Hey! What about SwitchDiscs.com? Oh wait…you need to be featured on TechCrunch first to be considered “cool” enough.

Good find Mike…

I can’t help but look at that list in disbelief that 90% of those companies won’t be around in 5 years. There are ALOT of great concepts and ideas, but most will fail to find a reliable and sustainable business model

I think the next big thing (i.e. Google-like company) will be a company that has a mantra of “data should be available everywhere”. By everywhere, I’m not meaning *JUST* PC’s - I’m talking about integration with stereo receivers, cellular phones, PDA’s, etc..

There are lots of companies on there that haven’t been featured on techcrunch…

90% of any group of businesses will not be around in 5 years. 99% of web-based businesses. But that doesn’t mean it’s a ‘failure’ at least in terms of us learning from their efforts.

How many of those companies actually benefit the average internet user??? How many mapping, tagging, book marking, feed burning tools does one person need? It’s all about “wow that’s really cool” and not “wow that will really help/benefit a lot of people” and yet there is still plenty of funding going towards these “cool tools”.

I was just pulling your leg Mike.

I see Filangy in the screenshot. Filangy is out.

So many horrible names, so little time…

Froogle is Web 2.0? MySpace? eBay? Skype? CrunchGear? lol

I wonder what it takes to get on this list? My site (http://www.blockrocker.com) has been on Searchblog, Scobleizer, numerous blogs, and - of course - was techcrunched and dugg all to hell.

Oh well.

Plus they don’t have the old timer Simpy under bookmarking. Shame on them! But it seems it might be nicely done (if only images would load).

@Dreadsword: I guess you didn’t notice that link in the upper right hand corner that says “Submit an application”

Amazing job indeed. Hats off to their patience and of course their skills.

Predicition: Go2Web20.net raises $2 million in seed funding within 2 weeks.

Their page displays far too slowly. That’s not very optimised right? What is Web 2.0 anyway…

“So many horrible names, so little time…
Froogle is Web 2.0? MySpace? eBay? Skype? CrunchGear? lol ”

Nevermind those. Have you noticed that AOL is on that list.

God bless AOL… they survived Pre-Web 1.0 Alpha, Web 1.0 Beta, and every iteration of the Web all the way up to today’s Web 2.0….. spare me.

Its nice. Will serve a great purpose when this Web 2.0 era comes to an end.

Typo: “Every Web 2.0 Company On One Page” should read: “Every Web 2.0 Feature On One Page”. Aside from GOOG & EBAY, possibly myspace, everything else is merely a nano-mash of some larger business stream and has no unique value in the marketplace. Scrape all that Ajax & RoR from those sites into a few Atlas templates *choke* and call it a Live.com update.

One could reasonably venture that (aside from GOOG, EBAY/Skype, myspace & YouTube) a very high percentage of all of the ‘users’ of these sites are primarily from SV/SF/Berkeley, Highway 128, Sillicon Alley, Austin and perhaps a couple offices in Tel Aviv –and are in fact the same people. (You maybe?) i.e.Web too.0 user/developers are mostly an incestuous group all greasing each other’s user stats.

Built in Flash - how ‘ironical’.

Really nice collection!

Can’t scroll. Bad break for Zvents!

Ahhh I love the smell of web 2.0 hatred in the morning. I don’t drink coffee so it’s what keeps me going

this post was copied from http://www.businesshackers.com sorry guys but it’s unfair…

I have no problem when a blogger like Michael Arrington is promoting services of his relatives, but please make a note when you do it. Orli Yakuel, the woman behind the service (go2web20.net) is Michael’s girlfriend and was mentioned already number of times in TechCrunch.

Right. After over a year of writing original content I said “what the hell, it’s just easier to lift it off of someone else’s blog” and copied this post from someone. You got me.

I just did a search for “Go2Web20″ and some other obvious terms on that blog and couldn’t find anything on this. Also, the blog you mention is less than one month old (good content though, I subscribed).

I also did a technorati search for blogs linking to the site and I don’t see anything older than my post. If someone wrote about this, I didn’t know about it and can’t find it now.

I link to Om Malik a lot here too. Does that make him my boyfriend?

My girlfriend will be very unhappy to hear that I am also dating Orli.

I love the late night comments.

Great resource! And I love the layout!

Google shouldn’t be on the list since they actually make money. Web 2.0 companies are those which have no business plan and bleed cash while waiting to be bought out by an idiot venture capitalist or media mogul.

Many links are mistmatched with their logos. Ziggs’ logo links to Plum’s services. Then Plum’s logo goes to Lovento’s webpage. Kind-of fun: Lovento’s logo links to Community Walk. In turn, Community Wal takes you to Waxmail’s place, and so on… I wonder at what point the circle is completed! Any way, this webpage is not a bad idea, and it is clear we all need maps (hopefully well matched and accurate) of Web 2.0.

Thats just it, the companies with the sustainable business model have a better chance of succeeding, but it will be difficult. For some reason, when web startups begin to thrive, all of the conventional business models get thrown out!

