In terms of Web 2.0 the in-thing for web technology for today, OriginalSignal actually is a site displaying the latest in 15 different blogs featuring Mashable, TechCrunch, Solution Watch, 37 signals, GigaOM, eHub, Museum of Modern Betas, ProgrammableWeb, BuzzShout, Web 2.0 List and The Web 2.0 Show. As an aside, Michael Arrington of TechCrunch had some tiff with PayPerPost, with mud slinging but finally admitted that there is something that PayPerPost did right by making it compulsory to make bloggers disclose in their blogs of paid posts and to add in the Disclosure Policy.
By the way, the guys behind OriginalSignal are Peter van der Noord, Patrick Huisinga, Tako Steinz, Gert Goet and the headquarters is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Rafe Needleman from CNet wrote about it and also Brian Benzinger from Solutionwatch: How should they call sites like Original Signal? So far these are the names hitting the Web at the moment such as
- SPA’s (single-page-aggregators)
- News Dashboard
- Metagators (meta-aggregators)
- Singlegators
With no software to download, OriginalSignal is like a site of the different technology webs or blogs put together. As stated in the acknowledgement at the bottom, “All credits go to the authors of these sites. Without their hard work OriginalSignal would not exist.†Well, basically that statement speaks for what OriginalSignal is all about. Under the “Web†tab, it has fuchsia funky pink header color for “Web 2.0†sub-topics, to navy blue header for “Diggâ€, autumn green for “Buzzâ€, maroon red for “15 blogs†and forest green for “Searchâ€. The various colors certainly make OriginalSignal site interesting. For your information, the search text box is powered by Yahoo! Many people have thought of Yahoo! as a search engine, but it is more of a search directory.
As for the “Technology†tab, you can find sub-topics for non other than Tech, Apple and Gadgets. Original Signal also has the “World†tab with sub-topics for News Headlines, Politics, Sports and finally Science. This caters to a wider range of readers especially those who wish to be updated with the latest news. For the business men, the “Business “ tab at the top has sub-topics for Finance, Marketing and Jobs. And lastly, the Entertainment tab has sub-topics for Movies, Games and Videos. In a nutshell, OriginalSignal caters to readers from all walks of life, from the young to the matured, from students to working professionals and even retirees.
There are several features that I like at the top left corner of icons such as view the most popular signals in the last 24 hours, change the order of the weblogs, grab the rss-feed for this signal, share this signal with others, get the widget for this signal, view this signal on your mobile phone, view more headlines and change the font size. With so many interesting features, I guess during my free time, I will certainly check this site out for more information as OriginalSignal looks inviting.
