Cool New Technologies coming soon....

With "always on" technologies, strong social networks some devices are going to get pretty powerful within the next 5 years.



Dan Ross
http://www.BetterBizIdeas.com

Social Networking Growth According to Nielson Online

Linkedin.com is the fastest growing social network Y-Y. Much of that growth is due to the unique nature of business relationships (people work with ALOT of people) and the desire of many people to keep in contact with people as they move jobs/locations, etc.



Dan Ross
http://www.BetterBizBooks.com

Internet Search MarketShare Data - March 2008

Very consistent data with #1, #2 and #3 marketshare data. The ability for anyone to catch google is slim to none. That is why #3 is trying to buyout #2, to get CLOSE and shake the game up quite a bit. Even if the deal would occur, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if google retained 60% share for awhile. Over time, as markets get more specific, we may see some marketshare erosion but, for general searches, Google is a clear #1 by a long shot.



Dan Ross
http://BetterBizBooks.com

Internet Statistics

The always-entertaining Pew Internet & American Life Project ran a survey, and the results show that 34 percent of Internet users have gone online with a Wi-Fi connection or one of those newly popular and overpriced cell-phone services. Two years ago, this number was 22 percent. Another factoid from the survey: 19 percent of all users have Wi-Fi in the home. This number was a mere 10 percent just one year ago. The last tidbit from the survey worth noting is that only 56 percent of the people who have PDAs that hook to the Internet have actually gone on the Net via their PDA. The same goes for the people who have cell phones with Internet capability; not much more than half have actually used it.

Dan Ross
http://BetterBizBooks.com