Themed Public Netvibes Universes: the new way to choose Content

Hi,

waiting for the General relase of Ginger to all Netviber users and also thinking at the millions of potential "future non-geek user users" for Netvibes I would like to propose a new way to offer Content on Netvibes: Themed Public Universes.

The Search method works only if you know what you want, but we do not always know what we would like. That is why, other people experience is valuable (so, we read others' feed, twitters, friends status,... ) but that way is not an organized way.

But Netvibes' Ginger with the Public Universe is the solution with the "Send to your Private Page/Public Universe" option !

We need a series of Themed Universes : NEWS , FINANCE, FOOD, TRAVEL, SPORT, GAMES, ... by LANGUAGE and by COUNTRY ?
Those Dedicated Universes would be made of "selected" and relieable widgets and news.

The users could visit those Themed Universes and with just one click send all the news, widgets, pics, maps, notes, comments, ideas he has just discovered on its own Netvibes Page.

From the TRAVEL Universe, let's say, I would see and read the best travel widgets aggregated by TABs: Airlines, Tourist Guides, Destinations, Last minutes, ...
Or Imagine the Touristic Brazil Universe: Beaches, Food, Football, Carnival, Music, Unknown Brazil, ...

In an humble way, is what I try to achieve with my Netviber Experience Universe all dedicated to the Netvibes World... ;) but others are going the same way...

Look here, is WZD.com a Netvibes clone that I discovered some time ago, that is proposing 2 Themed Universes: a "Finance Universe" and an "Enterprise Universe": dozens of Tabs with dozens of Widgets selected by subject. BUT NO, I DO NOT READ KOREAN ;)

New: Netvibes Premium Universes

Hi,

Netvibes is announcing the creation of Premium Universes.

A Netvibes Univers brings together and delivers on a single Netvibes page all of a brand's rich online media, including RSS feeds, websites, podcasts, videos, blogs, photos, stores and widgets, which can be remixed according to each user's personal preferences and interests.

Premium Universes are the same but the Premium Netvibes Univers is embeded in the Web site of the Announcer. Check here the Premium Universe of Le Figaro Newspaper web site called Myfigaro and you will see the Url is: http://www.lefigaro.fr/monfigaro/.

You can add feeds, widgets or all the tab to your own Netvibes page.

If you click on the upper left side link of the embeded Netvibes Univers "go to your own private Netvibes page" you go there but with the new Upper Headline from the Figaro.

Fred Mini, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Netvibes, in his French blogs adds "for those interested" that these Premium Universe are "Not for Free"... That means that could be a "source of revenues".

What I do not understand is the interest for the Netvibes partner/announcer .
If I can import the single Premium Univers feed or widget in my own Netvibes page, I will no more be exposed to the "contestual world" of the Announcer...

And if in the future, if this Embeded Netvibes is a success, then the hundred of cloned applications will be available to integrate this kind of Feeds Aggregator service in any website.

The New York Times has just followed another way. They have built their own Netvibes like starting page called My Times: a free service that lets you create a personalized page with what you like best in The New York Times and your favorite sites and blogs from all over the Web. This personalized service makes it easy to read all that you like, from one central place.


If you want to choose between the 750 Universes offered by Netvibes go here.

If Netvibes can not stop clones then only Content is left.

Hi,

To continue my series on Netvibes Clones, here is another Netvibes look-alike: MEVOU.
It looks like Netvibes in the version previous the last Coriander Update. But everything is there and seems to work: widgets, weather, clock . Of course the Netvibes Ecosystem is missing but the rest is there with a small feed directory and the principal applications.

As, ReadWriteWeb wrote: " The barrier for entry in getting into this hot area has never been lower than now"
So, If Netvibes can not stop clones to come to the surface the only solution for them to survive is Content.

But what surprises me is the lack of reaction from Netvibes Managers.

Let's take FRANCK MAHON , Lead Product Manager or Hubert MICHAUX, Marketing Manager we never ear from them. Only Tariq KRIM , the founder and CE0 speaks for Netvibes.
But the Content subject seems more and more confused not to speak about an Exclusive content.