What is Real-Time Web?
The real-time web is a set of technologies and practices which enable users to receive information as soon as it is published by its authors, rather than requiring that they or their software check a source periodically for updates [1].
The following are some new emerging trends in real-time web:
Media:
Read the following articles on real time web:
Four Emerging Trends of the Real-Time Web:
http://mashable.com/2009/10/29/real-time-web-trends/
Brace Yourself for the Real-Time Web:
Google Realtime Search: a new home with tools
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-realtime-search-new-home-with.html
Make the Real-Time Web Relevant:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20001715-265.html
Watch the following short video:
The User-Generated, Real-Time Web:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaRPDbOUH1I
Try it out:
You can try out real-time search by clicking the following link. To get started just search a topic:
http://www.google.com/realtime
Questions:
How do you predict that real time web will change the way information moves? Do you think it will alter user behavior?