They’ve missed the fantastic new size comparison website http://www.sizeasy.com/. Its not social but it looks 2.0 and it feels 2.0

MUY BUENA PRONTO ESTARE EN ESA LISTA….
ABRAZO VIRTUAL

Site layout looks to be inspired by http://www.thefwa.com (a site-of-the-day design portal)

“Creating something like this is a ton of work. The site is nothing but a reflection of Orli and Eyal’s passion for what’s happening on the web right now…”

I wonder what promoted that comment. I see a page with logos, and a description if you click on the logo.. lets see (save logos -> batch resize -> actionscript to pull the images + a few roll over effects…

Something like this could easily be done in a full days work… the most time consuming part is simply collecting the logos..

that’s sweet~~~let’s see how long does it take it to overwhelm the site…

very nice design.

there is a simpler one: http://www.web2logo.com/

First, I was at the recent Future of Web Apps and was fortunate to hear Mike speak. He told us exactly what the future holds and everybody left with a kick-butt business plan Actually, he very wisely stated that the future would be very different from his ppt and not to listen too much to his ranting. Seems like a very cool and humble guy.

This site is nice to aggregate “web 2.0″ companies but, in my humble opinion and as others have stated, there are no business plans behind most of these companies(sites). It’s cool if you plan on spending a year on something, chucking a dart, and praying an all powerful vc finds you.

I heard numerous experts tell young entrepreneurs - “don’t worry about business models, just build something with value”. Hmmm….reminded me of the eyeball theory in some ways. I really think that’s foolish advice but the vcs love this mentality…”hey let me shift the total risk of development to you and we’ll come riding in when you have a great product.”

It seems to me that web3.0 will be a combination of great, but deeper applications, proper financing, and positive cash flows.

http://www.markseremet.com

If anything….it’s a directory for designers to get inspiration when designing their next corporate logo.

i would actually think web 2.0 was real untill i saw AOL and TechCrunch…

you guys are lame…all you’re creating is hype…kinda like web 1.0

web 2.0 is like web 1.0, hype, but in pastel.

Lemon - your last sentence is very true. But it’s also without the burn rates and massive overvaluations of 1.0.

missed koolim.com

No business models ?
I don’t get it. For most popular websites (excluding video-sharing, etc.) it should be enough to put few ads somewhere to gain money for hosting and one, two employees. Isn’t it ?

is really fun : )

“But it’s also without the burn rates and massive overvaluations of 1.0.”

Really? A profitless company with $3 million in annual revenues (Digg) being valued by “people in the know” at $200 million isn’t a massive overvaluation?

See my recent post about Facebook entitled “Is Facebook the new Webvan” on Dead 2.0 and tell me that they’re not being overvalued and burning through cash.

Same goes for YouTube, which everybody knows has a very high burn rate.

Will some of these companies succeed (i.e. get bought out by media companies that are willing to overpay and assume massive risk)? It’s possible, but Bubble 1.0 and Bubble 2.0 are a lot more similar than you think. At least this time these “companies” aren’t going public and the risk they alone will cause a nationwide recession is limited.

I do disagree with Lemon however. Sure TechCrunch is feeding the hype machine but Michael’s built a nice little business doing so. It won’t last forever but it’s cash in his pocket for the time being. I’d argue he’s got one of the best Web 2.0 businesses right now.

absolutely loved it.

Why are people talking about business models? It’s possible that some people want to create a useful utility, in a few days/weeks of work, that people appreciate. It doesn’t have to be the next Google to be worth building. In fact, I find it amusing that people are so quick to bash small efforts like this, when Google and Yahoo themselves were probably relatively small efforts when compared to “real” businesses at the time. True, Go2Web20.net isn’t a business, but who cares. If it’s useful, it was worth building.

I think the site has merit, and although it’s still rather buggy, I was waiting for someone to make a Web 2.0 company directory of sorts.

Hi Guys.
Thanks for all your comments. We appreciate it, and it helps us improve the application. The goal is really to create a playfull discovery experience, and if something bothers the users - the whole thing is worthless.
We gave it another push, and implemented some of the requests, like scrollbars, labels for roll-overs, and a smarter filter/search.
I guess we forgot to attach the “beta” stamp
Keep on responding, either about the UI or the content.

Thanks.

First impressions - Great
And then I got into the details, and I must say that I wasn’t too pleased.

Here is why

Ashish

When you click on the TechCrunch Tag, It will show you all the services that already been covered by Michael Arrington. (then you can go to TechCrunch and search for the reviews). I have lots of respect for Mike and his blog and this is my little tribute to his good and hard work.

Thanks for mentioning all the other sites you think should be in Go2web20 application. We’re still in the adding process and it’s impossible to add everything. We just hope that we are able to add all helpful services that will make Internet life more easier and enjoyable for users.

Orli.

@Ashish
Ted at the beginning said that the most (90%) of this companies/projects are out cause of no business models and that’s why it’s quite strange for me…

Thanks for the directory! It’s a great start and I look forward to seeing the new additions. The scrolling is a bit different but was usable. I appreciate the hard work that you’ve put into this project. Have a great week!

Nice looking directory but not as nice looking as Orli