The Web Is Dead...Long Live The Internet Says Wired Magazine.

Nice article. I saw this WIRED issue at the airport. It was interesting but I was too cheap to buy a copy... hahaha... thanks for the link.

Anyway, in other news...


JP

What a silly article, web isn't dead or even close to dying, I can even argue that it's thriving... I mean come on, you need the web to find the so-called apps the article refers to.

I don't have time to read the whole article but from what I read this article seems to be suggesting that people will eventually move away from the PC and start using web on other devices like iphone etc.

So that doesn't means the web is actually dead but wired is predicting the death of Personal Computers.

EDIT: I haven't read the whole article so if I missed something please don't flame me for that. I have to much work to get done so I can't read the whole thing.

Only half way through it (article is split in 2) so my judgement is still reserved

The are saying the web is dead not the net (they make that divide). They predict people won't want to browse anymore and will only want apps to give them the information they need and want so no more searching a bunch of "junk" as the try to put it.

What I am trying to understand is if everything goes all apps how will companies like facebook make money? There are no ads in the app and as far as I know... that is there only real source of income. Unless they start selling all of their users info to other companies.

not sure if its 'dead' per say... but you guys do know the FCC is trying to do some type of regulation to the internet.

scary stuff.

These headline grabbing articles are always so extreme

I can't be sure about "dead" or not, but the fact
is that "some" kind of change is coming... so
it won't hurt any of us to prepare, will it?

Kingsley

It most certainly is changing. It is leveling the playing field with the rest of the world, and things like twitter and facebook are allowing faster transfer of information in places where fast internet is not available on anything but a cell phone.

As for becoming all apps, I don't see that completely, but that core will be smaller groups of people wanting to be part of a small community. Like this place. It will be hard to be an app for how quick this place moves. So a browser is still necessary.

As for how to make money off Facebook without ads? They will either add advertising, or we will all have to switch to fan groups, and things like that. There is always money to be made off things like this, if there are people looking for something, someone will sell them that.

Chris

Its an interesting article about the world apps and how they're gaining momentum and popularity. However, to me it it doesn't mean that the internet is dying, but more like the internet is being divided.

On one side, you will always have people that will want to search or browse for something and on the other, you have people that never wanted to really browse in the first place, all they ever wanted to was to "push" a button and check their email, facebook, etc.

Could this mean that the amount of people browsing vs. using apps is getting smaller? According to them (WIRED), the answer is yes. But I don't think that will result in the "extinction" of the internet (at least not for a very long time).

Another point that was mentioned (in the part 2 side) stated that one of the reasons that internet is "dying" is because a lot of companies could never figure out how to quite market and capitlalize on the internet in the first place.

But these weren't the most important points that stuck out to me from the article. The three most important things that I noticed were:

• There could be a future monopoly or rather an oligopoly in the near future when it comes to the world of apps (if it hasn't already taken place).
• One of the main reasons it seems that the internet is "dying" is due to lack of quality. Whereas the apps succeed in providing quality content and services to its customers/users. Here's a quote about that from the article:

• And last, it defintely means that you should put some of your "eggs" into the mobile marketing basket.

While I don't think the internet is dying, it is most definitely changing, like everything else in the world. However, I wouldn't spend my time trying to predict what that change will be and when that change will happen.

The best thing to do is to notice the change, adapt to the change and then profit from it.

Actually, it is the change itself that will keep the web alive. Apps and portals will come and go, but as long as things are changing, which they always will, the web will be the place where these new apps and portals will be found.

So, the web may reduce in size and/or scope, but there will always be a place for it.

Hey everyone if you are looking to break into the app era there is a website called freeiPhoneappmaker (dot) com that will let you build and launch an iphone app free.

(the only catch is they put an ad on your app to monitize as their payment)

but for me thats fine because I just use a link to redirect people to my mobile optin page to get the email.

I dont who the author of that article is, but does he have the slightest idea what he is talking about?

The "web" - is the interlinking of sites. Think spider web, and each time a line of the web crosses - that is a site or a router. The lines of the web are fiber optic backbones. The "web" is a term that describes how the internet is laid out, with routers, switches and backbone lines connecting the sites. To get from one side of the web to the other, a packet has to go from one ISP router to another, moving through the lines.

Why does he need 3 apps to view 3 websites? Is the author getting websites and applications confused?

I dont know about you, but I use 1 app (application) to view all of those sites.

It appears to me that the author has the basic meaning of applications, the web, and the internet as a whole confused.

