--- title: "Top 10 Read/WriteWeb Posts for 2006" date: 2006-12-27 author: "Richard MacManus" categories: - name: "ReadWriteWeb" url: "/category/readwriteweb.md" tags: - name: "2006" url: "/tag/2006.md" --- # Top 10 Read/WriteWeb Posts for 2006 It’s a light posting week here on R/WW – but for those of you not out enjoying the xmas/new year break, here is a list of Read/WriteWeb’s most popular posts in 2006. This is according to our server logs. But honestly, you really should be reading a good book instead of blogs at this time of year 😉 I know I am! 10\. [Netscape Community Backlash](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/netscape_commun.php); 1 July When Netscape.com got re-branded into a Digg-style community news site, there was a lot of backlash within the Netscape community about it. This post tracked the upheaval – it was the most commented post on R/WW this year, with over 200 mostly negative comments before we closed it off. 9\. [2007 Web Predictions](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/2007_web_predictions.php); 19 December The R/WW team pondered what web technology trends will be important over 2007. 8\. [List of Web 2.0 Lists](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/list_of_web_20.php); 5 May A list of all the main web 2.0 lists – and other helpful web product data. 7\. [Yahoo! Mail Beta Release – Exclusive Podcast With Ethan Diamond](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_mail_beta_interview_ethan_diamond.php); 13 September In September Yahoo released the new Ajax-powered version of [Yahoo Mail](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://new.mail.yahoo.com/) to all users in the US and across 18 international markets. We spoke exclusively to Ethan Diamond, director of product management for the new Yahoo! Mail. 6\. [New-look Google Reader Is Stunning!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_reader_redesign.php); 28 September Late September [Google Reader](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://reader.google.com/), Google’s web-based RSS Aggregator, had a re-design which impressed R/WW’s editor. With a look n’ feel very much like Gmail, we believe it is a pointer to Google Reader being prepped for mainstream promotion – and/or merged with Gmail. Probably a bit of both, as a standalone RSS Reader is always going to be needed. 5\. [Exclusive: New Yahoo! homepage](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/exclusive_new_y.php); 15 May In May the world’s most visited webpage, Yahoo.com, had [a major re-design](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://www.yahoo.com/preview) and Read/WriteWeb had the inside story. As well as the first in-depth look at the new yahoo.com, we had an [exclusive podcast interview](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://ycoolthing.com/podcasts/20060516.mp3) with Yahoo! Chief Product Officer Ash Patel and Vice President of Front Doors Tapan Bhat. 4\. [Firefox 2.0 Review](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/firefox_20_review.php); 17 October Alex Iskold described Firefox 2.0 as “a solid release”, noting that “the team’s focus on performance, stability, usablity and security clearly results in a better, faster product – and users will be pleased with that.” 3\. [Search 2.0 vs Traditional Search](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/search_20_vs_tr.php); 20 July Ebrahim Ezzy’s influential post defined search 2.0 as search technologies “designed to combine the scalability of existing internet search engines with new and improved relevancy models; they bring into the equation user preferences, collaboration, collective intelligence, a rich user experience, and many other specialized capabilities that make information more *productive*.” 2\. [Top 10 Firefox Web 2.0 Add-ons](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_firefox_addons.php); 29 August Alex Iskold and I reviewed the best Firefox add-ons for Firefox 2.0. Firefox was consistently the most used browser for R/WW readers this year, ending the year at around 60% browser share for this site. 1\. [GoogleOS: What To Expect](https://web.archive.org/web/20100310125906/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/googleos_what_to_expect.php); 21 November Emre Sokullu’s number 1 smash hit not only became the biggest post of the year on Read/WriteWeb, but had us accused of smoking crack and all manner of other insults 🙂 But with over 100 comments, this post definitely stirred up a great discussion and deserved to be number 1 for 2006. Note: one of the comments was from my non-techie father, who normally does not comment on R/WW – but on this occasion he felt compelled to interrupt the Google navel-gazing with a Beatles joke. So another great year on Read/WriteWeb – and you can see from this list of top posts how big a contribution the extended R/WW writing team made. Thanks Alex, Emre, Ebrahim, John, Rudy, and all the other super-smart guest writers R/WW has had over 2006. Here’s looking to an even better 2007! *Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/2006_top_10_readwriteweb_posts.php))*