GAMBLE 2.0

Betfair was a revolution, but real innovation is rare in this copy cat sector. Most online gambling concepts are still in the phase of mimicking real life casino & betting games. Nothing new that caught my eye last month.

Abetx - Auction betting exchange
Allspotsmarket - Sports stock market
Betbug - Betting exchange
Betbull - Betting exchange
Betbutler - Betting exchange
Betdaq - Betting exchange
Betfairgames - Bet on poker and blackjack games
Betfairpoker - Poker community
Betfanatic - Betting exchange
Betmate - Betting exchange
Betocracy - Create your own decision markets
Betonbet - Bet on sports, poker & casino games
Betsson - Betting exchange, poker & casino tournaments
Betxc - Betting exchange
Binexx - Bet on stocks
Bluevex - Bet on sports & stocks
Elite128 - Betting exchange
Foresightexchange - Bet on your predictions
Gpokr - Play poker & contribute to concept (see Idea-page!)
Hedgestreet - Bet on all kinds of economical parameters
Hodgepodge - Share ideas, tips & opinions on gambling
Ibetx - Betting exchange
IEM - Futures markets dependable on real events
In-the-casino - Gambling online community
Intrade - Trading exchange for prediction markets
Longbets - Prediction competition for charities
Mansion - Betting exchange
Matchbook - Betting exchange
Mybet - Betting exchange
Newsfutures - Trade on tomorrow's news today
Parbet - Betting exchange
Partypoker - Poker tournaments
Pokerlistings - Review, rate & rank poker websites
Poserfish - P2P betting, free
Redbet - Betting exchange
Spreadfair - Spread betting exchange
Thepool - P2P sports betting
Tradebetx - Betting exchange
Tradesports - Betting exchange
Tradindex - Spread betting exchange
Trendio - Bet on popular words

Italic = new. Update 061224, 070119.

FUN 2.0

Lots of satire, parody and dumb jokes in this completely unserious category:

Bloglebrity - Compute your blog's influence
Blogstickr - Add fake stickers to your blog
Brands2.0 - Traditional brands in 2.0 design style
Buzzwordhell - Rate & condemn
Certifyr - Certify 2.0-ishness of your website
Enormicom - Branding 2.0
Extortr - Upload scandalous materials, then blackmail
Fuckweb2 - Tagged manifesto to shut up about Web 2.0
Googlebrins - Create & share your Sergey Brin
Googleromance - Find your soulmates
Howmuchisyourblogworth - Compute your blog's worth
I-know-where-you’ve-been - Reads out your last visited websites (thru Firefox)
Isolatr - Isolate yourself from requests
Justcurious - Q&A at random
Leftoverlunch - Share your leftovers
Listr20 - Lists "all" Flickr-like spelled domain names
Monthlydollar - The world's 1st internet employee
Mothrfuckr - Submit & vote for the worst of Web 2.0
Roundedcornr - Generate & share code for rounded corners
Smllr - Tag your Flickr photos with smells
Sorrygottago - Anti-communication software
Wankr - Collaborative masturbation community
Web20alizr - Generate & promote a 2.0 app automatically
Web20awareness - Check your last visited links to decide how 2.0-aware you are
Web20bingo - Bingo with 2.0 buzz words
Web20bullshitgenerator - Generate 2.0 speak
Web20domainnamegenerator - Find cool 2.0 names
Web20generator - Generate a 2.0 web page
Web20namegenerator - Generates fancy web 2.0 brand names
Web20quiz - Web 2.0 brand or Star Wars character quiz
Web20stylr - Create your web 2.0 logography
Web20validator - Screen your website on 2.0-ishness
Webfalls - Useless link sharing
Webtwopointoh - Create your own 2.0 company
Workfriendly - Make surfing look like working in Word
Yay2dot0logoparody - Traditional brands in 2.0 design style
Youhavebo - Anti-social software

Italic = new. Update 061224, 070119.

FINANCE 2.0

Surpisingly few 2.0 initiatives in the financial sector. And there's so much to gain! Deploying 2.0 thinking in financial services could be the most disruptive of all.

