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How Life Has Changed For Them In A Few Years

Search-Engines-Web.com [PersonRank 10]

Wednesday, October 3, 2007
16 years ago2,411 views

A few years does not seem like a long time. But, one has to marvel at how life can change forever for a tiny fortunate few who had the right idea at the right time – and created successful strategies to realize their goals.

Just imagine how 'suddenly' life has changed for the following idea originators:

Digg
YouTube
MySpace
FaceBook
Reddit
TechCrunch
ProBlogger
Huffington Post
TMZ
Ruby on Rails

Out of thousands of efforts, only a minute fraction ever make it big.

It will be interesting to see who the next big winners will be during the next few years, and whicht few ideas and strategies will hit with society.

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

What's interesting to note that there were already video sites out there before YouTube... and that there were already social networks before MySpace... and tech blogs before TechCrunch... and perhaps (?) digg-style sites before Digg.com... so you start to wonder: what strategies and contexts makes one site highly successful and another not?

Reto Meier [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

Digg style sites before Digg? Slashdot, Metafilter, ...

As you say Philipp – what's the secret sauce that makes Digg and MySpace explode? Or perhaps more importantly, how do they keep their audience?

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

But at Slashdot, as opposed to what (mostly) happens at Digg, the editor decides which story makes the frontpage right...

Roger Browne [PersonRank 10]

16 years ago #

Sometimes it's not a matter of doing the right thing, it's a matter of being in the right place at the right time.

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