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24 March 2006
23 March 2006
BoardTracker
by 3 othersSearch engine for message boards. Includes tag clouds, trend graphs and alerts. A great idea that seems to be well executed.
SiteKreator
by 2 othersWebsite creation and hosting. Set up a custom site for your personal or business use without knowledge of html and CSS. It's a good solution and an easy tool to use. Nonetheless, SiteKreator faces competition from Google Page Creator and simple blogging tools.
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22 March 2006
Bloginfluence
Another service to check the influence of your blog. Similar to EgoSurf.
Congoo
by 3 othersPremium content search engine. Users must download a "Netpass" before they can use Congoo, and access to premium content is limited. Ultimately, you've got to wonder why anyone would bother - if you frequently use a premium content site, it makes more sense to pay the subscription fee and use Google for all your other searches.
21 March 2006
CommunityWalk
by 9 othersCreate and explore interactive maps. Pretty good. CommunityWalk really takes Google Maps to the next level, building communities and discussions around them.
Printfection
Custom t-shirt printing, along the lines of Cafepress. Somehow it lacks the edginess of rivals like Spreadshirt and Threadless.
Lists of Bests
by 5 othersSocial "best of" lists, now owned by RobotCoop (the makers of 43Things). Likely to appeal to the same geeky userbase as 43things, 43people and 43places.
20 March 2006
Aggregate Knowledge Recommendation Engine
Web service similar to EasyUtil. Allows you to quickly add an Amazon-style recommendation engine to your site ("People who liked this also liked...") The branding and presentation is much more convincing than EasyUtil, and Aggregate Knowledge has a great team behind it.
EasyUtil
by 1 otherRecommendation API. If you're setting up a website and need Amazon-style recommendations ("people who liked this also liked"), you can plug in to EasyUtil and include these features right away. A company called Aggregate Knowledge just released a similar service. Both of these products will make it easier for developers to set up community sites with recommendations.
Mesh Tennis
by 1 otherSocial networking site to help you find people to play tennis with. Very much a niche opportunity, but interesting nonetheless.
18 March 2006
LiveDigital
by 2 othersYet another generic social network. Upload audio, video and photos and share them with the world. Not bad, but scores zero for innovation.
17 March 2006
16 March 2006
VCarious
Travel community with journals, travel guides and photos. Explore destinations and connect with other travellers. A nice site. Similar services include TripConnect and TravBuddy.
NetJaxer
by 1 otherPut Web 2.0 applications on your Windows desktop. Creates desktop and quick launch icons for your favorite web-based apps. You can also load web pages on startup and run them from the system tray. An interesting fusion of the desktop and the web, although it will have very limited appeal.
talking hub
by 3 othersSimple online forum with tagging. Tags are definitely an interesting way to organize forum content - if only more forums worked like this!
