Comments on: No Offense #1: Edgeio.com will fail http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/ A blog about marketing, online communities and other business musings. Come join the fun! Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:14:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ross Hill http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-222316 Ross Hill Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:25:46 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/#comment-222316 I guess this now qualifies as an "I told you so" hey? I hope you're havin fun in BA. I guess this now qualifies as an “I told you so” hey? I hope you’re havin fun in BA.

]]> By: Joe McCarthy http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Joe McCarthy Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:04:43 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/#comment-608 I don't disagree with any of your observations, except the claim that no one reads blogs. Recent Pew Internet surveys suggest that while "only" 9% of Internet users write blogs, 27% of Internet users read blogs. There are dramatic increases in the number of blog[ger]s, with Technorati tracking over 27M and seeing the count double every 5 months, MySpace (if you count users there as bloggers) at 54M and growing by 1M / week, and you know better than me about the number of Facebook users (5M? 10M? though, like MySpace, perhaps not blogs, strictly speaking, but users are posting online content regularly). And it takes one to know one (or read one), so as more and more people are authoring online content, I think we'll see more and more people seeking out online content in the "long tail" of web sites maintained by non-professional content creators (bloggers). If EdgeIO can be incorporated into other services as an additional feature (like Technorati tags), then perhaps this will be a useful distinguishing capability -- although Technorati and del.icio.us are well ahead, they are more general, and so a service specifically geared toward tagging items for sale may offer a useful niche. I don’t disagree with any of your observations, except the claim that no one reads blogs. Recent Pew Internet surveys suggest that while “only” 9% of Internet users write blogs, 27% of Internet users read blogs. There are dramatic increases in the number of blog[ger]s, with Technorati tracking over 27M and seeing the count double every 5 months, MySpace (if you count users there as bloggers) at 54M and growing by 1M / week, and you know better than me about the number of Facebook users (5M? 10M? though, like MySpace, perhaps not blogs, strictly speaking, but users are posting online content regularly). And it takes one to know one (or read one), so as more and more people are authoring online content, I think we’ll see more and more people seeking out online content in the “long tail” of web sites maintained by non-professional content creators (bloggers).

If EdgeIO can be incorporated into other services as an additional feature (like Technorati tags), then perhaps this will be a useful distinguishing capability — although Technorati and del.icio.us are well ahead, they are more general, and so a service specifically geared toward tagging items for sale may offer a useful niche.

]]> By: Raphael Kang http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-599 Raphael Kang Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:36:44 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/#comment-599 I have a recommendation for a new series. Noah Knoahs it all. Okay, maybe not... I have a recommendation for a new series.

Noah Knoahs it all. Okay, maybe not…

]]> By: Damon Z http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Damon Z Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:02:27 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/#comment-598 Kudos on the new series. You might even what to take it a step further and send or link the post to the people at edgio. Thus. it gives them a chance to defend themselves or otherwise benefit from the analysis. Kudos on the new series. You might even what to take it a step further and send or link the post to the people at edgio. Thus. it gives them a chance to defend themselves or otherwise benefit from the analysis.

]]> By: Raphael Kang http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Raphael Kang Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:32:15 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/#comment-597 I like this new series. Very innoahvative. I like this new series. Very innoahvative.

]]> By: 5ThirtyOne Sandbox » CoComment allows for discussion tagging http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-596 5ThirtyOne Sandbox » CoComment allows for discussion tagging Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:41:02 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/#comment-596 [...] After reading No Offense #1: Edgeio.com will fail, I realized that of all the Web 2.0 services that proliferate and / or surface each week, CoComment is the only one that I use on a daily basis. The only service that I’ve made a habit of slipping into my daily routine of tracking weblogs, Flickr comments, and various other activities. [...] [...] After reading No Offense #1: Edgeio.com will fail, I realized that of all the Web 2.0 services that proliferate and / or surface each week, CoComment is the only one that I use on a daily basis. The only service that I’ve made a habit of slipping into my daily routine of tracking weblogs, Flickr comments, and various other activities. [...]

]]> By: Bjorn http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Bjorn Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:43:12 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/#comment-582 I totally agree with your 2nd point, that blogs will find it hard to reach the majority of people on this planet who are not heavy internet users or have access to high speed access. However, despite low blog penetration, I do think there's still quality blog content out there, question is, how can we monetize it? I have an idea on using the upper-middle tier blog content (i.e. A to D content) and market it as replacement content for the magazine publishing industry? Can a business model be built to create a disruptive alternative to the traditional paper publishing industry? Paper will not be replaced entirely, i think a value proposition lies out there where we can integrate online content with offline reading preferences (i.e. paper) I totally agree with your 2nd point, that blogs will find it hard to reach the majority of people on this planet who are not heavy internet users or have access to high speed access.
However, despite low blog penetration, I do think there’s still quality blog content out there, question is, how can we monetize it? I have an idea on using the upper-middle tier blog content (i.e. A to D content) and market it as replacement content for the magazine publishing industry? Can a business model be built to create a disruptive alternative to the traditional paper publishing industry? Paper will not be replaced entirely, i think a value proposition lies out there where we can integrate online content with offline reading preferences (i.e. paper)

]]> By: Ryan Pollock http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Ryan Pollock Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:36:45 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/#comment-581 Nice to see you writing this, Noah. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. If I had time and if I could be more mean, I'd write it myself. Anyway, when I heard about Edgeio, my first reaction was...why? Why would I use it? Why would someone build it? I'm sure that some subset of the blogosphere will in fact use it, and perhaps Ebay will buy the site someday, but I haven't figured out what real value Edgeio and a number of other Web 2.0 companies are adding. If there's something I want to buy or sell, Ebay and Craigslist work great. As fun as this hoopla is, I'm looking forward to when most of these startups die. No offense to the walking dead, of course... Nice to see you writing this, Noah. I’m looking forward to the rest of the series. If I had time and if I could be more mean, I’d write it myself.

Anyway, when I heard about Edgeio, my first reaction was…why? Why would I use it? Why would someone build it? I’m sure that some subset of the blogosphere will in fact use it, and perhaps Ebay will buy the site someday, but I haven’t figured out what real value Edgeio and a number of other Web 2.0 companies are adding. If there’s something I want to buy or sell, Ebay and Craigslist work great.

As fun as this hoopla is, I’m looking forward to when most of these startups die. No offense to the walking dead, of course…

]]> By: 5ThirtyOne » CoComment allows for discussion tagging http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-580 5ThirtyOne » CoComment allows for discussion tagging Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:42:39 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/#comment-580 [...] After reading No Offense #1: Edgeio.com will fail, I realized that of all the Web 2.0 services that proliferate and / or surface each week, CoComment is the only one that I use on a daily basis. The only service that I’ve made a habit of slipping into my daily routine of tracking weblogs, Flickr comments, and various other activities. [...] [...] After reading No Offense #1: Edgeio.com will fail, I realized that of all the Web 2.0 services that proliferate and / or surface each week, CoComment is the only one that I use on a daily basis. The only service that I’ve made a habit of slipping into my daily routine of tracking weblogs, Flickr comments, and various other activities. [...]

]]> By: Stefan Hayden http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-579 Stefan Hayden Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:19:16 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/03/05/no-offense-1-edgeiocom-will-fail/#comment-579 A for sale microformat sounds like a good idea. Everyone should jump over to <a href="http://www.microformats.org/" rel="nofollow">microformats.org</a> and get talking! A for sale microformat sounds like a good idea. Everyone should jump over to microformats.org and get talking!

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