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No. 9. September 5, 2009

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Summer is waning, vacations are over and we’re back at the mic with Web 2.0 — the Topic du Jour and Judy and Anna Belle are talking all about it. But first . . . what is this thing that gets mentioned so often and is such a part of the Web as We Know It? Judy draws on Wikipedia’s definition to get started . . . a broadly defined description of Web 2.0 lists “hosted services, web applications, social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, mashups and folksonomies” – but what does it do and why do we care? And what are the 15 most popular Web 2.0 websites, anyway?

Obviously vast numbers of digital denizens are in love with Facebook, My Space and Twitter . . . but can we say the same for corporate denizens? Evidently, yes . . . drawing on a McKinsey Global Survey, AB tells us that the corporate world is also embracing Web 2.0 – video, blogs and even RSS (which we think keeps defying attempts to marginalize it).

In the news, Internet Explorer continues to lose market share while IE 6 users can help to diminish world hunger merely by moving away from this beastly browser and heading into more hospitable realms. And did you know that Wikipedia and women don’t mix?

Coolest thing in the news lately? In Judy’s opinion, that’s the recent spate of Bing vs Google search sites. Go ahead. See where you rank. Find what you need. And best of all: Compare. Or, hmm. On second thought, maybe it’s Judy’s UpBeet, which is the wondrous Firefox extension "Firebug."

And finally, in her WebBeet quote, Anna Belle shares news of Google’s “Search Inside Yourself” – a course in which Hot-shot geeks at the world’s leading information company are taking a ground-breaking course called Search Inside Yourself . . . discovering insights into how to bring mindfulness (and the benefits of meditation) to work (including sending email).

NEWS
IE tumbles, Firefox regains market share mojo
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137358/IE_tumbles_Firefox_regain...

Killing IE6 Helps Fight World Hunger (Really!)
http://mashable.com/2009/08/31/upgrade-from-ie6/

STUDY: Women and Wikipedia Don’t Mix
http://mashable.com/2009/09/01/women-wikipedia/

WEB 2.0
The top 15 most popular Web 2.0 websites
http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/web-2.0-websites

Web 2.0 - The Wikipedia Definition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0

How companies are benefiting from Web 2.0: McKinsey Global Survey Results
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Business_Technology/BT_Strategy/How_com...

RSS isn't Dead (Just Ask Executives)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2009/09/rss-isnt-dead-just-ask-ex...

BEET UP and UP BEET
Firebug, without which web developers would not work nearly as quickly. You get the idea.
http://getfirebug.com

Share your Search with Bing and Ping ("We at the Bing team....")
http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/archive/2009/09/03/share-your...

Bingle
http://bingle.pwnij.com/

(plus also Bing vs. Google at http://www.bing-vs-google.com/ and Bing and Google at http://bingandgoogle.com/)

Google Caffeine Compare
http://www.facesaerch.com/caffeine/

QUOTE
Google Searches
http://www.contemplativemind.org/resources/SUN_Sept09_Google.pdf