Buzzwords of Web 2.0: RSS Down, Microblogging Up
Like every other innovative industry before it, Web 2.0, too, has developed its own language. Our friends over at the Royal Pingdom blog took a close look at the buzzwords around Web 2.0 today and found some interesting trends. Using Google Trends as the basis for their research, Pingdom, for example, concludes that searches for term 'Web 2.0' peaked in 2007 and have been decreasing every since. Some of the main terms of the Web 2.0 world like 'RSS,' or 'cloud computing' have also been on a steady downward trajectory, while 'blogging' is still holding steady.
On the other hand, terms related to social activities on the net like 'social media,' 'social network,' or 'microblogging' (thanks to Twitter) have seen a steady rise in searches over the last few years.
'Web 3.0,' however, seems to have peaked as a term to describe the next wave of Internet innovation before it even had a chance to happen.
For a the full list of Web 2.0 buzzwords, head over to the Royal Pingdom blog.
Conclusions?
We wouldn't want to draw too many conclusions from this list, as it is based on search terms, and as users get more familiar with these and start bookmarking their favorite sites, they will probably start using search less. Also, as these terms become household names, fewer users will look them up on Google.
In some ways then, we might be able to interpret the decline of searches for 'RSS' or 'cloud computing' as a positive thing, as users have replaced searches for these general terms with more specific queries.
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Microblogging is rising today, public conversation concepts that brings by twitter is extremely change behaviour on internet interaction.
But I am wondering why RSS is down? I think feeds usage now still being as a major for data distribution. I guess feeds will be be rising too.
Microblogging and mobile keywords will rule in 2009. Soon everything will be done on handheld and the home computer will go the way of the dino.
I'm surprised Cloud Computing dropped. With the Netbooks gaining popularity towards the end of 2008 I would have thought more and more people would turn to the cloud.
I recently read this:
According to the 2008 Google Zeitgerist report the fifth most searched “what is” question on Google was - “What is RSS?“. More people want to know about RSS than scientology or art ... http://blog.feedity.com/2008/12/30/rss-in-2008-and-beyond/
SOA is also down. It does confirm what Anne Thomas Manes wrote a few days ago: SOA is dead. http://bit.ly/2qYIuz
Is this is a bit of fun? Please tell me it is. I'd hate to think there are guys in bedrooms coding solutions around what they have read people are talking about most.
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