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I’ve spotted few weak signals with web 2.0 and coming recession. These signals are like Google difficulties, Newsvine cutting of author earnings and few companies having delays with payments. (And few companies totally disappearing). Now BitTorrent shows a stronger signal and lays off its sales and marketing department.

Revver members got mail from Revver:

We’re still working out some kinks in our accounting system since integrating with our new parent company. Because of this, payments are going out late this round. [...] please accept our sincere apologies for the delay.

Actually this just makes me trust Revver more, because they inform members and not just delay payments. But is this just another weak signal about web 2.0 companies difficulties?

Read also: Now PPP has difficulties with payments?

+++ Kirnu

The site has really got a good start with good amount of visitors and raise with different page rankings. It still lacks of few essential community features, but Joomla 1.5 has potential. Perhaps I’ll have to invest few €uros to increase the community features of the site.

++ Cyberantweb

Cyberantweb has turned to be my best site, with payed blogging and Google adsense. With Cyberantweb, I’ve also been able to generate traffic to my other web pages.

+ PayPerPost

PPP still manages to provide few decent opportunities for bloggers. It is clear to use and all you need is to accept the opportunity and finish the task. Site is not spoiled with unneeded features.

+ Revver

Revver provides continuing cash flow, but with very very small one

+- Flickr

Flickr has quite usable platform and there has been some discussion about possible earnings. I’m waiting to see, what will happen.

+- NowPublic

NowPublic has potential, but at the moment it does not provide any earnings for it’s members. Work hard and they get the money.

-+ Youtube

Well, nothing that bad, but actually nothing good either. Nice to watch sometimes, but I have not find a reason to be an active member to entertain myself.

- Weblo

Weblo is filling the site with all kinds of features. The result is low usability and messy looking layout. And when you combine this to low earning possibilities, the result is a disappointment. Still Weblo has potential, but I think that first thing to do for Weblo staff is to read my book about groupware features and how to use them to support interaction, information and knowledge work. Just take a look at my site Lapland. Weblo please, cut down the amount of ads and nonsense features. Make a decision, what do you want from your site, and then concentrate on it.

- - SocialSpark

SocialSpark is IZEA’s new social site for bloggers and advertisers. SocialSpark’s usability is on Weblo’s level and like Weblo it is in danger to be another Facebook/MySpace virtual hell. And with small amount of low income opportunities, there is not that much reason to log in the site. Why everything has to be so difficult?

- - - Newsvine

The community has gone crazy and NV dropped the user earnings about more than 50%. (Nice work MSNBC)

- - - Metacafe

Over a year from my first video at Metacafe, and I have been able to do anything. $0 earnings with thousands of total views. Not suitable for me.

Future plans?

? ? ?  I have considered about producing services for social media sites. I know, I can be quite productive columnist, or I could build linkings form sites to Kirnu or my other web sites and blogs. A partnership with some income, sounds quite attractive.

? ?  Providing consulting services for social media sites with groupware features and virtual community. Looks like most of the sites are run by professional journalists, engineers, marketing specialists, but groupware and computers supported cooperative work is not that familiar subject for management staff.

? I have also thought about selling advertisement directly on my web sites, so I would not need Google or PPP with they low income anymore.

Google has difficulties, Newsvine earnings falled, and now PayPerPost has some delays with blogging payments. This makes me wonder, is web 2.0 business going to recession like any other business?

I noticed few singals during this year, when some new web 2.0 companies seemed to be “out of business” as they did not react anymore for emails, stopped payments etc. Then the bigger companies seemed to have problems too, which they do not admit - yet.

I checked my previous payment history and recent delays are only about 2 or 3 days, so actually nothing alarming. PPP problems are not that serious, but who likes delays in payments?

I’m of course interested in my blogs rankings, especially other rankings that Google PageRank. ebizvaluations.com is a web site, which provides more detailed and Accurate website valuations. The site has fast valuation tool for buyers as they can get a lot of useful information on a site and its likely worth.

I tested the site with cyberantweb.com and based on my information about other evaluation tools, the results seemed to be correct. But I will have to say, that I would be very happy, if someone offered be $7000 from this blog. However, after running the valuation, you’ll get a script about the results at you home page.

The good thing with the result is, that it is a combination of different web page evaluation tools. I like this, because there is no an accurate one!