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By: AJ Kohn

AJ Kohn — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:57:57 +0000

I think structured mark-up will be very important but I’m not a Schema.org cheerleader. It’s bloated and clunky which means most sites won’t adopt it. I wish I could say different but I’ve been through the ‘microformats are going to revolutionize the web’ hype already.

By: AJ Kohn

AJ Kohn — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:54:29 +0000

Thanks for the comment Ashley. I’d very much like to see Google+ succeed but I try to keep my own personal bias out of my predictions. Perhaps I went too far the other way?

The issue for me here is around what we define as an ‘active’ user. I think you’ll see a lot of people trying Google+ but I’m not sure the active user base will keep pace. Extrapolations can be a mixed bag.

By: AJ Kohn

AJ Kohn — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:51:36 +0000

Thanks for the comment Jon. I’m glad to hear Raven is out of the picture. I’m not sure that will please a few VCs.

By: broman

broman — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:34:02 +0000

True true true. I think that Schema.org will be very important. And also fb open graph protocol will be interesting for social reasons.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:31:06 +0000

I think you have a lot of great predictions here. The one that I would challenge is the plateau of Google+. I think that Google+ will become a huge asset and outlet for Businesses and social media; we probably won’t see the mass amounts of teens on Google+ but recent college grads, business owners, etc..

Make a follow up post in 6 months

By: Jon Henshaw

Jon Henshaw — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:18:30 +0000

“In 2012 one of the major SEO tool providers (SEOmoz or Raven) will receive a serious round of funding.”

You can count us (Raven) out. We’re profitable and are well past the startup stage. Nor would we want to ruin our company or product by taking on VC funding.