Friday, April 1, 2011

Yellowpages.com (Data is the next "Intel Inside") Week 3

Introduction.
The next vital pattern of web 2.0 is Data is the next "Intel Inside". Just providing functions and services on websites cannot warranty that the site will gain the successful. because for Internet applications, success often comes from data. a clear instance of this pattern is "Yellowpages.com" which is the well known website about about telephone directories.

overview of yellowpages.com
What is Yellow Pages?
Yellow Pages refers to a telephone directory of businesses, categorized according to the product or service provided. As the name suggests, such directories were originally printed on yellow paper, as opposed to white pages for non-commercial listings. The traditional term Yellow Pages is now also applied to online directories of businesses

Today, the expression Yellow Pages is used globally, in both English-speaking and non-English speaking countries. In the United States, it refers to the category, while in some other countries it is a registered name and therefore a proper noun. The term Yellow Pages is not a registered name within the United States and is freely used by many companies.
 
In conclustion, as I mentioned data/content is a very important part of online application to be a successful website. Also, The way to build up content and the way to use that information are the important method to gain more benefits and effectiveness of using data.

Refferences:
Yellowpages

3 comments:

  1. The video on the Social Media Revolution was a great watch and some of the stats in the video were amazing.

    Pond there are many social and ethical concerns and points of view about Social Networks. Do you believe that building up data that can be used for an income via social networks is an ethical way to do this. Many people argue that we are become less social because of social networks as we now just interact with our computers instead of people.

    Stephen
    http://www.stephenpavitt.com/studies/web-2-0

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  2. The data of social network sounds good, but I afraid of someone can look at my information and use it in the wrong way.

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  3. I think that the data that social network record is more powerful than other website due to real-name system. Real-name system will let the data more real and meaningful. However, there still has an argument with the ownership of these personal data.

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