What future for Netvibes ?

What would you do next if your international Web Startup had already reached today:

• 2.5 Mln Monthly attentive unique and international users with potentially 2.5 Mln Public Universes
• 2 Mln different RSS feeds
• 110.000 different Widgets with access to all email, search and social services platforms
  
• a not patent registred and too easy to copy script
• in a very competitive market full of small and big players ?
  

I do not know the answer that Tariq Krim, CEo and Founder of Netvibes, will give, but here is mine:

1. I would try to get the maximum out from the CONTENT provided by the Users themselves!
2. I will give my users the best possible web experience
3. I will push for maximum integration with other web services
4. Enlarge user base with focused and exclusive services
5. Reinforce the Netvibes Brand
   

First moves:

• Offer one of the Best Content Search of the Web by integrating the feeds collected by users and their Universes in the Netvibes Search Data base.
  
• Add a TAG system to the Netvibes Universe (just 5 fields inspired by dmoz.org)
  
• Give more freedom to users with the layout (offer a column free tab option; more varied and appealing themes, more icon to choose from,....
  
• Encourage users to create and administer specific Focused Universes centred on let's say: Sports, Local News, Scientific topics, Educational, Games, Photos, Music ... that could be used by "less expert users" as their first start page.
  
• Create a new rich "internal" Netvibes Channel exclusively dedicated to its users with exclusive content and services and dedicated to the promotion of already existing (in Netvibes) content
  
• Launch a big user survey to understand what are the needs of actual and future users.
• Offer more Netvibes users focused services as : direct friends messaging, boardmessage widget for the Universes, Universe backup, email alarm in the upper menu, feed reader with image,...
  
• Create a new Friend' category: Best Friends (like in "real" life) that will be allowed to share a "private" Universe (let's call it: Galaxy)

All that has a Price and some targeted ads well positionned and planned could easily be accepted for such a great service still to come !

Whow, now I need some rest: let's check what my Netvibes friends have done in the meantime ;)

If you like the of theCLEAN NETVIBES Widget up there click here for the CAT version:


or here gor the DOG one: