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One of the “weaknesses” that I have (other than a sucker for FREE food) would probably be the fact that I like to learn a lot of new things. How can this be a weakness? Well, it’s kind of like…

Take almost every new offering that Google, MS, and Yahoo have. What is in common. API’s, mush up possibilities, and hey if we get other people to do it, it won’t cost them anything. Is this going to be the boom 2.0 business model. Just like Adword’s and Adsence, let us pump you ad’s, and hey if you get clicks we’ll throw you a bone. In my mind the bone is insignificant to the gain that Google receives.

It seems that this war is for not any one piece of the internet, who can innovate, or what can we give back to the consumer in exchange for their time and fidelity. Rather this war seems to be about who can control the most information. Never looking at any sort of social ramifications that may come of it.

We can give it all to these guy’s now, and they give back “free”, but you can bet your bottom dollar that sometime down the line a consumer will pay to see their own information (which has since become the property of one of these guy’s).

Never put all your egg’s in one basket. Seems this is exactly what they want us to do.

How many hands can we have in the cookie jar before the cookie jar breaks?

Everyone seems to be so localized on ad’s when it comes to business models. However there are many alternatives that benefit not only both parties, but the consumer as well.

Are we forgetting that the quality of information is far more valuable then the quantity?

I don’t need to see data 50 different way’s. One simple good looking clock is enough for me. However choice is a good thing.

Thoughts ?

Jason.

Two out of four are gadgets, the gadget wars have begun. Google has Modules, Yahoo has Widgets, Microsoft has Gadgets and we have Goowy Gadgets.
Goowy Gadgets are presently the only dual function gadget allowing website and desktop gadgets. Goowy and…

Google announced on their blog, a new Google Homepage API for their personalized home pages that allows users to create custom widgets. Some of their own, and 3rd party widgets can be found in the gallery. Yahoo had recently announced…

I’m currently working on a web 2.0 project and have been for some time (almost Alpha). We will be exposing Api’s to open it up, so that people can link to, and consume the data, but not to the extent of developers being able to build plugin’s etc..

These developers are effectively adding monetary value to a product that they do not control, nor will they see any return for their time invested.

I’m not against it, I just don’t get it.

I couldnt help notice this..On one hand, you complain about Feedburner’s ’single line of ad’ in this post, http://www.techcrunch.com/2005.....-on-trust/
and then you have ‘citicard’ ads on techcrunch ? I agree that TechCrunch is a free site and the rant about Feedburner was about the paid account…but still, it was just one line of ad — and that too about FeedBurner’s product only (not a 3rd party ad). Probably you could have gone easy on them.

By the way, I am, in no way affliated with Feedburner nor am I compensated for writing this :-D…
just an observation from a faithful TechCrunch fan.