10 Niche Internet Products to Watch in 2010

There are only a few days left in the year 2010, and as usual at this time of year, I will carefully select 10 innovative but niche internet products from among the many that have been born over the past 365 days. These products are perhaps the most worthy for all of us to reminisce about and pay attention to together. Thank you to these respectable and trustworthy entrepreneurs and teams who have enriched our online lives; in 2011, Share Network 2.0 will grow with you!!

[This article was first published on Mobinode]

No.1 Juandou.com is a service-oriented site dedicated to providing e-commerce solutions suitable for online communities for webmasters. LinkMiner is its first released product. It can convert ordinary online store links and online product links (such as Taobao product links) on user websites into CPS links that support commission settlements (such as Taobao affiliate links), opening up an entirely new source of income for webmasters without affecting user experience or occupying advertising space.

Attention Level: ★★★★★ Fun Factor: ★★★☆☆ Business Idea: ★★★★★ Product Category: E-commerce, Plugins

Quick Review: Juandou.com is one of the most exciting projects I've seen this year. It revolutionarily integrates creativity, technology, and business. It brings new opportunities to small and medium-sized webmasters, and what's important is that the product is imaginative!

No.2 Wumi.com is a site that provides social news recommendation services. Relying on the massive amount of news from several major news portals, it uses artificial intelligence technology to actively recommend potentially interesting news content to readers based on the pages users like. Additionally, in the recently released version, Wumi has launched a related articles plugin that leverages cloud technology and can be embedded in independent blog systems such as WordPress to provide more precise topic matching for users.

Attention Level: ★★★★★ Fun Factor: ★★★☆☆ Business Idea: ★★★☆☆ Product Category: Plugins, Social Recommendations

Quick Review: Wumi has been updating extremely frequently in the last two months, especially after the birth of "Wumi Network." The product line is becoming increasingly clear. As a technology-driven team, Wumi's products can already inspire endless imagination during leisure time. Here's an irresponsible prediction: Wumi will see explosive growth in the next 4-8 months. A good algorithm could make Wumi grow into China's StumbleUpon, or even a greater internet company like Google.

No.3 Doit.im is a simple and easy-to-use GTD task management software. Currently, its product line spans multiple system platforms including Windows, Web, iPhone, and Android, with performance and product experience highly competitive globally within similar products.

Attention Level: ★★★★☆ Fun Factor: ★★☆☆☆ Business Idea: ★★☆☆☆ Product Category: Games, Cloud Computing

Quick Review:

Doit.im was listed last year in Share Network 2.0 &；amp；amp；#8211； The 10 Most Noteworthy Chinese Niche Internet Products of 2009. This year, the team underwent a rebirth, and the reorganized team brought us a completely innovative work that defies previous conventions; their indomitable entrepreneurial spirit deserves recognition.

No.4 Jiepang is a mobile social service based on geographical location. Beyond the traditional elements of time, people, and events in social services, it successfully introduces a fourth dimension: location, making users' online lives and real lives more closely integrated. Users can use Jiepang to "check-in" to their current location, recording their footprints in an innovative and digital way, and sharing their moods with friends.

Attention Level: ★★★★☆ Fun Factor: ★★★★☆ Business Idea: ★★★☆☆ Product Category: LBS

Quick Review: Location-based mobile services are undoubtedly the hottest tech topic of 2010. Since Foursquare led the "check-in" trend abroad, similar domestic products have emerged like mushrooms after rain. Why did Jiepang make it onto the Top 10 here instead of Kaikai, Qieke, or Wan Zhuan Si Fang? In my personal understanding, operations are an important part of the product. Perhaps Jiepang's product isn't the best, but their operations are absolutely full of passion.

No.5 Kuai Pan is a cloud storage service similar to Dropbox introduced by Kingsoft Software, used for file management and backup; it can instantly automatically synchronize the same files across multiple platforms such as PC, mobile phones, and the Web, truly enabling cross-platform usage.

Attention Level: ★★★☆☆ Fun Factor: ★★★★★ Business Idea: ★★★☆☆ Product Category: Storage, Cloud Computing

Quick Review: Besides LBS and group buying, another big hot topic in 2010 was cloud storage and cloud synchronization. Facing numerous homogenized products on the market (Shanda-Everbox, Huawei-Data Bank, Sina-Microdisk, Kingsoft-Kuai Pan, Xunlei-Suishen Pan, Kuai Che-Da Shu etc.), I made a difficult decision to award the Top 5 to Kingsoft Kuai Pan. This is entirely due to a Blogger's personal sentiment; Kingsoft is undergoing its third strategic transformation in the company's history - beginning to focus on internet direction based on a "service-oriented" model. Within just one year, Kingsoft has produced multiple well-received internet products including Kuai Pan, Kuai Xie, and Kuai Kuai. This award is given to them in hopes that Kingsoft will continue to excel in the internet field and innovation!

No.6 Mai Ku is a relatively niche internet product developed by the Innovation Institute under Shanda Network, responsible for innovative product research and development. It specifically provides free and secure personal knowledge management services to users, similar to Evernote abroad. Users can choose to save notes, reminders, write documents, and store materials on Mai Ku anytime and anywhere using computers, mobile phones, and other devices, and conveniently organize and share them.

Attention Level: ★★★★☆ Fun Factor: ★★☆☆☆ Business Idea: ★★☆☆☆ Product Category: Personal Knowledge Management