Internet Headlines of 2007

csandb • 21st Dec 2006 • Digg, Google, Internet

What lies ahead in the Internet World in 2007? Below are my three predictions of Headlines we will see during the coming year along with my justification for such predictions.

Google Buys Digg for $200 Million
Despite much criticism recently, Digg continues to grow. Google does not currently own a site like Digg, so Digg would fit nicely into their portfolio. Digg doesn’t receive quite the amount of traffic as YouTube, which Google paid $1.65 billion for earlier this year, so it doesn’t merit such a large price tag, but I think that within the next year Google will be willing to pay at least as much as Digg is asking for.

Wikipedia article count reaches 6 million
With a count currently just above 4 million and growing steadily, Wikipedia’s article count should reach 6 million by years end.

Firefox Surpasses Internet Explorer’s Market Share
Okay, I don’t really think this will happen especially considering IE will be the default browser on many computers which will operate on Microsoft’s new Windows Vista, but I think it would be cool. Even though it is not likely, it is possible. The browser wars in 2007 will be interesting either way.

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  3. Madhur Kapoor (December 22, 2006, 7:02 am).

    Nice post Chris …i agree with the last 2 …..

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  7. Dan Cooper (December 22, 2006, 8:17 pm).

    Those are some bold predictions for 2007. I agree with you on the Digg situation but I dont believe Wikipedia will multiply its article acount of 1.5 million by 4, maybe 2 – 2 1/2 at most. If it were to hit 6 million it just might be filled with a lot of spam. Even though I like firefox more then IE (especially IE7) I do not think this will be the year it surpasses IE. It just has too many users who just dont know better. Thanks for the info though.

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  11. Ashish Mohta (December 23, 2006, 1:03 pm).

    You buy I buy he buys everything is good but i hope no body creates monopoly

    I also got entry in darrens project.
    http://technospot.net/blogs/index.php/2006/12/19/predicting-the-evolution-of-techspot-insideout/

    And i am feeding your blog.There wont be another chance to meet so many bloggers

    Merry Christmas

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  15. Diana Tan (January 3, 2007, 8:38 am).

    Interesting post Chris. Thanks for the info though.

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