http://www.cdegroot.com/blog/2005/12/23/free-frustrations/ Everything and the kitchen sink Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:55:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://www.cdegroot.com/blog/2005/12/23/free-frustrations/#comment-69 Sat, 24 Dec 2005 15:33:57 +0000 http://www.cdegroot.com/blog/2005/12/23/free-frustrations/#comment-69 Jim was able to get some attention from Technorati, but the problem exists everywhere and you may be right, 2006 could be a year of shakeout. Another group of simple services, paid for, are offered by 37signals. For "free" services, those that run on content provided by others (Technorati, icerocket, gmail, google, squidoo), or on value added by others (del.icio.us, digg?, who else), the challenge will be in identifying and responding to the content/value providers, not the people paying for ad revenue. The content/value providers will spot problems first, and impact reputation more quickly. Jim was able to get some attention from Technorati, but the problem exists everywhere and you may be right, 2006 could be a year of shakeout. Another group of simple services, paid for, are offered by 37signals. For “free” services, those that run on content provided by others (Technorati, icerocket, gmail, google, squidoo), or on value added by others (del.icio.us, digg?, who else), the challenge will be in identifying and responding to the content/value providers, not the people paying for ad revenue. The content/value providers will spot problems first, and impact reputation more quickly.

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