With the current state of the economy, the Internet is being shaken down again and I’d like to propose a few thoughts on how it can finally be monetized in the coming age. Web 1.0 was a starter with Amazon, Ebay, and Google being the only survivors, Web 2.0 captured the consumer’s time with Facebook and Twitter, and the next phase of the web will finally bring every imaginable enterprise business online and engaged. And I don’t just mean the big guys, I mean every little local store will develop a web presence because they understand the importance in building their customer base through the online medium, even if they’re just trying to reach people in a small town. This is because they can leverage the established social community platforms and advertising systems, such as community groups and AdSense, to target their services locally… or glocally as we like to say. (more…)