Where is the Swiss web 2.0
My buddy Ouriel Ohayon of Techcrunch France kindly asked me to write an article about the Swiss web 2.0. Tough task, as the legendary Swiss discretion combined with the fact that this country is indeed three (and a half) distinct cultural regions. But I am a man of challenge and I have a secret weapon: you my dear readers.
So if you know some good hot Swiss web projects who deserve TechCrunch exposure, please let me know using the comments below or by email at laurent@liftlab.com.
July 30th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
The Swiss Web 2.0 group in Xing has a thread about Web 2.0 Projects here, perhaps there’s something useful in it: https://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showforum;id=46768
July 31st, 2007 at 8:18 am
[…] let me know using the comments below or by email at laurent@liftlab.com.” apparently so: the list of swiss web 2.0 projets is building up nicely in […]
July 31st, 2007 at 8:49 am
There is of course AdsClick, now the official poster child of Swiss web 2.0:
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0707/gallery.web_world.biz2/11.html
July 31st, 2007 at 9:17 am
How about local.ch?
July 31st, 2007 at 9:28 am
More links:
http://holistis.com
http://exsila.ch (Media-Trading > Swiss Hitflip.de)
http://plazes.com (Geolocation Social Network)
http://supertext.ch (Text Agency 2.0)
http://blogwerk.com (Blog-Premiumnetwork > Swiss Weblogs Inc.)
http://memberyou.com (Leisure Social Network)
http://doodle.ch (Event-Scheduling 2.0)
http://trigami.com
http://zattoo.com
http://starfruit.ch/
http://local.ch
http://mx3.ch
http://kaywa.com
http://etudiant.ch
http://slideburner.com
http://koocook.com
http://heidi.com/
http://zong.com
http://restorm.tv/
http://cocomment.com
http://galaxyadvisors.com
http://virus.ch/
http://www.usgang.ch/
http://togedda.com
nouvo.ch
Virtual Networks’ http://nichons.com
http://meinbild.ch
http://piazza.ch
http://immo.search.ch/
Stealth project
Mixin
Playoo
I’m adding all these links to delicious: http://del.icio.us/laurenthaug/swissweb
July 31st, 2007 at 10:29 am
immo.search.ch
July 31st, 2007 at 11:31 am
don’t forget romanding.ch…the digg-like suisse romand
July 31st, 2007 at 5:20 pm
We had already given some kind of snapshot to Ouriel via this feed https://www.xing.com/app/forum?op=showarticles&id=3705448&articleid=3705448 and I know that quite a few projects are under development (not only professionweb :D)…but still confidential.
I suggest you also ask to the group via XIng ;-)
http://fairtilizer.com/ and http://www.vizta.com/ could be added probably to this list as well as http://www.venyo.org/
It might look like little but there are mostly quality projects. Slow and beautiful…swiss touch ;-)
July 31st, 2007 at 5:37 pm
www.restorang.ch
and
www.cocomment.com
August 1st, 2007 at 7:47 am
http://unblog.fr is run by people in geneva
August 1st, 2007 at 7:33 pm
According to wikipedia’s definition of web 2.0:
“a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies — which facilitate collaboration and sharing between users.”.
As the article does not really defines these requirements, hundreds of swiss made web services might be included in the list.
My guess, however, is that the decision isn’t about the service quality itself but rather about who runs it (literally, built by the friend of a friend’s sphere)… I look then forward to reading how many projects will be “selected” for representing Switzerland web 2.0 projects.
Anyway, this comment would be useless without any contribution to the question, so here are some swiss french speaking blogging platforms:
- http://bleublog.ch
- http://blueblog.ch
- http://kaywa.com
- http://monblog.ch
- http://zebrablog.net
and the ’swiss-made technorati’:
- http://blogug.ch/
August 2nd, 2007 at 10:07 am
Hey, my small Geneva-based company ( kipubli.com ) runs http://unblog.fr (one of the largest french-speaking blog communities) and provides white-branded communities. A swiss platform is to come soon along with many more surprises :).
August 7th, 2007 at 8:17 am
My bailiwick is English-speaking and I come up with only 2:
GenevaOnline (www.genevaonline.ch, about to change to www.glocals.ch) is worth mentioning, as their growth has been pretty strong. Social network, started by 2 brothers, now has 11,000+ members and they have just started spin-offs in Lausanne and Zurich at members’ requests. They have all the usual web2 problems of how to make money - so far they still aren’t taking any salary, after 3+ years, but they are getting enough sponsorship money to cover site costs and drive more traffic, so … we’ll see. I’ve just interviewed them, will run the article today or tomorrow. They are changing their name to Glocals because of the expansion to other cities. It’s hugely popular with Geneva’s young English-speaking crowd.
GenevaLunch (www.genevalunch.com) qualifies, to my mind, although we’re not typical web 2.0 perhaps. But we do have about 30 people who contribute photos (most via a “genevalunch” tag on flickr, others directly), text (directly) and occasionally other things.In April we created GL community, a second but interwoven site, to be able to build this into a community blogging center, open by invitation. We’re starting to build up a group of “Voices from the community,” people from the community who have expertise to share. The first ones start in September, a group of four people who will contribute a weekly post (or more often) on managing your carbon footprint if you live in the Lake Geneva area. We’re developing two semi-business services, details not yet for publication, to make it much easier for two groups of people in the community to hook up with each other.
A more traditional web sites that has started to use forums, a cautious move into web 2.0:
Angloinfo Geneva is part of a French-based franchise, but their forums are local and used by newcomers.
August 8th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
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August 9th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
What about http://www.pligg.ch/ - a Swiss German Digg clone? Made with Pligg CMS.
There are also two Swiss German social networks (mostly lifestyle based):
- http://www.youme.net/
- http://www.6degrees.ch/
August 9th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Then there is also http://www.contaxe.com/ - a contextual advertising provider like Google Ads
August 9th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I just so this post on the “same” topic: http://www.swissstartups.com/blog/?p=360
and I’ll tell you more about mixin soon :)
August 13th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Oh, this is something special:
Wabisabilabi: http://www.wslabi.com/
WSLabi, the Swiss Laboratory & Marketplace Platform for Information Technology Security, helps customers defend their databases, IT infrastructure, network, computers, applications, Internet offerings and access.
August 14th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Hi Laurent.
My name is Oded, and I am one of the people manging www.Glocals.com
Glocals.com is an online community for expats and locals in Switzerland, and is completely web 2.0
I would be happy to provide you, or Ouriel, with more info about Glocals.com and about the web 2.0 industry in Switzerland.
Thanks
Oded
August 14th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
All,
thanks for the amazing feedback, the post is in draft mode :)
August 29th, 2007 at 10:10 am
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September 23rd, 2007 at 2:10 pm
www.glocals.com , who improved the lives of thousands of Geneva based people (incl myself).
April 6th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
And another one: twingly.com
But this one is still beta…
July 17th, 2008 at 2:45 am
There’s also http://www.newscred.com.
Launched early this year, so well after this post… but thought I’d add to the list!