Presentation done at University Of Mauritius on Internet trends - September 2007

1. The Internet today: An overview University Of Mauritius Gilles Granger Jean-Francois Topige

2. Agenda Some figures of today’s Internet Tendancies on the Web Web 2.0

3. Where do we come from ? 2001: no space odissey Geek Zone Turbulence Zone Media zone

4. Some figures of today’s internet 63 millions blogs worldwide / 6 million in France / 50% active 11 million ADSL subscribers in France (20 MB = 800 MUR) 30 million Internauts in France More than 95% of electronic mail is spam Travel: 75% of consumers start their travel online Computers and technology every day cheaper but more complex

5. The power of the long tail “ Amazon sold more books today that didn't sell at all yesterday than we sold today of all the books that did sell yesterday." Chris Anderson http://www. thelongtail .com/

6. Tendencies of the Web

7. Players and techniques

8. Must know RSS Social Networks Video Mashups Virtual worlds Rich Interfaces

9. Must know : RSS: info at your fingertips www. ifeedgood . com www. google . com/reader www. netvibes . com Source: http: //sebsauvage . net/comprendre/rss/ http://www. commoncraft . com/rss_plain_english

10. Must know: Social networks www. myspace . com www. linkedin . com www. viadeo . com (FR) "Pour trouver pareille révolution, vous devez remonter il y a cinq cents ans, à l'imprimerie, la naissance des medias. La technologie est en train de détrôner rédacteurs en chefs, éditeurs, establishment, l'élite des medias. Maintenant c'est le public qui prend le pouvoir" Rupert Murdoch Le Point 3/08/2006 Teenagers Professionals

11. Must know: video This morning at 6 AM, US Time, 20 videos were uploaded in 1 minute * 100 000 000 videos played daily * 70 000 videos added every day * 56% male, 12- 17-year-old age group is dominant 48 000 videos were uploaded yesterday on myspace www.youtube.com www.dailywordion.com www.video.yahoo.com www.vpod.tv www.turnhere.com Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2006/04/70627

12. Must know : mashups User Generated Information Database Google Maps API w ww.zillow.com www.housingmaps.com / Googleearth C Video…

13. Must know: Virtual Worlds www. secondlife . com Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_life

14. Rich interfaces Ajax is a technology, not a product

15. Web 2.0 or collaborative web

16. User Generated Content www. wikipedia . com www. flick . com www. panoramio . com Source : Time Magazine Journal du Net

18. 1 unhappy customer mentions it to 10 others 1 happy customer to 2 others million others

19. Does it really influence consumers ? Source: IPSOS Nov 2006

20. Do people trust each other ? They even borrow money from each other… http://www. prosper . com/

21. Nothing is written http://www. youtube .com/watch? v=pMcfrLYDm2U