Beggr - Give me your money
Billhighway - Budget, collect, pay between roommates, fraternities, etc.
Billq - Keep track of your bills
Billster - Track where your money goes
Blinksale - Web-based invoicing
Budgettracker - Track your finances
Bullpoo - Find, share & collaborate on investment information
Buxfer - Keep track of shared costs
Capitoolvertical - Search VCs & entrepreneurs
Collectiveintellect - Collect, filter, analyze & trade on financial data
Cyclr - Manage financial obligations
Digstock - Digg stock
Dimewise - Manage your finances
Dun&Bradstreet - API for D&B credit check
Foonance - Manage your finance
Foxway - Track your budget
Freshbooks - Online invoicing and time tracking service
Frugalbetty - Manage your spendings
Fundamentalee - Due diligence portal
Fygo - Connect to network, borrow or lend money
Gstock - Volunteer to participate in supercomputing for stocks
Investle - Community based investment decision making
Iohu - Mange bills (stealth)
Ioweyou - Manage loans & shared expenses
Mileguru - Aggregate all your loyalty points on 1 page
Moneytrackin' - Manage your budget & expenses & share it
Moneytwins - Exchange currencies without banks
Motleyfoolcaps - Pool your knowledge on stock buying
Mvelopes - Manage your finances
Networthiq - Track, share & compare your net worth
Onestatement - Manage your finances online (stealth)
Pearbudget - Create your budget, track your expenses
Ripple - Be your own banker
Sanebull - Customizable start page for stock information
Secondsite - Web-based invoicing
Simplybill - Invoice management (Stealth)
Socialpicks - Analyse & recommend stocks with your peers
Spicydigits - Manage shared expenses
Squawklive* - Mashes up stock data & news, sends alerts
Stocktickr - Create & share stock watchlists
Swarmofangels - Participate in new cinema
Valuewiki - Wiki for securities
Vcdiggz - Community based deal sourcing firm
Vcnewscentral - Digg start-up & VC news
Venturfundr - Online self-serve Venture firm
W8alth - Get rich or become an investor
Wageexchange - Share your salary
Wikinancial - Read & share knowledge on stock trading
Yodlee - Bank, pay, manage your wealth & risk
Zecco~ - Trade stocks for free
Gradr - Rank, research & discuss stocks

Italic = new. Update 061221, 070119.

EMPLOYMENT 2.0

I would've expected many more concepts in this category. Adding collaborative and other social features to this exciting market space should result in many more experiments and innovations.
Growing activity in my last updates, but where are the HRM solutions (the fastest growing segment in traditional software!)?

Bixee - Job finder
Bluechipexpert - Profile yourself, invite friends & recruit other professionals, and get paid
Careerbuilder - Find jobs yourself or get recommendations
Chinwagjobs - Post jobs, look for vacancies, get alerts
Crunchboard - Job board for Techchrunch readership
Eluta - Search new jobs (Canadian)
Emurse* - Create, share & send your permanent resume page in any format
Glendor - Find & locate jobs (map mash-up)
Gojobby - Publish your resume & blog
Hiddennetwork - Job board distributed thru blogs
Hirevue - Online video job interviews
Ilovemynanny - Nanny jobs & support
Indeed - Finds jobs on what & where
Isabont - Keep track of your job search activities
Jobazaar - Tagged job offerings
Jobberwiki - Share job knowledge & experience
Job-brokers~ - Submit your resume & get job offers
Jobneters - Job vacancies & map mash-up (UK)
Odesk* - Work as or hire remote workforce
Pagebites - Resume search
Payscale - Get & share salary information
Recruiterredbook - Find the right recruiter
Salaryscout - Share salary info & discover your true value
Selectrecruiters - Find the right recruiter
Sidejobtrack - Job tracker
Simplyhired - Local job search
Skillmeter - Identify, measure & retain talents thru assessments
Whototalkto - Job referral exchange
Workcircle - Find recruiters or jobs
Workmagnet - Search, find & apply for jobs, or recruit
Yorz - Join group, upload resume

Italic = new. Update 061225, 070119.

E-LEARNING

Just a few samples of this blooming category. Much more is going on.

Chalksite - Bring your classroom online
Classcaster - Interact with students thru podcasts & blogs
Curriki - Publish & share curricula on this wiki
Elgg - Open source e-learning software
Engrade - Helps teachers, students parents to connect
Examprofessor - Create, publish & share exams
Gradefix - Organize your homework
Grockit - Online exam preparation
Mindpicnic* - Share & learn from online knowledge
Moodle - Course management system for learning communities
Nuvvo - Build, publish & learn from courses

Italic = new. Update 061221, 070119.

ECONOMY 2.0

Many traces of the old "new economy" in this category (where monetization of these initiatives is almost inherently excluded). And as many interesting social and socio-economical experiments:

