Comments on: The Long Tail and Web 2.0

By: rapsli

rapsli — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:33:35 +0000

Great post. I’m working on this problem in my bachelor project. Very interesting and still a lot to do.
The Problem I see is, to find stuff in the long tail (or dark tail). There is need for better interfaces that help you find stuff without exactely knowing what you are looking for.
If there are inputs I’m very open!

By: Orthomol

Orthomol — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:00:20 +0000

@ Mike -
“It’s so fundamential to how websites should be managed today that it can almost be thought of as an alternative to buying keywords through Google and Yahoo ad campaigns. ”

This is the difference from 2.0! But what will happane on web3.0? the .mobi?

By: John

John — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:39:04 +0000

very goog article and discussion.
Thanks to all!

By: Me, Mouse and Mind : WEB 2.0 Concept

Me, Mouse and Mind : WEB 2.0 Concept — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:35:29 +0000

[...] Posted by rags in web 2.0 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:35:27 GMT Continue to my previous post about WEB 2.0 To recognize your site fall into web 2.0, check the below points web 2.0 is not a technology, a set of characteristics A sites that replace desktop applications target the Long Tail => more about long tail? value generated by user participation emergent structures =>read more… openness If your design (backend and UI) takes care any of the 3 steps you are near to track. cheers! [...]

By: Mike Levin

Mike Levin — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:30:53 +0000

There are more connections between the long tail and Web 2.0. The process of thickening your long tail, or at least moving more and better terms “up” your long tail into the head of the demand curve is known as hittailing. It’s so fundamential to how websites should be managed today that it can almost be thought of as an alternative to buying keywords through Google and Yahoo ad campaigns.

By: Isabel Walcott

Isabel Walcott — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 03:37:30 +0000

I was looking for comparisons to Web 2.0 and the Long Tail and was happy to find this one. My comment is, “Almost, but not quite.”
“Web 2.0″ is about people connecting more easily, not deeper access to previously-hidden databases. What was unavailable before was a large audience for the personal rants of someone who is not a journalist, the personal photos of someone who’s not a professional, the movie reviews of someone who’s not a paid critic, the videos of someone who is not a filmmaker.
It’s the same concept as the fact that there is now a market for the author who is not a best-seller… just further down the tail.
Before, you could only show your wedding pictures to your relatives and friends. Now, the entire world can see them. And a subset of those viewers are eager to get ideas from you about your dress, flower arrangements, etc. While the captive pre-internet audience may have been bored, there’s a quorum of internet users who are excited.
You get back on track at the end of your post when you describe the effect of “increased choice” from the “whole catalog” of “previously unavailable” material. So true.

This comment has reach blog-post length, so I think I’ll post it on my blog too.

By: Lab49 Blog

Lab49 Blog — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:44:38 +0000

Bokardo » The Long Tail and Web 2.0

Bokardo has a nice post up entitled “The Long Tail and Web 2.0″. I’ve been working on a post on a similar theme, although I’ve been thinking more about new data being captured for web-enablement than about existing warehouses …

By: Alex Barnett

Alex Barnett — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:15:17 +0000

Thanks for this post Joshua, it is inspired this one:

http://blogs.msdn.com/alexbarn/archive/2005/09/06/461311.aspx