A map to the Web 2.0 universe - Valleywag Comments

A map to the Web 2.0 universe

dejudicibus — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:45:20 PDT

Well, it looks like that language is a significant constraint in this map. Most sites are based on English language, apart the Chinese sector. This could be misleading. The real parameter should NOT the absolute relevance of site, but the RELEVANCE relative to the people speaking a specific language. An English site with 1,000,000 visitors per day could be less relevant than an Armenian or a Danish site with only 50,000 visitors per week. So the resulting map would be VERY DIFFERENT. I honestly do NOT like the approach used for this map. It is giving more and more visibility to sites whose relevance is sustained by the fact that there is a significant amount of people in world reading English. That approach does NOT give me any info about the REAL value of site content and the success of site for people who can read the used language.

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A map to the Web 2.0 universe

Trackback — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:00:07 PDT

By Brady Forrest This is the top left corner of Web Trend Map 2007 Version 2. It's based on the Japanese subway system. The creators are Information Architects, a Japan-based design agency. They took the top 200 tech (definitely tech) sites and placed them along subway lines.

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A map to the Web 2.0 universe

DaveMcClure500Hats — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:08:27 PDT

that's sweet :)

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