Aidpage - People help people
Associatedcontent - Produce & publish content, get paid
Billmonk - Manage debts
Boompa - Show your rides & find guides & parts to improve them
Brokenotbeat - Donate to a needy person each day
Castingwords - Get your podcasts transcribed
Cellswapper - Swap out or in a mobile phone contract
Changingthepresent - Invite friends to donate to your good causes
Chipin - Connect, collect & give money
Couchsurfing* - Home swapping & holiday dating
Cucumis - Translate or be translated
Daylo - Contribute to local yellow pages
Democracy2.0* - Consumers/Citizens unite!
Donorschoose - Donate to schools
Dotsub - Help to subtitle films
Elevatorpitch - Upload, read & rate pitches
ESPgame - Label images in a game
Ether - Set up your call center, make money
Eyespot - Edit & remix videos online
Faqqly - Trade Q&A, advice, lend things to friends
Favorville - People helping people
Fundable - Pledge for funding
Gather - Share passions & get paid
Givebobadollar - Begging
Givemeaning - Give or take fundraising community
Givezilla - Create fundraising storefront
Googleanswers - Get your questions answered for money
Grootbedrijf~ - Merge your company virtually with "Big Company"
Helpwinmybet - Help this guy to get laid in a 3some
Homeforexchange~ - Exchange for vacation homes
Humanpages - Add, share & sell your profile
Indiekarma - Pay a cent to see a blog
Interraproject - Do & consume good with your credit & debit cards
Kiva* - Give a micro credit to an entrepreneur from a developing country
Knacktion - Share & sell your talent & content
Knowmore - Consumers unite
Kritx - Social reviewing
Lendmonkey - Trade everything
Listsomething - Share any list to buy & sell things, services
Lostkeys - Lost & found for keys
Mailmydisc~ - Exchange your media
Milliondollarhomepage* - Buy pixels to finance study
Mturk* - Complete simple tasks & get paid
Myfreelanceauction - Buy or sell web services
Nextcat - Platform for entertainment professionals
Nirbi - Find matches for carpooling
Oolsi - Share links to free things
Openstudio - Create, collaborate, share, buy & sell
Pawspot - Exchange pet care
Peekaboom - Label images in a game
Plugim - Submit, plug & share content
Populationone - Your pixel and 6.5 billion other ones
Programmermeetdesigner* - Partner matching for IT projects
Prosper - P2P lending
Qunu - Get or offer help
Rawsugar - Social bookmarking directory & revenue sharing
Readitswapit - Swap books
Resellular - Get out of your cell contract, or take over a contract
Savetoby - Donate or else…
Secondlifeboutique - Buy real things with virtuaa money
Sellaband~ - Promote your music & find 5000 fans
Smarkets - Stock markets for products
Smashmyviper - Buy pixels to destroy car
Splitgames - Trade games (French)
Squadrapiloti - Tell about your car, get matched with other cars
Storycode - Read, code, find & share books
Stuffopolis - Keep track of things you lend or borrow
Superoyster - Sell oe buy your place at a waiting list
Swabba - Online garage sale (German)
Swaptree - Swap your media
Trashbit - Register & share your code
Tree-nation - Plant a tree in Niger
Voices - Market place for voice overs
Votemerich - Blog, campaign, vote & get rich
Zackbookmaps - Locate & lend books (map mash-up)
Zipcar - Share your car
Zopa - P2P banking services

Italic = new. Update 061221, 070119.

ECOMMERCE 2.0

You'll find aspects of ecommerce and "content commerce" in many other Web 2.0 categories - wherever the founders are concerned about creating more or less serious revenue streams around their ventures. Since the fall of 2006 I only add cases with something original.

