Web 2.0 Mini Review (6) - Promotion Category | Web Travel Notes

Xinxin Website [Brief Review]: A professional Web 2.0 navigation, review, and ranking website, self-positioned as the "Web 2.0 Departure Station."

[Section Features]:

- Chinese Web 2.0: Collects Web 2.0 sites through user-submitted content, categorizes them flexibly via Tags, and provides features such as statistics, rankings, and logo collections for Web 2.0 sites.

- International Web 2.0: Collaborates with Web2.0feed.com for promotional purposes (a reciprocal link exchange partnership).

- Web 2.0 Discussion Area: A forum section for exchanging information about various aspects of Web 2.0; users with a score of 500 can create their own discussion boards, while regular users can freely post new threads.

- IT Digest: A categorized abstract section with Digg-like characteristics where users can submit IT-related articles online or via right-click submission (using the Dig客 tool). Users can support and bookmark articles submitted by others using the "Digest IT" button, and browse their own submissions or supported articles through the digest page (modifications and deletions require access to user account management).

- IT Blog: A section with both RSS and Digg features. After users submit their blog RSS address, the blog and its posts will be fetched into this section for easy sharing and support by others (but does not support editing or deleting blog information).

[Supplementary]: Digg-like, RSS subscription type.

Wowo Website [Brief Review]: A distinctive station that introduces domestic and international Web 2.0 websites in a Digg + review format, with the slogan -- "Web 2.0 Website Recommendations, Grassroots' Website Aggregation Project; My Internet Web 2.0 Application Aggregation."

[Section Features]:

- Web 2.0: Users can submit various Web 2.0 websites online, and other users can support and comment on them (in Digg format).

- Brand Show: Selects highly recommended and well-known Web 2.0 websites for special promotion.

- Wowo Group: In a forum format, users can freely enter groups, post topics, and apply to create their own groups. The recently launched Wowo Head Plan includes topic ads and page ad placements (the latter requires payment), which will play a certain role in promoting blogs.

- Additionally, Wowo's blog (Utopia's Web 2.0) is quite distinctive and worth reading.

[Shortcomings]: Unstable server, often inaccessible recently.

[Supplementary]: Digg-like.

Website Nest [Brief Review]: A distinctive station introducing Web 2.0 websites and webmasters in a Digg + review format, with the slogan -- "Design Grassroots' Website Aggregation Project."

[Characteristics]: Users can independently recommend domestic and international Web 2.0 websites and personal photo albums of webmasters. They can support and comment on the included websites and webmasters (similar to Digg functions), support friends (Nest Friends) and groups (Website Nest Groups, but currently only two exist, and users cannot create their own). Provides a user center page.

[Shortcomings]: Content quality varies, some content has little relation to website recommendations, and the group function is practically useless.

[Supplementary]: Digg-like.