Google’s recent push into Web 2.0 land is bound to reverberate around the Internet. But in this case, they were far from pioneers. One of the earliest examples were mashups, rapidly gaining in popularity.
Mashup is an ugly word for a beautiful thing. “A mashup is a website or web application that seamlessly combines content from more than one source into an integrated experience,” according to a wikipedia article. (It originally referred to songs played simultaneously.)
Our intrepid Affiliate Classroom columnist, Kati, is going to explain all about them in our upcoming issue. So, while avoiding stealing her musical thunder, here’s a taste of delights to come…
One of the oldest applications of the idea, was to overlay online maps and provide them with supplemental information. (Cartographers are endlessly clever people, and have been for a thousand years.) To see a modern incarnation, use Local Search and Google Maps and watch what pops up.
Here is Stacy Reed’s Top 10 mashup applications, from a Tucows review. On the list you’ll find several useful tools, if you want to never leave your browser.
Dion Hinchcliffe — who frequently writes on Web 2.0 — has a number of links to tutorials, here.
But that’s all just to whet your appetite. Get the full scoop from “there’s-no-better-source” Kati in our upcoming issue of Affiliate Classroom magazine.