43deals - Find best deals
Adgenta - Add ads to your site, blog or rss feed
Amazon* - Shop, sell, review & rank
Ándale - Small online business sales tools
Apartmentratings - Rent after reading tenant's review & rating
Auctionmapper - Find auctioned goods nearby (mash-up)
Aytozon - Comparison shopping from Amazon & Ebay
Baeboo - Shop comparison
Bigcartel - Start, review & recommend online shops
Blish - Buy or sell your media
Blockrocker - Buy & sell thru classifieds; map mash-up
Blogbuy - Social market place
Bloggerkit - Let Amazon exploit your blog
Booksforschool - Buy & sell used text books
Broadbandgenie - Find best provider
Cafépress - Design, sell, buy
Carbonmade - Publish & manage your portfolio online
Clipfire - Shop search engine & community
Closo - Start & advertise your online shop
Cogteeth - Create T-shirt with personal coded message
Cooqy - Find things faster on Ebay (client)
Correlates - Parallel product search
Cottonrape* - Shopping game
Coverpop - Mash-ups of everything
Craigslist* - Post & read classifieds
Crowdstorm - Add & research products & share opinions
Darmik - Sell & share profits with charities
Dawanda - Social market place for people producing or buying handicraft (private beta)
Dealbundle - Social shopping (Stealth)
Dealcritic - Digg offers
Dealmine - Personalize your best deals
Dealplumber - Find deals & coupons
Dealspl - Social shopping community (stealth)
Dealsplus - Share hot deals
Dealtagger - Find & share good deals
Diversetrade - European alternative to (higher rates of) Ebay
Dnastylelab - Design, wear & share your own products
Dsimobile - Start an mvno network
Ebay* - Sell, rate & buy; auction
Ebaywiki - Wiki on things you can buy & sell
Edoc* - Fashion ecommerce goes alternate reality game
Elkhuistekoop~ - Bookmark your interest in a house that's not for sale yet, and get broker's help to show your interest to owners
Emongoo - Tools & marketplace to sell your property
Etsy - Buy & sell handmade things
Factorious - Hosted ecommerce inc marketing (Stealth)
Farecast - Get alerts for flight fares at your level (Stealth)
Fashmatch - Match your clothes
Fatfingers - Get better deals on Ebay thanks to typos
Fivelimes - Green shop aggregator
Flipadisc - Trade media
Flippid - Post what you need, and get an offer
Flyspy - Graph all of your choices in air travel
Fotogopo - Animated local route map; Google Maps & Geocoder mash-up
Froogle* - Local shopping search engine; Google Maps mash-up
Frucall - Mobile price comparison
Fuzzbo - Kill real estate agents (Stealth)
Garbagescout - Find treasures on NY streets; Google Maps mash-up
Gochaching - Simple shopping cart (Stealth)
Googlebooks - Publish & sell access to your? books
Greenleafmarket* - Buy or sell local products
Gumshoo - Auction analyzer; Ebay mash-up
Hawkee - Tagged price comparison
Hngry - Rate & pick your restaurants
Homethinking - Search, find, contact & review realtors
Hotpads - Houses for rent
Igglo - Get buy alerts for houses that aren't for sale yet (Finnish)
Imagekind - Start your own art galery online
Innertee - Design, mix, wear, share & sell
Inods - Shopping review aggregator
Insideflyer - Convert loyalty points
Insiderpages - Social directory guide
Jellyfish - Shopping search engine
Judysbook - Review & rate your neighbourhood
Kapaza~ - Free classified ads marketplace
Kayak - Price comparison with user input for travel
Kayakbuzz - Find cheap destinations; Google Maps mash-up
Külist - Search, compare, bookmark best prices
Lala - Swam CDs, from July 4th
Licketyship - Home-delivery supermarket; retail & couriers co-operation
Licketytrip - Last minute vacation rentals (map mash-up)
Lightenment - Publish & share reviews of gadgets
Limbo41414 - Dutch auction
Listd - Accelerate your Ebay listings
Localspring - Social yellow pages directory
Lopico - Social business directory
Mapeire - User generated lowest price finder; Google Maps mash-up
Mashmap - Find movies & showtimes (map mash-up)
Mecommerce - Resell stuff thru your blog
Moblee - Opt in to offers direct to your mobile
Mobsaver - Price comparison thru your cell
Modoshi - Shopping community
Motionmall - Design & insert webads
Mpire - Track price trends when you shop
Mrdealio - Compare & track prices
Mynewplace - Find & rent your new home
Mystyledesigns - Your body, your shape, your clothes - mass customized (stealth)
Mytriggers - Price comparison alert services
Nakedandangry - Design & share your wallpapers
Nestoria - Property search
Offertrax - RSS-based shopping alerts
Onsofts - Ebay & Amazon combined shopping search
Ourstockworks - Upload, sell or buy stockphotos
Paguna - Travel booking with 1 page Ajax interface
Peerflix - List & trade DVDs
Pricenoia - Amazon price comparison
Pricheck - Check prices continuously
Qloud - Social music search & buy service
Qoop - Publish & sell photos & photo products
Redtoucan - Share photos & review products
Reevoo - Review & buy electronics
Rentmeavacation - Share your vacation homes
Revver - Upload, share or sell your videos
Rightcart - Sell your own or 3d parties' stuff on your site
Savedsearchpro - Find Ebay deals easier
Savemyass - Send your wife flowers frequently
Sexycanvas~ - View & purchase erotic art (Browse through tastefully decorated rooms or upload an image of your own room to experience the works in various settings).
Shoposphere* - Create & share pick lists
Siteflavoredgoogle* - Tailor adwords to your site
Sizeasy - Compare sizes of online goods with everyday items
Skombo - Sell & buy rare music
Slister - Bookmark & list products
Solomodels - Upload, commicate with, vote for, hire or buy from photographers & models
Souki~ - Local shop search
Spotscout - Find or sell parking space
Spreadshirt* - Design, buy or sell your T's
Spymedia - Publish & sell news photos
Start12*~ - Find, compare & review online service providers
Streeteasy - Share shopping info
Stuffspace - List & share what you own & what you want
Stylefeeder - Find, share & keep track of cool products
Stylehive - Get recommendations fitting your product interests
Subscribecast - Sell content thru RSS-based subscription format
Superstart - Personalized shopping portal (Swedish)
Swapsimple - Trade your media
Switchdiscs - Trade media online
Tastydrop - Submit & rate wines
Tenbills - Design & buy your T
Terk~ - Meta search for articles
Thandora - Tag based search in yellow pages
Themintpages - Recommend & share reviews on beauty products
Thisnext - Shopping recommendation network
Threadless - Submit & rate T-shirt designs
Tictap - Price comparison for mobile
Tnook - Build, manage & trade your collections
Triporama - Plan, research & book trips together
Trustedopinion - Social recommendations engine (with visualisation of trusted circle of friends)
Uask - Sell or buy for the price you want
Viewr - Publish on map & buy or sell homes, globally
Vitalsource - Publish & sell or buy books
Watchingthewebflyby - Animated logo race
Watchthisnext - Vote for & buy DVDs
Wazima - Coupon aggregator
Web20milliondollarhomepage - Pixel ads
Web2carz - Shop for cars, publish & share reviews of dealers
Weedshare - Play, buy, share & sell music
Whabam - Search, buy & sell
Whatsbuzzing - Search, browse & discover products with a buzz
Whowouldbuythat - Anti-ecommerce
Wikology - Business directory wiki
Wists - Share shopping lists
Wize - Product review aggregator
Wuraweb - Find local prices & credentials
Yelp - Find, review & discuss local restaurants etc
Yokel - Find best prices for products near you
Yub - Meet, hang & get discounts in shopping mall
Ywoosh~ - Find or sell houses
Zazzle - Design, sell & buy custom goods
Zebo - List & share what you own & what you want
Zeedive - Social shopping (stealth)
Zillow - Get your home valuated (map mash-up)
Zipingo - Find local business based on community input
Zixxo - Create & distribute online coupons
Zlio - Social commerce
Zunafish - Buy & sell old media items
Citycribs - Real estate marketplace

Italic = new. Update 061221, 070119.

