Web 2.0 Mini Review (21) - Retrospect and Summary | Web Trend

In fact, I have long expressed in my diary the idea of wanting to take stock of Web2.0 websites that I have always been interested in and paid more attention to. At that time, it was mainly targeted at Digg-like sites (please refer to the description in "Proudly Reflecting Before 'Famous Blogs'"). Unexpectedly, this time, starting with RSS subscription sites, it took nearly a month, and with my own original writing, I completed a long series of specialized articles, consisting of 20 pieces covering over 200 representative websites across 14 major categories of Web2.0. Although there are still many imperfections, I can't help but celebrate myself as I put down my pen.

Each blog post in this special topic of mine provides as detailed an evaluation and analysis as possible for a certain branch field of Web2.0 (some branches span two posts). It can be guaranteed that, except for a small amount of content specifically noted as quoted from a certain website (blog), all content is written originally by me after first-hand testing. For this reason, during this period, I registered and tested no less than 200 various types of Web2.0 websites (only a few of which I had used skillfully in the past); every day, during my spare time, I was thinking about how to improve the one I was writing or how to position the next one. It seemed like I subconsciously set myself an intangible writing plan, and every day without completing the planned content felt like something important was left undone. Sometimes, I really felt like I was getting obsessed. In such a state, this series of topics formed the following characteristics:

Each collected website is accompanied by its exclusive logo and URL link. The specific evaluation part consists of three basic sections: brief review, features, and shortcomings (depending on the content, some categories also include sections such as submission or upload, management, operation, similar category, etc.). The evaluation content basically adheres to the principles of objectivity and third-party perspective (the shortcomings caused by this will be mentioned below), aiming to reflect the internal connections and differences between websites of various categories. Additionally, attention is paid to providing accurate parameters regarding space size, traffic restrictions, etc., and links to relevant tools related to the website, etc. According to actual conditions, plans are also made to supplement and perfect necessary sections such as related knowledge and similar categories, and to supplement, correct, and update already published categories based on netizen comments and personal discoveries (already started, striving to complete as soon as possible) to further enrich and perfect this "super" topic that I consider to have invested a lot of effort into.

Of course, according to netizen comments and personal feelings, I realize that this special topic also has many shortcomings, mainly due to my insufficient understanding, practical level, and personal energy regarding Web2.0, this relatively new thing that I've only recently come into contact with. Here's a brief summary:

1. Due to genre and insufficient practical testing, the texts in this special topic basically adopt a bystander commentary style. The disadvantage of this approach is that it is too mechanized, lacking subjective feelings and in-depth analysis, giving people a sense of stiffness and shallowness.

2. Due to limited energy, the category of network drives, which should have included evaluations of upload speed and other parameters, lacks phrases like "upload ××K, download ××K". These necessary items, although influenced by network line differences and inevitably leading to subjective and one-sided impressions, thus not necessarily having high reference value, should still be added according to convention.

3. Regarding the inclusion of logos for each site, you might think it's unnecessary. It cannot be denied that this affects the loading speed of web pages, but I believe that each website's logo can reflect its characteristics and features to a certain extent, playing a good auxiliary and extension role in promoting the website. Actually, adding logos to each site has cost me quite a bit of effort. For example, before and after writing this album, the number of pictures in the "Logo" photo album used for storing and linking these logo images increased sharply from less than 40 to over 200 (a screenshot of the album is attached below, later updated to all internal links from WP space). Not easy! After pursuing uniqueness and aesthetics, my next step may be to find time to release a combined version without logos to pursue practicality and speed.

4. Due to personal energy and knowledge limitations, some categories of websites are briefly commented on (such as the blog category) or simply provide a list of links (such as the Witkey category, foreign online bookmark category), some categories are even close to being blank (such as the foreign online drive category, foreign Digg-like category). For purely English foreign websites, due to language ability limitations, only the roughest outlines can be described (all those close to being blank fall under this reason). I will try to make up for and improve them when conditions allow, but I'm afraid I'll still have to laugh off the numerous renowned bloggers who excel in this field (significantly supplemented and updated from June 8-9, 2008). Of course, due to the rapid changes in the Internet, especially in the Web2.0 field, almost every day sees the emergence of new websites of this kind. This special topic of mine does not intend nor is able to, and indeed is unnecessary to become a "complete collection" (I hope the number of websites included in this special topic mentioned above does not lead to any misunderstanding. In fact, the important principle of this special topic is to seek quality rather than quantity or completeness. However, due to unfamiliarity with some categories, too many and varied websites were included, making it uneven. I will appropriately reduce them).

That's all for the review and summary. I sincerely hope to receive valuable opinions and constructive criticism from all of you bloggers. While patching up the series of special topics, I will seriously write every future blog post related to Web2.0 (including in-depth reviews of related websites in this special topic). Working hard...

Postscript: At the beginning, I couldn't even guarantee whether I could finish writing, so there was no "preface" type of dedicated article. Now that it's finally done, I'll use this review and summary as the preface. That counts as a good start and finish, right?

Postscript of October 8 corrections: Today, besides continuing to supplement and correct some content, I added the "Wikis" category, split the original "Other Various Categories" into "Group-buying Class" and "Online Note-taking Class", and made corresponding necessary adjustments to the original editing date and webpage name. Up to now, this special topic includes 14 major categories and 20 blog posts, and the overall framework has taken shape.