The so-called “New Web” has been hailed as a great place for sharing and interacting, but data released Tuesday by Internet traffic researchers suggests most cybersurfers are watchers, not uploaders. In a presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco this week, Hitwise analyst Bill Tancer noted that upload rates at participatory cyberstops like YouTube and Flickr were well under 1 percent — 0.16 percent for video sharing site YouTube and 0.2 percent for photo sharing site Flickr, which is owned by Yahoo.
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Analyst: Web 2.0 Users Would Rather Watch Than Upload
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. April 20, 2007 08:00 AMThe so-called “New Web” has been hailed as a great place for sharing and interacting, but data released Tuesday by Internet traffic researchers suggests most cybersurfers are watchers, not uploaders. In a presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco this week, Hitwise analyst Bill Tancer noted that upload rates at participatory cyberstops like YouTube and Flickr were well under 1 percent — 0.16 percent for video sharing site YouTube and 0.2 percent for photo sharing site Flickr, which is owned by Yahoo.