DRM 2.0

Surprisingly few initiatives in this category.

Googlemark - Register your words
Lisensa - Manage your digital rights through licensing
Mecenax - Donate & enjoy drm protected content
Numly - Tag & protect your content with serial numbers (formerly ESBN)

Italic = new. Update 061222, 070119.

DESIGN 2.0

You'll find many more cool apps like the ones in the list below when you search the web for them systematically - or accidentally, through Stumbleupon, where they are deliciously over-represented.

Ajaxsketch - Create drawings & diagram
designBetterdesktop - Share usability tests
Browsershots - View thumbs of your website in all browsers
Bulletprooflinks - Share tutorials, tools & templates
Buttonator - Drag, drop & share web buttons
Colorblender - Color picker & matcher
Colorcell - Find beautiful color combinations
Colorschemer - Explore color schemes
Colourlovers - View, are & review color schemes
Colrpickr - Color picker
CSSbeauty - Submit & share well designed websites
Dontclickit*** - Clickless interface
Flashpaint - Draw & share pictures
Flickrlogomakr - Make Flickr-like logo in a second
Flowermaker - Design flowers
Fonttester - Compare fonts side by side online
Gogofrog* - Create & share your 3D web page
Kancept - Submit design concepts and have them reviewed & rated by other users
Linkgrab - Submit & share links on design
Mockingbird - Collaborative design (Stealth)
Multi-touch* - Handy interface
Netcocktail - Share color schemes
Neurosky - Bionic interface technology
OK-cancel - Collaboration on interface design
Picture2life - Edit pics online
Pixelgroup - Draw anything with others
Rasterbator - Creates rasterized images
Sketchup - Create & view things in 3D
Snipshot - Edit pics online (a.k.a. Pixoh)
Typetester - Compare screen type
Webbrush - Collaborative drawing, charting, etc
Wufoo - Build & host forms

Italic = new. Update 061221, 070119.

DBASE 2.0

Since databasing is one of the most important niches in the software market, it's surprising how few pure dbase players I've found so far. Am I missing something?
To compensate this a bit, I've dumped my research on treemaps - an attractive trick to present complicated data in one view. Furthermore, many interesting things regarding the presentation of complex data are going on in all kinds of mash-ups...

Amazontreemap - Treemap example with "All Digital Cameras"; many more at this link
Flexdirectory - List people, groups, jobs
Flickrgraph** - Visualize your network on Flickr
Hivegroup - Treemap specialist
HivePM - Treemap for product management
HivePPM - Treemap for purchasing performance management
HiveSM - Treemap for sales management
Honeycomnewsmap* - News treemap
Itunestreemap - Track the iTines Top 100 songs as they move up and down the charts
Kowari - Store, retrieve or analyse metadata
Lazybase - Create, manage & share databases
Merit - Treemap for Marine Corps Equipment Readiness Information Tool
Newsmap*** - Great news treemap
Peetscom - Treemap product comparison
Perspectives** - Visualizes spatio-temporaly the places we inhabit
Powehousemuseum - Contribute to museum object folksonomy
Regger - Datamine your blog
Socialcircles* - Visualizes relations in an email database
Turbodbadmin - Online dbase in Ajax

Italic = new. Updated 061221, 070119.

DATE 2.0

The links below only represent a fragment of the dating market. Although I think that dating isn't even really Web 2.0 (1 to 1-sharing can't be very social, isn't it?), the sector is interesting because it's quite mature, a lot of money is going 'round, and some of that is spent on innovations that sometimes spill over to real 2.0 categories.
Of course a lot more flirting & dating is going on in the category COMMUNITIES 2.0.

Airtroductions - 8 miles high dating
Casabobo~ - Put youraself on the map & date
Collaboradate - Meta dating website (Stealth)
Conservativematch - Only for rednecks
Desnackbar~ - Find the one you want to have a snack with
Doubledate - Pair up with friends
Eharmony - Dating for not so young people
Engage - Matchmake for your friends
Flirtomatic - Flirt & date
Gottaflirt - Flirt game
Greatboyfriends - Post & match your brother's or sister's profile
Honestyfirst - Dating for honest people
Hotornot - Geo dating (map mash-up)
Impersonals - Date without being creepy
Itsjustlunch - Lunch dating for professionals
Kisstokiss - Dating
Matchactivity - Connect to likeminded people
Meetmoi - Mobile dating
Paird - Social matchmaking
Plentyoffish - Reallyreallyreally free dating service
Rateordate* - Crowd match, singles event maps, online dating
Singlesearch - Two way matchmaking
Social21 - Be matched & date
Subwaycrush - Dating(?)
Tantricsoulmateconnection - Matching based on horoscopes etc.
Tickme* - Find someone you like, tick him/her & see if he/she ticks you back
Togetherdating - Dating after personal introduction
True - Dating, free of married people and other criminals
Verbdate - Speak up before you date
Wecheese - Proximity based dating
Weeeh - Free dating (stealth)
Yesnomayb - Find, get introduced to & date with people with same tastes
Youmeus - Relationship advice community

Italic = new. Update 061015, 070119.

