Comments on: What won’t happen in 2009 – and what might

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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:38:32 +0000

[...] with the many predictions that 09′ will be the year we all go mobile. His post “What Won’t Happen in 2009 and What Will” begins with an emphatic “2009 will not be the year of the mobile web.” He closes [...]

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The Semantic Web, Web 3.0 - Where is the Web Going? | Mike McCready — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:43:29 +0000

[...] What won’t happen in 2009 – and what might (onlinejournalismblog.com) [...]

By: Kitchen Design

Kitchen Design — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:46:35 +0000

Paul, mobile web in 2009 wont spread like a brush fire, but more and more developers are seeing a huge potential in mobile browsing. As a site op I look at my traffic sources religiously everyday; on an weekly overview I see a 40% increase in mobile web browser traffic. My niche is not related at all to mobile/cell phone market at all. So maybe 2009 wont be the turning point for mobile browsing. My prediction is that google will find a great way of capitalizing further on mobile browsing and serve is the lovely ads we have all been accustomed to.

By: Matt Anderson

Matt Anderson — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:48:06 +0000

Broadly you are right Paul. But I think that what will happen is more people will be pushed online for their news as they cut back on house hold bills.

A newspaper is a luxury, especially as you can get the content online for free.

2009 the year of online news for young and old.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:43:18 +0000

In 2009 (and 2010), Google will remain focused on the user/visitor/consumer/reader/outside world and addressing the needs of those groups.

This will continue to offend journalists, who will maintain tight focus on the journalism industry and other journalists.

Google will have ups and downs, but will not be forced to deliver its traditional product only two days a week.

By: Brenda Rogers

Brenda Rogers — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:48:39 +0000

It will be interesting what will happen in 2009, who knew we would all be forced to be lean with everything we do. I truly believe it is good for everyone to tighten the belt and be more conservative with our pocket books. But I also believe we will all survive. Perhaps with a little dirt on our faces, but with a lot of pride.

By: paulbradshaw

paulbradshaw — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:16:01 +0000

Thanks. I certainly think local will be very very important, both because of GPS and because of the increasing pressure on local publishers. They are going to have to get very creative very quickly.

By: Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:49:35 +0000

I think a lot of these things are set to converge: mobile web, local search, social media forced to concentrate on features beyond profiles and friendships. (I remain completely dubious about the semantic web.)

Basically, what’s more social than a community? Communities are very often locally based, and therefore are the kinds of things you need to be able to tap into while actually out and about. The iPhone isn’t the be all and end all, and I certainly agree with you about the effect the crunch will have, but you can expect certain features (eg GPS) creeping into much cheaper phones over the next year, partially because of things like Android. It just takes mobile developers to widen their horizons a little.

By: Doug Fisher

Doug Fisher — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:55:17 +0000

Paul:
I agree that it’s going to be a rough go on the mobile Web because of the economics.

But I think we’ll also see the inexorable doubling the technology every 18 months or so. So once the economic logjam does break …

In other words, media houses have another one of those small windows in which to get their acts together. Remind you of 2001-04 before the social Web started to explode?

By: scott

scott — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:23:08 +0000

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