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ABN-AMRO Bank, Philips, Nike, Sony everyone is buying into Secondlife.com. In fact some people believe it's the internet of the future...
Secondlife.com
Its very much strggling to keep up with demad because is uses a lot of computing power (4100 servers for 10.000 online people!) and broadband. It's bold, it's new, its the future.
Ok, ok, you are right, Secondlife.com is web 3.0, not web 2.0, and yes it’s the next big thing.
Interaction with other people, that’s what it is all about. You choose your own avatar which you can tweak to look just like yourself or if you want to look differently, just make yourself look like a sex-bomb, cat, an angel with wings, whatever.
The thing is, you learn to live, walk and fly in a virtual landscape. You (your avatar) are meeting with other people in bars casinos in the most wonderful places.
-Ok, but can you make money there?
-Yes you can, because you can create objects which you can sell for Linden $.
-Linden what?
-..Dollars. These are even interchangeable with normal currency, so it is real money.
So every kind of creative initiative is taking place. People are selling yards, houses, clothing, advise just like in the real world (RL= Real Life). You thus can have a genuine Secondlife.
Mind you it takes a while befor you know how to really make some money out of it. Surely you can rum a casino on SL, but you aren’t the only one. Naturally you can also use it for marketing purposes, creating bill-board etc.
The easiest way to make money however is to become a member and then to go to the SecondLife Blog, where you can login to retrieve a code which you can forward to people you know. I have done that for you so here it is.
Being on Secondlife is a wonderful experience. Mind you , you will need at least a 3mbs download speed and a relatively new computer to run it, but it is very promising indeed.
Key-web 2.0 factor: Points: (1-10); Remarks
1) Manage and view profile: 10; Create your own profile in 3d!
2) Manage contacts: 5; You can make ‘friends’ but you cannot manage their background, there is no link to RL
3) Communication options: 8; Just like RL, using IM, voice will be added soon
4) Effective business use: 10; Just use your imagination
5) Growing potential: 10; The best next big thing which can only be surpassed by Google Earth 2009 which will include similar 3d features, just like copy of RL.
6) Money making potential: 10; Depends on you
Total: 53; Verdict: Check it out now, in 3 years the whole web will go this way I promise you..
If you want personal advise regarding your online strategy, just call me, I am a Bitwine advisor
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