February 10, 2005





The way we are using the internet is changing; we wait that information come to us

Thank to RSS feeds and other information broadcast channels

 

Internet is changing. The way we use it is also changing. In the past, the main application of Internet was to search for stuff. We used search engine. Now the role seems change. As I observe what is going on, I perceive that people are now using internet not just to search for stuff, but to wait that the stuff comes to them. They don't search for information; they wait until that information come to them. They seem to be, in a sense, less active and more passive. Search engines are now sending information to their users (not the results of a specific search but information that can interest his users); think of MSN Search. People now have the possibility to have a bookmark inbox and wait to receive new cool links that are in relation with subscribed tags (interests). It's getting rare that I perform search on search engines. I only do it when I search for technical things, like while programming or on specific subjects. Paradoxically I never before spend as many time as I spend on all kind of websites; I never found before as many stuff on the Internet as I found now. Why? Because I subscribe to some information channels and I wait that information come to me. Many unexpected stuff arrive by some information channels; I read it and I enjoy it. I would never find it with a traditional search, because I would never think about it. Thank to RSS feeds.



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