Tis the season for lots of shopping to be done. Now in your quest to find the best deals, wouldn't it be nice if the deals came to you? Well guess what, now that is a reality thanks to the power of the web. New sites such as
Offertrax,
StyleFeeder, and
Mpire are using web technology to automatically check throughout the day for bargains on items you personally tell it your interested in. When it finds a great deal, it automatically will alert you electronically.
This type of thinking and development for how the internet can be used to extend beyond what it is usually used for, is termed Web 2.0. And this term includes those sites you find that use the latest in web technology and have a sense of "coolness" to them. Web 2.0 has features that stand out enabling you as a real person to interact with them, and/or the features integrate into your life, hopefully for increased productivity, efficiency, and relief.
Wired Magazine has recognized just cool the automatic deal hunting thru the web is, and have published a great article about how it works
here.
An early pioneer of Web 2.0 is the popular site
Digg, which uses the concept of "social bookmarking" to enable internet users to share links and collectively comment and vote for them.
Web 2.0 sites are constantly being developed. If you have created, or have a favorite, such site, please let me know about it. I'll post a collection of links in an upcoming blog.
