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I believe you have a very interesting product and as I write in my post, the fact that you incorporate the browser toolbar, really makes you stand out from the rest. I do think that as more users join, benefits of using OthersOnline will of course increase along with it.

We’ve been real quiet, and expect to release some new stuff for current users end of next week. Then we’ll spend a couple weeks tuning, and getting our distribution started so that users who sign up get some pretty cool targeted exposure, and reports that show them how much. The more they use our tools, the more exposure they get — and the more interesting/relevant the people they see in their Web browsing.

We can easily add the “see people on this page” functionality, but that’s a tough one actually. You need so many users before it actually adds value, and my hypothesis is that users care more about connecting around specific topics/memes (*across* the Web) than specific pages. For instance, right now I’m seeing other people who may never have been to your site, but are relevant to “others online, social media, widgets, contextual advertising”.

To enable these dynamic groupings of people, we’re doing a combination of explicit and implicit user profiling, and directly coupling value to that effort. Obviously some people may be concerned about this, so we’re giving users 100% control over their profile data and the ability to turn it off.

Lots and lots to do still, and we’re a small team, but just focusing on user value. Your feedback and everyone else’s is appreciated!