| 2005 literally took the world by storm.
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| | phones.Wireless growth is still worth
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| The tragedies of the Asian Tsunami, the
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| | noting, as it has moved from hotspots, to
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| Hurricanes that blew through the US Gulf
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| | hot zones, to hot cities. Philadelphia
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| Coast and the earthquakes that swallowed
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| | and San Francisco are leading the way as
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| parts of Pakistan have left an indelible
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| | wireless cities in 2006.What is in store
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| mark on 2005. While mother nature cast a
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| | for 2006? Privacy is a hot topic that is
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| shadow on 2005, it was technology that
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| | not going to disappear. Google and the US
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| delivered the impact that resulted in a
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| | Government are battling a Big Brother
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| huge outpouring of donations. The world
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| | image. Data mining has made the
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| was touched by the human element seen
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| | collection of data meaningful.
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| real-time in pictures and videos. Today's
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| | Anti-Google sentiment is growing. Google
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| technology was able to deliver the
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| | has fallen from grace, while Google has
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| graphical grittiness that portrayed the
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| | made friends on Wall Street, it has
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| nightmares occurring half a world
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| | disappointed surfers who have turned to
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| away.Technology is usually thought of as
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| | Yahoo and MSN in growing numbers. 2006
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| impersonal, but something needs to be
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| | will likely result heat up the search
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| recognized; without technology the
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| | engine war with MSN and Yahoo scrambling
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| personal elements of the 2005 tragedies
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| | for marketshare and Google walking a
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| would not likely have been conveyed to
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| | tightrope with privacy advocates on one
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| the extent and timeliness they were.
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| | end and monopoly theorists on the other
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| Reflecting on 2005 and looking forward to
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| | end.Google wants to make money, and like
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| 2006, technology will undoubtedly
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| | it or not data, is a commodity. Google
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| continue play a significant role in the
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| | will likely use the data from their
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| future both on a personal and impersonal
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| | various ventures to develop new
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| level.In 2005 Blogs gave birth to splogs,
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| | technologies and personalize content.
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| where senseless web scrapers generated
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| | Conspiracy theorists believe that the
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| massive amounts of senseless content.
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| | Google's aggregate data will also be used
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| Spam reached a whole new level, right
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| | to optimize the fees charged for
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| along side the ethical debate of content
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| | pay-per-click, influence organic ranking,
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| scraping. Copyrights have been stepped on
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| | or worse yet, sold.Google's growth will
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| and I foresee a new host of tools that
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| | continue to motivate privacy advocates
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| will emerge to protect content.SPAM and
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| | and those in the technology field behind
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| phishing scams were easier to recognize,
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| | the Attention Truste movement, to work
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| but to their credit, spammers showed off
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| | together, to improve how personal
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| their creativity, finding additional
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| | information and subscription information
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| channels to inundate. From splogs to
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| | is used online. I expect we will see a
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| forum spam, 2005 tech users saw spam as
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| | lot of energy and effort in this
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| one of life's continued annoyances.
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| | area.Personalized content will be a buzz
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| Looking into a crystal ball, I fear that
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| | word for 2006. Whether it is users
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| social bookmarking will become the spam
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| | selecting Podcasts, iTunes, or purchasing
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| vehicle of 2006, weakening the value of a
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| | Amazon recommendations the web is
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| collective voice.Sadly the blog
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| | learning how to cater content based on
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| saturation has resulted in web clutter.
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| | user selections and choices. Web surfers
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| Due to increased competition and vast
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| | see personalized content as regaining
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| quantities of blogs on free hosted blog
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| | control of what they want to watch, see,
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| networks services, bloggers competing for
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| | or listen to. From Tivo to podcasting,
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| audiences and web traffic will result in
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| | users are taking back control. Yet when
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| significant abandoned content, cluttering
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| | the web serves content that is based on
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| the web with useless ramblings. The ease
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| | past surfing habits, who is really in
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| of blogging that resulted in saturation
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| | control?In 2005, marketers were told in
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| will be its downfall. Credibility will
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| | no uncertain terms, if they are not using
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| again become important. Journalist, who
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| | syndication and RSS, they will not
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| have suffered from the blogosphere in
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| | survive. Well, they have one more chance
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| 2005, will have a reprieve as credibility
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| | to get it right. In 2006, marketers must
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| becomes an issue for bloggers. In 2006
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| | use RSS as an alternative communication
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| web surfers are going to look for
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| | channel. It will no longer be cutting
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| multiple sources to confirm facts, and
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| | edge, it will be a must to survive. Web
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| rely on reliable respected sources,
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| | surfers no longer expect to provide
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| community content, and collaboration like
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| | personal information (an email address)
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| Wikipedia is going to suffer and become
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| | for marketing materials, they expect to
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| less relevant in 2006. While Wikipedia
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| | have a choice about how they wish to
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| scores well in search, it does not
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| | receive the content.Vendors selling
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| perform as well with accuracy. The
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| | through affiliate programs lost ground in
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| Wikipedia community is haunted by spam
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| | 2005. Publishers found the easy money of
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| and like DMOZ, it's success will be its
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| | pay-per-click advertising not fraught
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| downfall. The relevance of successful
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| | with the inherent problems of affiliate
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| community wiki's will fade in 2006.Cell
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| | tracking and cookie-killers. The increase
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| phones have become personal homing
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| | in click-fraud and content scraping on
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| devices, and it is near impossible to
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| | AdSense sites will even the playing field
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| locate a cellular phone that is not
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| | and make affiliate programs more
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| capable of manipulating or taking photos,
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| | attractive in 2006.The world is getting
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| videos, graphics and text messages in
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| | smaller, and technological advancements
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| addition to the traditional voice calls.
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| | has not only brought us tragedy, but also
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| It is likely the PDA will become extinct
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| | has opened doors and the global market is
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| in 2006, as travelers move to a single
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| | now a viable option for small businesses.
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| multifunction device. In 2007 MP3 players
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| | I believe the globalization trend will
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| will likely be a common feature of cell
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| | continue in 2006.
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