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Certifyr.com is a sarcastic summation of the world of Web 2.0 and all the hype and buzzwords that com along with it. It’s true that Web 2.0 is really a phenomenon (I mean, you can’t argue with craigslist, myspace, wikipedia and youtube), but I think people are getting a little too excited about it. Please, let’s not have another dot-bomb.

But, like the Goldrush, you can’t blame people for trying to cash in. I argue that most social spheres have already been harnessed by one Web 2.0 site or another and it’ll be hard to conjure up the Next Big Thing. Although people are trying, no one is going to successfully make a classified site that competes with craigslist because it’s got so much traffic it’d be useless to post somewhere else.

Despite the over-hype, the internet and all forms of media and communication are churning. Computers are cheap and easy to come by, kids are raised on the internet and the old fogies who never learned how get with it are dying. Internet use is undoubtedly going to increase and online sales are breaking records every year. The beast is maturing but cool down with the prophecies and sound bites because after round 2.0 there are going to be many more versions.