corporate blog! So why then hasn’t corporate blogging taken off yet? Will it really happen in 2007 as I’ve predicted? [...]

By: Predictions for 2007

Predictions for 2007 — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:55:54 +0000

[...] I was tagged by Kian Ann to make 6 predictions for 2007. And here’s the list I made at the comment of the his post. [...]

By: Kian Ann

Kian Ann — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:37:01 +0000

Heh.. That’s the fun part about predictions isn’t it? Its better than lottery, except that it doesn’t make you as much money.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:49:07 +0000

WOW… all those predictions are really interesting and after being bombarded with spam recently, I tend to agree with the spam thing Look forward to seeing how your preditions pan out of the year.

By: Kian Ann

Kian Ann — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:19:20 +0000

Haha.. according to the news, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt said YouTube “complements Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”…

So Google is not only about search huh!

But I’d agree that they are expanding too fast… I think it is possible to build Internet giants, but at a slower rate.

By: Shi Hengcheong

Shi Hengcheong — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:46:22 +0000

It’s the Law of Nature.

It’s the Yin and Yang of the universe.

To put it simply, whatever goes up must come down.

Yes, Google has become too big for what it intended originally. I believe Google has peaked if not peaking soon. And going down is the only direction for Google. As the Internet grows, Google dominance will weaken.

Buying YouTube.com does not make Google stronger as a search engine. Does it?

As long as Eric Schmidt is the CEO, if you want to tell what is going to happen to Google, study what happened to Novell.

By: Kian Ann

Kian Ann — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:16:14 +0000

Shi, so from you response you feel that Google will grow too big for itself?

I think your third point is great – there is demand for multimedia searching, I think (but not in 2007) search engines will learn to categorize images, sound and video, not based on tags, but on the real content!

By: Kian Ann

Kian Ann — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 05:12:48 +0000

Thanks John! Video is the way to go!

By: Shi Hengcheong

Shi Hengcheong — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:59:45 +0000

My 6 Predictions for 2007:

1. Technorati becomes the search engine of choice.

2. Microsoft will gain search engine market share while Google declines.

3. Focus switch to multi-media search instead of textual content search.

4. Smartphones prices drop with increase in functionalities and battery life. Need to design your web page smaller screen.

5. HSDPA(High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) becomes the standard while 3G fades out.

6. A good year to invest in Indonesia and stay low on Thailand.

By: John

John — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:32:23 +0000

Hi Kian Ann,

Thanks for tagging me. . I agreed that spam email is on the rising therefore it make it difficult for marketers nowadays to get people name and email address even though they are genuine. Therefore I think we need to make a change in a way that we present our material to our visitor so as to attract their attention. Instead of giving an free report now maybe we now need to give free videos just to have new sign up.

As for the videos, indeed not many people know how to edit a video but I had found a resource that you can learn from it but you have to pay $67 for it though. If you wish to learn more you can go and take a look. http://www.videotrafficpower.com

Hope this information help in your business!

John