Classification and consideration of Internet applications

Transferred from "Old K lab" http://groups.google.com/group/keynear? Hl = ZH-CN
1. Tools

It is practical to complete specific functions, such as blogs and albums. This type of key lies in the value of the function and the availability, even if only one user can make sense.

E.g. Del. ico. Us, blog, Flickr, YouTube, Google...

Advantages: * even if only one user can make sense, it can be improved and accumulated gradually *

2. Communication

The value comes from the interaction between users, such as IM and BBs. The more users, the greater the value, the less users, and the better the functionality.

E.g. Im, BBS, SNS

Advantage: * strong communication, rapid growth once it reaches the tipping point *

3. Search

The value comes from the amount of content that can be indexed, such as search, dating, and classified ads. I may not list DATING AND CLASSIFIED ADS completely correctly.
The number of such users is not critical, but its index content is critical.

-From your own database e.g. Dating, classified, map class

-Data from external discoveries: e.g. Search Engine, Digg

Advantages: * algorithms and methods are very important and can be improved by closed doors for a long time. It is also a tool with the advantages of the tool class. *

4. Content

Whether it is prepared by UGC or editing, I think it is a content class. The more content this type of service provides, the faster the update, and the more valuable it is.

-From editing/self e.g. Portal, blog

-From the user group e.g. BBS, Flickr, YouTube ,...

-Aggregated from other sources: e.g. friendfeed, soup. Io

Advantages: * accumulation. Users will naturally grow as long as the content is valuable. *

Disadvantages: it is easy to copy, and users are quickly lost, making it difficult to accumulate.

5. Can I share it?

This is not a type, just a feature. * Shared services are easy to spread *.

In order to increase the sharability, some applications specially develop the gadget and API so that others can use them elsewhere to expand the communication.

-

Most services have several types of features. There are a lot of transient or slow-growing products, either because they try to do tools but are not useful enough; or they try to do communication, content, and search, but cannot form a scale; or the scalability is insufficient.

--

1. Traditional software is mostly a simple tool. Therefore, the marketing channel of the traditional software industry is the key.

2. The Internet was initially dominated by content (in the portal era), with the increasing number of tools and services available and shared, this is the latest Web 2.0 era.

3. Because of the early stages of content, the recent search is booming, but it is likely that it has reached the maturity stage.

4. Communication software and Internet applications are both available and often integrated. Such applications are fundamental and will survive for a long time in the past.

5. In the early stages of Facebook's search (searching for students), Facebook gradually improved its communication capabilities (user interaction, activity stream, etc .), the recent development has strengthened tool support (Apps ).