DATA 2.0

Ambientdevices* - Datacasting inc. interfaces
Clearforestsws - Semantictextanalysis2XML
Data360 - Find, present & share data
Datamashups - Create mash-ups & apps
Swivel - Publish & share data

Italic = new. Updated 061221, 070119.

CRM 2.0

In a world where more and more of the same is becoming the most compelling business proposition, it is extremely hard to make a product stand out in the crowd. We've worn out all of our famous 4 P's long ago - until the level where only rubbing in our brands into the brains of our target groups seemed a sustainable way to distinguish ourselves. But brands are becoming less and less interesting to our customers. Because, once again, all brands are becoming more and more of the same boring same. Therefore I think branding is also a dead end track.
Customers want a good product, or a good service - nothing less, nothing more.
Up till now we have been using - or abusing - technology in the same way we abused marketing communications - namely mainly as a means to rationalize our operations. To undress our services to the bone. To make our operations more efficient. To make our sales more effective. To improve our margins - preferrably without adding value to our delivery.
Probably one of the most destructive abuses in the history of business has been in automating customer services. Where concepts for self help are presently more popular than concepts to improve a customer's experience. Where premium rate voice response systems lead us into waiting queues, and - only if we're lucky - into the hands of students who read their answers from computer generated Q & A scripts.
What's so entirely wrong about these concepts, is that they completely ignore the fact that only a small percentage of our customers are in fact self sufficient, and even a smaller percentage want to be self sufficient. We've always known this. The art and science of direct marketing has learned us since World War 2 that only a minor part of our markets can be developed through customers who don't need a normal dose of service. Nevertheless, we're presently trying to push complete user bases into the lame claws of our CRM systems.What most people really want is simply to get appropriate service, especially when they need it, the moment they need it. More service. Better service. Service that makes their lives easier instead of more difficult. Service that takes away hassles. Service that enables them to spend their precious time on things that are worth wile. Service that honestly tries to give them a better customer experience.In a future where we will dominantly have to live with one person markets, we'll have to live with customers who don't accept that they are shouted at, through advertising, and who won't accept that they have to maintain a dialogue with a software. The future of commercial communications AND of services is in H2H. Human to Human.*"Social CRM" or "Customer helps Customer" already is a widely spread practice in the world of consumer forums. Many of these forums and boards are excellent exponents of "Web 2.0", although they're often much older than that term.
Most of the solutions below are aiming at reducing customer delight; only some elements of these solutions and cases may contribute to a better Social CRM practice. This niche is largely open for new concepts!

24sevenoffice - Web-based crm & erp
Ebase - Web-based community CRM
E-tranet - CRM
Fixya - Social helpdesk
Interactionchat - Chat with your site's visitors
Pushcrm - Web-based crm
Relenta - CRM tool set
Simpleticket - Helpdesk solution
Sky-click - VoIP call center solution
Solve360 - Groupware CRM
Sugarcrm - Open source CRM
Tickethappy - Shared CRM management
Userscape - Web-based help desk portal
Visiblepath - Relationship management tools
Vtiger - Open source CRM
Zohocrm - Web-based crm

Italic = new. Updated 061221, 070119.

*Text of presentation for Club of Amsterdam seminar, 2005.

COMMUNITY 2.0

Since doing things together is the most important denominator of Web 2.0, you'll find many more symptoms of community forming in other categories. But COMMUNITY 2.0 is still a HUGE category. The funny thing with communities is that only few people really know what makes them tick. Finding a theme that makes people unite around a common interest isn't that difficult, but keeping them there - happy and active - and finding a sustainable reason to ask some money for being part of them (or to find other revenue streams) in most cases is still a challenge.

