Following on the heels of “Google Instant,” Now try “YouTube Instant.” It was created by Stanford student Feross Aboukhadijeh.

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According to The Nielsen Company, mobile Internet traffic in December 2009 was similar to total Internet use, with the largest audiences being seen for search, e-mail and social networking.

Source: http://blog.nielsen.com

Like any true visioanry I am always interested in change. On August 8th, 2006 when I was really getting into launching my own ventures I came across this great video from Techcrunch, about web 2.0 which really got me excited about where the web was going.

Nearly 4 years on, the question is whether web 2.0 “Is sooo last season” or is it “bang on trend.”

Check out the original Web 2.0: The 24 Minute Documentary  above and leave some comments or re-tweet to let me know your thoughts.

The topics discussed included:

1. What is Web 2.0?
2. Are we in a bubble?
3. What are the business models that will work on the web today?
4. What is the role of publishers in a user generated world?
5. How important and how big is the early adopter crowd?

You may also like to read about web 4.0 from an earlier article I posted.

warc reports that BEIJING: Baidu, China’s leading online search engine, posted a 66% increase in profits in 2008 to 1.0 billion yuan ($146m; €115m; £102m), with its advertising revenues also rising by 83.5% year-on-year to 3.2 billion yuan.

Chinese web users typically favour domestic portals like Baidu, QQ and Sina to international sites, and Google is one of the few major Western sites to have made inroads in country.

Overall, Baidu reported it had 284,000 “active online marketing customers” in 2008, up 32.7% year-on-year, and that the average revenue per advertiser was 11,200 yuan, an increase of 38.3% on 2007.