Lifestyle @web2.0

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WEB 2.0 Web 2.0 is a collection of services that

allow, among many things, greater community participation, content syndication, advancements in Web-based user interfaces, and a new breed of Web services that create an entirely new application platform.

Advantages over web1.0Users can have interaction amongst themselves.Can discuss their opinions with famous

personalities.Can present their views about anything.Can easily get in touch with other people having

same preferences.Can contribute by live feedbacks and discussions.

Sports @web2.0

Nature of ServicesThese websites provide latest news by pulling in

content from sources around the web for the major sports including cricket, football, baseball, basketball, and hockey.

Members of the community can rate the articles and provide their commentary.

These provides the traditional message boards throughout the site and social networking features like friends, user profiles, private messaging, blogging, groups, scores and videos.

User can also submit stories and they can vote to determine which stories come to the front page.

Some Key playersFan Nation:

It is the biggest social sports site around It aggregates news itself by pulling in content

from sources around the web for the major sports including football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. News is broken down into three types.

The most prominent type is the “Truth & Rumours” section, the sports world’s gossip column where you can also get the standard news.

ctd…Members of the Fan Nation community can rate

the articles and provide their commentary. Members can also track their favourite teams

(Team Tracker) and players (Player Tracker) and have the news relating to those topics delivered to them automatically.

Fan Nation provides the traditional message boards throughout the site and some newer social networking features like friends, user profiles, private messaging, blogging, and groups.

BallHype :

It provides the capability for user submitted stories to be added into the mix.

Members of BallHype vote stories up or down by “Hyping” them, which determine which stories, make the front page. Members can also take part in a discussion by leaving comments. 

When viewing a user’s profile you can see all of their submissions, comments and voting activity and they provide a ranking system for the top users.  

ctd…In addition to news and social networking,

BallHype incorporates game scores and picking into the site, you can get all the latest scores and try to predict the outcome of games.

Members can comment on the game itself too from the scoreboard, which is a cool feature, though doesn’t appear to be used much.

Yardbarker’s :

This website provides the latest articles, rumours, videos, discussions, scores, standings and more.

Yard barker is completely user-driven. All content is submitted by members and then voted on

and discussed to find the most interesting news. As a member you can submit and rate news, get scores,

make friends, Yardbarker does have some professional athletes

writing their official blogs on YardBarker.

Indian PlayerCricjoy.com : This website is a purely cricket oriented.This websites provides latest news, articles,

videos and opinions by experts of the game.The user can submitted their stories or any

cricketing facts which they want to share.It provides the platform to discuss the

various ongoing cricket tournaments.Users can vote, play games, do blogging.

FOOD @WEB2.0Guides to various Eating outlets at a city you

are residing at.Interactive Websites to teach cooking.Users can post their own videos depicting

their own recipes.List available based on Type and Quality and

prices too.

History of EvolutionWebsites featuring online restaurant menus

have been on the Internet for nearly a decade. In recent years, however, more and more restaurants outside of large metropolitan areas have been able to feature their menus online as a result of this trend.

Online ordering has been a current trend in the industry.

Principal players

Urbanspoon.com

Currently has information about the restaurants in USA,UK and Canada.

Places are sorted based on states and provinces.

For each area all the information about the Quality of food ,names of the best restaurants ,special features of food available.

Also the price information about the restaurant is provided and hence we can choose accordingly.

WEB2.0 features in urbanspoon.comUsers can add a restaurant in an area that has

not been added previously.Users can also rate a restaurant based on quality

,food ,prices etc.The names of the top contributors are

acknowledged.Special features search such as romantic dinner

and late night parties can be input as well as searched for.

Can be connected through social networking websites such as Facebook.

www.imcooked.com

FeaturesCan be accessed by users from across the

globe. Users need to sign in with a user name and password.

Users can view the videos of dishes being cooked and at the same time upload videos the dishes that they prepare.

One can prepare one’s own playlists, define one’s own group and also make a social profile.

Look and Taste

Just-eat.com

Seriouseats.com(A food blog and community)

Indian playersSanjeevkapoor.com

 Daawat - Site dedicated to food.Indian Grocery Stores - A collection of over

2000 Indian Grocery Stores.HULCHUL -An entertaining site with lots of

food and drink info. Authentic Indian receipes -"A large

collection of Indian recipes, food facts, glossary of cooking terms, and more. An excellent homepage of authentic home food and a site for food lovers."

Gourmet India

Travel @web2.0

Nature of Services Where to goHow to goWhen to buyWhere to stay… and for how much???

Evolution of Travel2.0 Why do people travel

Leisure Travel-RomansBusiness Travel-Industrial RevolutionEducational Tourism-Exchange of KnowledgeEcotourism-Explore NatureDark Tourism-Dark Places

How to satisfy evolving needs and requirements?

Don’t sell anything, but has special tools to understand customer needs and displays best results accordingly

Users can send updates regarding different destinations on Kayak Traveller

Uses social networking to showcase different travelling trends around the globe

Boo is a new type of travel site that puts everything you need in one place: A fully inclusive search and comparison engine, informative reviews and direct links to supplier sites.

All boo's reviews are written by people like you, boo users who share your interest. It's "collective wisdom" by boo!

‘Travel advice from people like you…’

Price predictions and Rate indicatorsBing Travel Community have groups of

people sharing common interestsUsers can share their experiences on Bing

Travel Blog

Gadling is the world's biggest travel blog, written and edited by passionate travelers and writer

It features photo galleries uploaded by users

It is best place to search for travel tips from local people of a particular place

Upcoming Player

Why it can be a major threat:MyTravelGoogle.com uses Google to power

your searchAll trusted travel sites and blogs included in

the indexTarget customer base is budget travelersIf not satisfied with the results, you search on

web using the same window

Indian Players

Official Website of Ministry of Tourism GOIProvides deep insight regarding travelling in

IndiaOne place solution for all needs of a traveler

India Travel Blogs www.indiauncommon.comwww.gonomad.comwww.travelindiaonline.org

Business Model Create large focused niche travel communitySell services to different groups/communitiesSell relevant data to interested firmsGet a revenue share from transactionsSell advertisementsSell premium memberships

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