Comments on: The Long Tail of Web Services http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2007/01/02/the-long-tail-of-web-services/ Posts and pointers on software, art, math, noise, and other obsessions... Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Amazon Web Services Redux at fridgebuzz http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2007/01/02/the-long-tail-of-web-services/#comment-3631 Amazon Web Services Redux at fridgebuzz Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:13:46 +0000 http://www.fridgebuzz.com/wordpress/?p=3#comment-3631 [...] It seems my earlier post “The Long Tail of Web Services” is getting some traffic from links here and here. At least someone is willing to put their money where my mouth is [...] [...] It seems my earlier post “The Long Tail of Web Services” is getting some traffic from links here and here. At least someone is willing to put their money where my mouth is [...]

]]> By: Howard Lindzon » More On Amazon... http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2007/01/02/the-long-tail-of-web-services/#comment-3613 Howard Lindzon » More On Amazon... Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:46:45 +0000 http://www.fridgebuzz.com/wordpress/?p=3#comment-3613 [...] Vanessa has a good post on The ‘Long Tail’ of Web Services. [...] [...] Vanessa has a good post on The ‘Long Tail’ of Web Services. [...]

]]> By: vanessa http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2007/01/02/the-long-tail-of-web-services/#comment-6 vanessa Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:44:25 +0000 http://www.fridgebuzz.com/wordpress/?p=3#comment-6 Thanks, Edward. Don't worry, I won't forget the JXTA/EC2 post :) It's just a little time-consuming to put together a proper article. I just noticed yesterday that you can share EC2 images you make, so I may be able to create a sample RDV/Relay image and make it available that way. I have a little more research to do, however. So much work, so little time... Thanks, Edward. Don’t worry, I won’t forget the JXTA/EC2 post :) It’s just a little time-consuming to put together a proper article.

I just noticed yesterday that you can share EC2 images you make, so I may be able to create a sample RDV/Relay image and make it available that way. I have a little more research to do, however. So much work, so little time…

]]> By: Edward http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2007/01/02/the-long-tail-of-web-services/#comment-5 Edward Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:42:30 +0000 http://www.fridgebuzz.com/wordpress/?p=3#comment-5 Congratulations Vanessa! It's an outstanding post! I've never thought about this point of view, but it really makes sense! When I first read about the innovative services of Amazon I remember that I kept asking myself: why Amazon? And after a few minutes, I just figured out that Google (hopefully) doesn't have all the smart employees in US yet. I've been pondering about using Amazon's EC for a while, so I am eagerly waiting for the JXTA Elastic Cloud post. Please, don't forget it.:-) Congratulations Vanessa!

It’s an outstanding post! I’ve never thought about this point of view, but it really makes sense!
When I first read about the innovative services of Amazon I remember that I kept asking myself: why Amazon? And after a few minutes, I just figured out that Google (hopefully) doesn’t have all the smart employees in US yet.

I’ve been pondering about using Amazon’s EC for a while, so I am eagerly waiting for the JXTA Elastic Cloud post. Please, don’t forget it.:-)

]]> By: Geoffrey Mack http://www.fridgebuzz.com/2007/01/02/the-long-tail-of-web-services/#comment-4 Geoffrey Mack Sat, 06 Jan 2007 16:37:40 +0000 http://www.fridgebuzz.com/wordpress/?p=3#comment-4 Vanessa, great post. I couldn't agree more. Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask are all in the same business as far as search goes. They want eyeballs and advertising revenue. You'll see them all do what Google did recently and pull back all of the programmatic controls/access to search. APIs into their search are contrary to their business model and they don't want to enable a future competitor to build off their backs. Meanwhile, Amazon and Alexa are taking the polar opposite route. Give programmers the keys to the kingdom and see what they do. Vanessa, great post. I couldn’t agree more. Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask are all in the same business as far as search goes. They want eyeballs and advertising revenue. You’ll see them all do what Google did recently and pull back all of the programmatic controls/access to search. APIs into their search are contrary to their business model and they don’t want to enable a future competitor to build off their backs.

Meanwhile, Amazon and Alexa are taking the polar opposite route. Give programmers the keys to the kingdom and see what they do.

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