Hey, guess what? 2008 is a repeat of 1998.

I’m serious. The web is hot again and marketers and venture capitalists  are trying to figure out which web properties will be the Next Big Thing.

An article in this week’s Fortune Magazine outlines some of the Web 2.0 start-ups that are getting a lot of the buzz. The article does a great job of highlighting Twitter and pointing out what all the fuss is about.

Fortune is one of those publications that should be sitting on every executive’s desk. Plus, just one or two articles are worth what you’d pay for a year’s subscription, so I’d encourage you to subscribe. (And no, they’re not paying me to say that.)

Here’s an excerpt from the Fortune article outlining some of the hottest web properties marketers and businesspeople should know about:

Dig
Online-content-sharing site.  Rumors persist that Google is interested in buying it.

FriendFeed
Customized content feed for your social-network page.  Started by Google alumni.

iLike
Music recommendations and playlists on social-networking sites.  Partnered with RealNetworks’ music service Rhapsody.

Mint
Free personal finance site.  Think of it as a no-frills Quicken.

Ning
Do-it-yourself social network—kind of like your own custom Facebook.  Co-founded by serial entrepreneur Marc Andreessen.

MyYearbook
“Safe” social networking site for high schoolers.

Yelp
User-generated reviews and recommendations of restaurants, bars, and other local businesses.  Now an iPhone application.

Zynga
Free games—poker, blackjack, Sudoku, and such—for Facebook, MySpace, and other social-networking sites.

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