I do not think so. In my point of view, "Web" will never die. he he

The web isn't dead, not yet. But as Dave Miz and Dr. Mani have pointed out there is definitely change in the horizon. Though most experts don't agree on what that is. Consumer behavior is changing too. I thought I texted a lot at 1,100 texts a month until I found out that the average teenager sends out 3,000 texts a month and spends more time using the internet than watching TV.

Whats next, a real doll with artificial intelligence? (Hey, it's late at night and the martinis are flowing.....).

RoD "Coffee-And-Baileys-Rules" Cortez

Ugh, not the best of articles. Seemed like their marketing guys said "Okay, we're going with a sensationalist headline. Write away" and so it began?

As others have pointed out, it's fairly inaccurate.

For example, some of its flaws include:

1) The suggestion that the "web" is text-based content (not true)
2) Suggesting that e-mail is pretty much dead, and that video and P2P are used more than e-mail. This is a silly claim.
3) Suggesting that FTP is pretty much dead, and that video and P2P are used more than FTP. This is a silly claim.
4) Saying that DNS died 15 years ago. Again, not true.

There's more, although the short of it is that the article is senstionalist and inaccurate. And the "web" is not text. Not sure where the writer got that idea from.

I dunno, but I'd say that part of the charm of the net is precisely the "surprise" factor: randomly browsing about to stumble upon a fantastic site by chance. If we only stick to our favorite apps, we wouldnt discover new stuff.

Digging through random junk to find the pearl is half the fun, for me. It's like thrift store shopping...you gotta go through a bunch of crap from Walmart before you find that Armani or Gucci.

Thomas Michal, I was very excited about that Iphone appmaker share until I tried to make one just for fun and was greeted with this on every type of app I tried to put together:

"We're currently in the process of upgrading our builder technology and are not accepting new application submissions. Please bookmark and come back later."

So who knows when it will actually be available. Bummer. I have app ideas but no technical background to build them and no real desire to learn, either. I suppose I could outsource them. I did want to play with that shiny new toy, though.

I like Chris Anderson's stuff but will have to
disagree with what he is saying here.

Mobile web and applications look like they
are replacing desktops and laptops, because more
people are using them. But that doesn't tell the
whole story.

When you are at home, which device are you most
likely to use to surf the Internet? If you have a
laptop and a mobile device, which would you use?
Most likely, you would use the laptop or a
desktop.

At work, which device do you use to get some real,
productive work done? Again, it's the desktop, not
the mobile device.

Now, when people are on the train, waiting for a
bus, heading out to lunch, which device will they
use? The mobile phone. Because it's convenient.
Where people used to just listen to mp3 music when
on the move, these days they are fidgeting with
mobile phones, playing games, replying to email
etc. This means more bandwidth is being used, it
means people's attention are more fixated to
devices that use the Internet, but it doesn't mean
the web is dying. At home and at work, people
still use the web.

Also, the demise of the desktop is widely
exagerrated. Think about this...when you buy a
desktop, you expect to use it for 3-5 years,
sometimes even 10 years. When you buy a mobile
device, you may expect to replace it within a year
or two. That's why it looks like the
desktop is on the decline. It is more to do with
the fact that people are trying to 'keep up with
the joneses' by buying the newest mobile phone
every time.

I prefer to think of mobile devices and apps as
complements, rather than replacements, for the
web.

Fabian

Don't get worried about that article. It is obvious that the Web is still live and there are more and more people are enjoying the convenience of the Internet.

I use one App - My web browser.

I think this article is to just grab people's attention. Overrated article and I hope people take it with a pinch of salt.

They will probably call the usage of Apps "Web 3.0" and hype it up.

*face palm*

I think you have to understand that this article is written for Wired readers. They'll be the people who own iPads/Phones, buy lots of apps and are relatively 'early adopters' to new technology.

To them, the internet as it was a few years ago is undoubtably less important. To others, though (those who don't splash $$$ on all the latest gadgets), it's still very much important.

Different viewpoints, depending on the person you are.

It's definitely changing, but far from dead. Iphones and mobile devices are a new era certainly, but I don't ever see the end of using the "web" google will make sure of that.

BTW, any iphone app developers can share how much they are earning from CPA offers?

Is interesting for sure... but a bit premature.
The start of the end of the web as we know it perhaps.

I think the notion of websites and how we use them today, how they look and how we access them - through big boxes on desks with mice and keywords - will seem quite antiquated in 10 years for sure.

Devices like the Ipad and Iphone are just the start. Once it gets into the living room (TV) everything changes. Of course it already can be but it's not realy taken of yet... but it will.