Comments on: Things That Will, And Things That Will Not, Change

By: Tunç

Tunç — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:20:56 +0000

“It will do this until I take it to the rubbish bin. ”

You mean “recycle bin???”

By: Jonathan Allen

Jonathan Allen — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:22:15 +0000

In Berlin you can pay for stuff via your phones and same in Korea. Problem isn’t that it can’t be done but that it’s not secure and if you lose your phone you lost everything!

They trialling oyster cards on phones in London at the moment but people found with the merged oyster/barclaycard that if they got their wallet stolen, they lost both means to travel and mean to buy new travel, – potentially leading to loss of earning capability to pay off said credit card

By: Malte Landwehr

Malte Landwehr — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:57:03 +0000

I cannot agree, that we will see the end of plastic cards very soon. Always remember that not everyone is a geek and even most geeks would not want to be depended on their iPhone whenever they have to pay for a coke.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:12:51 +0000

Text Messaging will never be defunct. It is a way to communicate in short bursts. I am a techie and i have a data plan but alot of people dont want to shell out the 40 bucks for one so that is far away in my opinion not to mention that even if you use push for email it can take up so much battery it may not be worth it.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:40:00 +0000

yes have to agree with all thats been said about yellow pages we have down graded from half page colour to half page mono saving £2000,……we get very little business from yellow pages and are lucky if it breaks even.yes also have to agree that the web the right way forward. ps did work years ago !!!!!

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:22:32 +0000

Good info. I can only hope that professional journalism makes a come back as opposed to where we’re headed -> part-time opinionism. Investigative reporting, in-depth analysis and fact checking are important.

By: Jane Copland

Jane Copland — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:16:54 +0000

Thank you guys so much for these awesome comments! You all bring some great thoughts to this. One that’s stuck with me is Pete’s: your blogging schedule thoughts are definitely along my lines of thinking too. I usually write once per week at SEOmoz.org (on a Wednesday, if you’ve been paying attention ), but it’s hard to think of something insightful to say every week. Like I said, as much as I love what I do and enjoy writing, there isn’t always something to say about it that makes for an interesting read. This is especially true when you’ve been writing about it every week for over two years.

I can’t imagine being asked to write about SEO every day.

I’ll likely investigate some other genre options… I mean, if I could put out something like Rebecca’s “10 clients” post or mine and Rand’s “Google Onebox” post every week, as unhelpful as they are, I’d be delighted!

By: Justin Parks

Justin Parks — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:01:25 +0000

Points 1 trhough 5 are totally spot on and I look forward to the day when its a fact.

The other points are certainly interesting. Social media may become much more prominent soon but I think Search Engines will adapt or integrate rather than fall by the wayside.

Retail stores and buying things in person, again spot on. Its important ot be able to interact with alot of the things that we want and clothes is a perfect example. How good it might look on screen only to find that its horrendous when you get it and then send it back, something that is easily avoided by “real” shopping. Being Irish, I also cant imagine the pub ever becoming obselete or ever becoming feasible online (that buy someone a drink thing on facebook is a serious pet hate of mine).

And the Geography? Well thats the pub example again isnt it? Love to be in touch but theres nothing like being together.

Great read.

By: The Fitness Diva

The Fitness Diva — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:21:46 +0000

LOL about the Yellow Pages. I’m sure they are cursing the day that the internet was ever invented!

By: Kimber Cook

Kimber Cook — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:03:52 +0000

i wrote a long rant a while back (name link) about finding local businesses online. i mentioned yellow pages and called them antiques. someone quickly commented to their defense:

“Those books which you say you are “Antiques” actually got referenced over 13 billion times last year. And that’s just the print versions. 87% of all adults reference them at least once a year, 70% in a typical month, and 50+% on average month. How about on average 1.4X each week? ”

and then went on the explain how they do not cut down any trees to produce the books. i didn’t bother checking the facts but find those stats hard to believe since i know no one who keeps those books.

anyway, great predictions jane!