43people - Tag based matching & dating
43places - Publish & share stories about places
Adoppt - Publish & share
Aim - Myspace for AOL users
Amateurillustrator - Publish, rate & rank illustrations
Amiamo - Find things & people you like
Amiglia - Publish & share family trees, photos, maps…
Attendr - Mash-up your conference or party
Badged - Add your social networking badges to your blog
Battleout - Challenge & vote for best, biggest etc. whatever
Bebo - Find back school & college friends
Begreen - Here it's easy being green
Biznik - Business network
Blackplanet - Community for African-Americans
Blogtronix - Blogging & corporate community software
Bookmooch - Exchange old books
Bookrevyoo - Social book review community
Bouldr - Share climbing (map mash-up)
Buurtlink~ - Find people, places & news in your hood
Cambrianhouse** - Collaborate on new software
Capazoo* - Create, publish & share your content
Chickadvisor* - Get & share advise on chicks in your city
Chipleaders - Poker community
Cingo - Keep your family together online
Citytherapy - Share places, events & people
Collectivex - Communicate, share files & schedulas, group-wise
Comagz - Cocreate & rate content
Commongate - Create your own social network
Communitywalk - Share places & routes (map mash-up)
Consumating - Tag based dating
Corkd - Catalog, rate & review wine
Craftster - Share crafting ideas
Criticker - Rate films and get recommendations
Curbly - Share design & get advise on it
Customerforce - Search & share everything
Cyworld - Record, share & give
Dabble - Share, manage & explore your information
Daddaily - Community for dads
Dailystrength* - Share health challengres & get wellness support
Developerid - Community for web industry
Deviantart - Publish or buy from art portfolios
Dnaancestryproject - Trace & share your ancestry
Dodgeball - Hook in with your mobile & meet friends
Dollpalace - Create a doll & share it
Dontstayin - Clubber community (UK)
Doostang - Community for professionals
Downelink - Gay community
Dudecheckthisout - Store & share bookmarks, lists with friends
Eons - Babyboomers' community
Eroshare - Upload, explore, rate & share photos
Eventell - Create & share records of events
Evnt - Publish & share RL events
Exaroom - Connect to & share files with family & friends
Facebook - Student communities
Facebox - Publish your profile & media, and share with friends
Faceparty - Clubber community (UK)
Famster - Family community
Fanpop - Share bookmarks & meet fellow fanatics
Feelingbullish - Rate, view & discuss stocks
Flickrgraph - Visualize relationships inside Flickr
Flingr - Connect with people you've ever met
Fortuitos - Make friends by accident
Frappr - Put your group on the map, share photos
Friendping - Share map, media & bookmarks with friends
Friendsabroad - Meet & communicate with people globally
Friendster - Connect with friends
Frühstückstreff - Meet people for breakfast
Fuzzster - Meet pets & their owners
Gearon - Social mobile network around your cellphone's contacts (stealth)
Geek2geek - Find your geek match
Geesee - Provide chat services, or participate in chats
Geotract - Share places & people
Gizmoojo - Geek community
Goingon - Always on network of networks
Goop - Social tagging & more
Groovr - Text to & network with friends
Groups - Create groups & share content
Gusto - Share trips with friends & family
Hamsterster - Community for hamster lovers
Hashbush - Meet your friends' friends
Hi5 - Connect & share ideas with friends
Hobeez - Find & make friends people with similar hobbies
Hoovers - Manage & connect to your personal & corporate networks
Hotsoup - Community for political debate
Hotspots - Network for urban professionals
Hotspottin - Share your favorite hotspots
Hoverspot - Publish & share your profile
Humblevoice* - Publish, share bands, music, other media & arts
Hyves~ - Share your profile in hyves & meet friends
I4giveu - Confess, share & forgive (Stealth)
Ideawhip - Community for students, alumni, startups
Ikarma - Document & promote your reputation
Imbee - Secure networking & blogging for kids
Industriouskid - Kid0friendly, parent-approved websites & apps
Invitika - Organize, report & share events thru your cell
Islandoo - Temporary (?) community for tv show's casting
Ittoolbox - Community for IT professionals
Iwiw - Find your friends
Jaiku - Social phone directory showing where you are (Nokia S60 2nd ed.)
Jambo - Discover who's nearby & reconnect live
Jibjab - Create & share your funniest stuff (Stealth)
Jyve - Find, meet & interact with Skype users
Karmadu - Thank people by sending them karma points
Karmus - Create, share & contribute whatever (Stealth)
Klostu - Aggregate all your communities in this one (stealth)
Kluskring~ - Share ideas & knowledge on DIY
Konnects - Networking for professionals
Koolanoo - Jewish social network
Krawlerx - Create, search, share & build community around your media (Stealth)
Lightstalkers - Networking & discussion tools for professional travelers
Linkedin - Manage and share your cv
Livejournal - Join or create your own community
Loowa - Claim your email address, share your profile
Lostcherry - Social network for youngsters
Lovento - Find friends & events
Madville - Submit & share mad stuff
Mangezmangez - Publish, review & share restaurant information
Mapable - Build & share chatrooms & communities
Mapmix - Find your friends (map mash-up)
Mayasmom - Something with parenting
Meet-a-local - Find local hosts in other cities (German)
Meetro - Find friends nearby (thru messenger)
Meetup - Find common interests & organize meetings
Megos - Publish & share your profile (Stealth)
Miaplaza - Connect with friends, family etc.
Mikons - Create & share your own icons
Minglenow - Connect with places & people (stealth)
Minitellus - Share your experience with & meet students
Minti - Parents community
Mmotr - Automotive (dating) community
Mobber - Create instant community & chat while you surf
Mojizu - Create & share characters
Mologogo - Share where you are
Mommybuzz - Moms connect with moms
Moob - Party scene community
Moodpage - Community based on mood matching? (Stealth)
Mothersclick - Share knowledge on motherhood (Stealth)
Mozes - Share information & people thru your mobile
Musichawk - Share the artists you're into
Mycool - Search, create & share special interest groups
Mydeathspace - Directory of dead Myspace members
Myfreeimplants - Get a boob job or help her get one
Mygamma - Mobile community
Myspace - Communicate with & share content with your friends
Myvtc* - Share media & documents for generations to come
Neobinaries - Web 2.0 developers, users & experts
Neoows - Tag, comment, share & discuss news
Netomat - Share profiles, blogs, photos, etc
Onmycity - Upload, post & share everything locally
Openpeople - Invite your friends & explore your network
Opinity - Manage your reputation
Opmom - Community for mothers
Orgasms2~ - Share creativity & inspiration
Orkut - Connect to your friends
Outorin - Gated community
Partysync - Meet & sms people
Peerprofile - Publish & share your profiles
Peertrainer - Buddy up, slim down
Peopleaggregator - Create or join networks, build & connect your community
Phusebox - Community for sophisticated people
Pickupgame* - Find people locally to play games
Piczo - Create & share website
Pinbc - Pakistani int'l business and (?!) family networking
Pissr - People in search of gender neutral restrooms
Placesite - Wi-fi portal & location communities
Playdo* - Gaming community
Playtxt - Socialize, flirt thru sms
Plazes** - Claim & share your locations
Plum - Collect, share, connect
Poddater - Create vodcast & connect
Pooln - Schedule your car pooling
Popist* - Social networking
Postsecret* - Publish & share secrets
Presto - Stay in touch with family & friends (stealth)
Prisonerlife - Prisoners community
Profilelinker - Bring in all your profiles here
Rabble - Create it & share it mobile
Raisingthem - Publish & share parenting tips
Redlightcenter - 3D adult community
Renkoo - Arrange when & where to meet your friends
Saki - Mobile community
Sayswap - Game trading community
Schoolbank~ - Profile yourself & find back class mates
Selsius - Real estate community
Sharecare~ - Organize yourselves in groups to share care
Shareyourlook - Community for fashion addicts
Shelfari - Show, review, share your books
Shoutcentral - Publish yourself & chat while you surf
Shoutfit - Share trends & friends
Shuzak - Community for geeks (with Digg-like features)
Singlestatus - Myspace alert mash-up on member status
Skillswap - Swap your web design skills
Smikioo - Catch yourself smiling & get comments
Smutvibes - Hook up with hot friends, meet new people (adult stuff)
Snappages - Publish & share your life with this toolset
Snubster - Get rid of your friends
Soapboxit - Share reviews on everything & everybody
Socialexplorer - Find out about your neighbours
Spokeo - Aggregate & share your social network profiles & content here
Sportsmates - Sports bloggers community
Sprinko* - Do & share everything here
Stardoll - Dress up & share your favorite celebrities
Stockarena - Post on stocks, get graded & make money with it
Streakr - Social networkin (Stealth)
Sugar - Ecosystem of Women's communities
Superviva - Share & get ideas for a better life
Tagalag - Tag & map your contacts
Tagged - Tag yourself and the ones you love
Talkdiggeralpha* - Semantic tools to find, follow & join web conversations
Tellfriends - Publish, rate & share things you like
Theblackstripe - Upload & share photos
Thebroth - Collaborate & share glob al mosaic
Thoos - Social networking for athletes
Tickle - Lifestyle community
Tinfinger - Search persons
Tiredandtested - Sports community
Toolstolife - Change yourself together!
Toongum - Publish & share flash cartoons
Towncrossing - Create & participate in communities
Trailfire - Log & share your clickpaths
Tribe - Connects you to friends, neighborhoods & forums
Tripconnect - Publish & share travel advice
Triphub - Plan group trips
Triptie - Mix your trip from trip plans by other users
Tubesnow - Create, invite & share
U-lik - Build your virtual library & share it
Uplayme - Share music & meet people with same taste
Urbanplanet - Discuss urban (USA) issues
Urbis - Community for creative people
Vcarious - Travel community
Wadja - Use & share the web on your mobile phone
Wallop - Publish & share media
Wasabi - Share news with friends
Wayn - Log & share places & people
Webjam - Collect, mix & share content from many sources
Weekendr - Plan & share weekend activities
Weeworld - Create your avatar & share it everywhere
Wesabe - Help each other to get the most from your money
Where - Upload & share photos on community walls & maps
Whyrobbierocks~** - Style your avatar & travel with it around the world wide web
Woolygans - Street culture community
Xanga - Blog rings
Xing** - Community for entrepreneurs & professionals
Xuqa - Publish yourself & connect to anyone
Yfly - Meet celebrities, share content
Yournextdrink - Publish, vote for & share drink recipes
Yuku - Share your profiles & media
Zaadz~ - Network of inspired people
Zamily - Connect & share with your family
Zexsports - Networking for extreme sports lovers
Ziggs - Index of professionals
Ziki - People matching thru tagged interests
Zingku - Text2website content sharing
Zoints - Publish & share your content, and meet
Zoodango - Have a coffee with other professionals
Zoominfo* - Search persons; create your own page
Zooof* - Discover, maintain & extend your family ties
Zooomr~ - Find photos & make friends in many languages
Zopto - Add your stuff to & share places
Dandelife - Describe & share your life
Economie - Interact for a sustainable future
Tripmates - Meet locals, get tips

Italic = new. Update 061221, 070119.